celebrity relatives

The Braxton family are mourning the death of their beloved niece Lauren Braxton, who died of an apparent heart condition earlier this week. The heartbreaking news prompted responses from Toni Braxton and the rest of the family on social media sans Tamar, who later posted a note about monitoring people’s grieving process. “We ask that […]

A revealing handwritten letter from President Barack Obama to his half-brother, Malik Abongo “Roy” Obama has been sold. According to Page Six, the letter — written in July 1995, before Obama’s political career began, and sold by Malik — details the commander-in-chief’s reason for stepping into the world of politics. Among those reasons is the desire […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to murder in the drug-related shooting death of rapper Wiz Khalifa’s uncle in a Pittsburgh-area fast-food restaurant parking lot. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1Ga52fX ) reports that 21-year-old Braddock resident Michael Wolford will spend 30 to 60 years in prison while 19-year-old Penn Hills resident Jaron Young was […]

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A judge ordered a Michigan woman to stand trial on charges she stabbed the father of R&B singer Mary J. Blige during a domestic dispute. Cheryl White, 50, of Battle Creek faces up to life in prison if convicted of assault with attempt to murder, The Battle Creek Inquirer reported. White’s […]