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  • Black Ex-Michigan Lawmaker Hit With Felonies After a Hospital Visit— You’ll Never Guess Why

    Black Ex-Michigan Lawmaker Hit With Felonies After a Hospital Visit— You’ll Never Guess Why

    A Covenant Healthcare employee called police after they allegedly noticed former Rep. Jewell Jones with two guns and ammunition at the hospital.

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    Angela Wilson






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    August 29, 2025
  • MI Woman Files for Two Protective Orders Against Her Ex-Husband, Weeks Later The Unthinkable Happens

    MI Woman Files for Two Protective Orders Against Her Ex-Husband, Weeks Later The Unthinkable Happens

    Latricia Green asked “for help before this goes too far, and things are too late” in a protective order before the unimaginable happened.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 26, 2025
  • Red Lobster Wants a Black Comeback but Some Folks Aren’t Biting

    Red Lobster Wants a Black Comeback but Some Folks Aren’t Biting

    Red Lobster went from bankrupcty in 2024 to viral seafood bags to help win back their Black consumer base. But is it too late? Black TikTok sounds off.

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    Angela Wilson






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    August 25, 2025
  • Colman Domingo Tells This Bone-Chilling Story About His Encounter With a Cult in Mexico

    Colman Domingo Tells This Bone-Chilling Story About His Encounter With a Cult in Mexico

    Colman Domingo opened up about a bizarre encounter with a “group of nice people,” but after researching he noticed something was off.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 20, 2025
  • Black Internet Reacts to ‘Fake’ Justin Bieber Fooling a Las Vegas Club With This Brilliant Trick

    Black Internet Reacts to ‘Fake’ Justin Bieber Fooling a Las Vegas Club With This Brilliant Trick

    This Justin Bieber impersonator might have taken things a bit too far and now Black Twitter is having a field day about it.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 20, 2025
  • Messy Black Ministers Who Made Headlines for Straying Away From God

    Messy Black Ministers Who Made Headlines for Straying Away From God

    From Hallelujah to handcuffs and from sermons to scandals, we’re pulling back the curtain on the controversies that rocked ministries and lives.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 19, 2025
  • Black Contestant From NBC’s ‘The Biggest Loser’ Recalls Her Encounter With Her White Male Trainer— And it’s Worse Than You Think

    Black Contestant From NBC’s ‘The Biggest Loser’ Recalls Her Encounter With Her White Male Trainer— And it’s Worse Than You Think

    Ex-‘Biggest Loser’ contestant Joelle Gwynn recalled her “abusive” on-air exchange with trainer Bob Harper in a new Netflix’s docuseries.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 18, 2025
  • Memphis Man, Mistress Accused of Chilling Plot to Burn His Wife Alive, But the Plan Backfired

    Memphis Man, Mistress Accused of Chilling Plot to Burn His Wife Alive, But the Plan Backfired

    Travis Davison and his reported side chick Jessica Rios is accused of the unthinkable to rid themselves of his wife of five years.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 14, 2025
  • Alabama Mother Accused of Killing Her 1-Year-Old Daughter, Hiding Her Body in a Hearse

    Alabama Mother Accused of Killing Her 1-Year-Old Daughter, Hiding Her Body in a Hearse

    One-year-old Blessence Pearl was strangled to death with a “thick robe string,” according to local reports.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 12, 2025
  • Baltimore Man Kills Fellow Bus Passenger For Not Saying ‘Excuse Me?!’

    Baltimore Man Kills Fellow Bus Passenger For Not Saying ‘Excuse Me?!’

    James Richburg shot William Womack “from near-point-blank range” because the latter allegedly refused to apologize for bumping into him.

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    Angela Wilson






    Published

    August 11, 2025
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