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Last year, in a piece for the Los Angeles Times, Gabrielle Union revealed that she was raped at gunpoint more than two decades ago. The “Being Mary Jane” star wrote the essay in response to the rape allegations against her “The Birth of a Nation” co-star Nate Parker that had resurfaced. With Harvey Weinstein’s sexual […]

  Morris Chestnut will be returning to Fox for a new show called The Long Walk. Written by Carol Mendelsohn, known for her work on CSI, is based on the new book The Bomb Maker by Thomas Perry. It’s about a retired private security expert that comes out of retirement when his old team, the LA Bomb Squad, is killed […]

Keyshia Cole has shared her thoughts about reports of her ex and baby daddy, Daniel “Booby” Gibson, requesting full custody and spousal support. Earlier this week, it was reported that the former NBA player was coming for Cole’s coins and just fans were preparing him for slaughter over the news, Gibson’s lawyer released a statement […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from Saturday’s truck bombing in Somalia’s capital is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as this country reeled from the deadliest single attack it’s ever experienced. More people have died of their wounds in the past few hours, said Dr. Abdulkadir Adam of […]

We knew it was only a matter of time until O. J. Simpson got tired of staying in the shadows. Earlier this week he did something about it. The former NFL running back, actor and now prison parolee after nine years, took a break from his not so bad private world of playing golf, etc […]

You are here this morning to talk about open enrollment season for health insurance. Why is this important?  Open enrollment is the annual period when you can enroll in or change your health insurance coverage for the upcoming year. Additionally, for those who receive other benefits through their employers—such as life and unemployment insurance, or […]

Gunshots rang out of an office building in Plano, TX unexpectedly Sunday morning on October 16, 2017. Police were called to the Plano NTT Data building around 6:30 am when according to a WFAA report bullet holes could be seen inside. Officers were able to locate the suspect and a rifle at the scene. The […]

KENNER, La. (AP) — Rescuers were searching for one person after an oil rig exploded on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, injuring seven others. Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian McGregor said Sunday evening that rescue boats were being sent and officials with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office were assisting, The Times-Picayune reported. There were “a […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

A 34-year-old cold case involving the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black man has been solved with the arrest of five white people – including two police officers who allegedly tried to cover up the homicide. Timothy Coggins was found dead on a power line on Oct. 9, 1983 in a small Georgia town […]

Roger Wilkins, a longtime civil rights attorney and educator, made headlines in 1973 when he and a group of Washington Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize for exposing the Watergate scandal. Wilkins, who passed away earlier this year, was honored by George Mason University last week, where he taught for nearly two decades. Wilkins was […]

Virginia State started fast and ended strong en route to a 47-35 Homecoming victory in the Trojans’ showdown with Bowie State for first place in the CIAA North Division race. Both teams were unbeaten entering the game and sported 3-0 conference records. Virginia State (6-0, 4-0 CIAA) scored on three of its first four possessions […]