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In 1990, boxing icon Muhammad Ali was not the formidable fighter he once was but he was still a powerful figure. Using his legendary status and his own goodwill, Ali helped secure the release of 15 U.S. hostages taken by late Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  The August 1990 invasion of […]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A warrant has been issued for the arrest of NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown following accusations that he and his trainer attacked another man near Brown’s Florida home. Hollywood police spokesman Christian Latta said in a Wednesday news release that Brown faces charges of burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied […]

Jada Pinkett Smith has scored an online hit with her “Red Table Talk” show on Facebook. The multigenerational show that includes her 19-year-old daughter Willow Smith and her 66-year-old mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris has been such a hit that Facebook has renewed the series through 2022. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  The spinoff “Red Table […]

In the wake of the new Netflix documentary, “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez,” Aaron’s former fiancé, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, has also become a major topic of conversation. In 2013, Aaron, a tight end for the New England Patriots, turned the NFL on its head when he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and […]

According to a federal lawsuit against an Alabama school system, and the family of Mckenzie Adams, multiple Demopolis City Schools officials failed to protect the 9-year-old girl from racially and gender-based bullying which led to her death by suicide. Mckenzie Adams took her own life in Linden, Alabama in December 2018. She was a fourth-grader […]

Robert Downey Jr. stopped by The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and shared how he really feels about rocking blackface in the 2008 Ben Stiller-directed comedy “Tropic Thunder.” In the film, Downey Jr. plays an Australian-born (method) actor who undergoes “pigmentation alteration” to portray a Black character. During his chat with Rogan, the actor recalled his mother being horrified […]

Ernest Lee Thomas of “What’s Happening!!” fame seems to be aging like fine wine and living his best life. Thomas, 70, appears to fit as a fiddle as he leads quite an active life, which he shares on his Instagram. So what’s been up with Thomas since the end of his hit comedy series back in the […]

On November 18th, a group of Black mothers took up residency inside a vacant house in Oakland. 57 days later, the women and their children were evicted by swat. Their story sparked a national conversation about housing, capitalism, and homelessness. Now, after two months of protests and support from locals, the women will be allowed to […]

Jeremiah G. Hamilton, the so-called “Prince of Darkness,” was a powerful Wall Street broker and considered its first Black millionaire. Hamilton used questionable tactics to amass his considerable wealth and was reportedly despised by both Black and White businessmen. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  Hamilton was born either in the Caribbean Islands or Richmond, Va. […]

Spoiler Alert: If you are not caught up on “Power” Season 6, read no more as major plot points are revealed below.  Fans of  “Power”  who saw Tommy Egan (played by Joseph Sikora) driving to California at the end of the most recent episode on Sunday can breathe a sigh of relief. He made it. […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children after they were found dead inside the family home, authorities said Tuesday. The 22-year-old mother, whose name has not been released, “has admitted to harming her three children, which caused their demise,” Sgt. Mercedes Fortune told reporters outside the […]