What’s Hot: After receiving a mid-model year refresh over the past two years, which included a host of new fuel-efficient engines and styling updates, the XC60 is a basically a carryover for the 2016 model year. The luxurious, car-like handling of the five passenger crossover is available with four different powertrains and approximately three trim levels. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is struggling in his efforts to unify the Republican Party behind his presidential campaign, the difficulty immediately underscored Thursday by a startling exchange of negative comments with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan who said he was not ready to support him. Although Trump is now the party’s presumptive nominee, […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rescuers found four survivors Thursday in the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed six days ago amid heavy rains in the Kenyan capital, raising hopes that more people might still be alive in a disaster that has left dozens dead and missing. The first to be rescued was a pregnant […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Ta-Nehisi Coates is a prize-winning nonfiction author, journalist and comic book writer. Now he is taking on fiction. Random House’s One World imprint announced Thursday that Coates has two more books planned, one nonfiction and the other fiction. The books were acquired by One World publisher Chris Jackson, who edited Coates’ […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 110-year-old Louisiana man who enlisted in the army during World War II to serve his country has died. Local television station KPLC-TV in Lake Charles reported that Frank Levingston died Tuesday. Multiple media outlets described him as the country’s oldest World War II veteran but that could not be independently […]

Do you suffer from adult acne? BlackDoctor.org sat down with one of the nation’s leading dermatologists to give us the lowdown on acne. Dr. Jennell…

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a decade ago, a judge bemoaned that the life sentence she was about to impose on Charles C. Brown was overly harsh. This week, relief finally came to Brown, along with 57 other offenders. President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted their prison terms as part of a broader push to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former trash collector in Los Angeles was convicted Thursday of 10 “Grim Sleeper” serial killings that spanned two decades and targeted vulnerable young black women in the inner city. Lonnie Franklin Jr. showed no emotion as a clerk read the 10 murder verdicts in Los Angeles County Superior Court after […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder responded to their Game 1 thumping. The Atlanta Hawks? Not so much. How each team shows up for Game 3 of their respective series on Friday night will likely go a long way toward defining just how long these matchups will last. The Thunder host the San Antonio Spurs four days […]

Donald Trump decided to take a Facebook picture in celebration of Cinco De Mayo but people weren't buying it.

The 2014 crowd-funded film Dear White People will be turned into a comedy series for Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Screenwriter-director Justin Simien is stretching his property into a 10-episode, 30-minute series from Lionsgate Television. Like the film, the series will follow a diverse group of students of color as they navigate a predominantly […]

Looks like Sinead O’Connor should have just expressed her condolences and thanked Prince for her biggest hit song. Instead, the singer who had a worldwide hit with a cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U” written by Prince is now facing a defamation suit from Arsenio Hall. NY Daily News reports: Arsenio Hall filed a $5 million […]