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Trinidadian Family Sentenced to Combined 418 Years in Prison in $1,800,000 Scam
Accused of bilking about 19 Caribbean immigrants out of $1.8 million in their life savings by pretending to help them avoid deportation, a Trinidadian family was sentenced by a New York City judge on Wednesday to a combined 418-year prison sentence, reports the New York Daily News. Calling them “the most despicable gang of criminal…
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Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Celebrate 1st Wedding Anniversary With Rom-Com Trailer
In a trailer appropriately called “The Wade Union,” Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade celebrated the first anniversary of their marriage by turning their wedding video into a romantic comedy, reports People magazine. The Being Mary Jane actress and the Miami Heat shooting guard shared a trailer of their August 2014 wedding exclusively with People magazine.…
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Man Targeted in James Blake NYPD Arrest Also Misidentified
New York Police Department officers were armed with a photo of an unidentified black man when they slammed tennis star James Blake to the ground outside of his hotel, according to the New York Daily News. Turns out, the unnamed man was also innocent, the News writes, stating, “The mystery man’s skin appears to be…
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Darrien Hunt’s Mom Rejects $900,000 Settlement in Son’s Police Shooting Death
The mother of a 22-year-old man who was killed by police last year in Saratoga Springs, Utah, has rejected a $900,000 offer to settle her lawsuit against the city and two officers, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Susan Hunt told the news outlet that the deal contained an unacceptable provision, a requirement that she refrain…
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5 Promising Careers to Consider if You Can’t Stand Your Job and Are in the Throes of a Quarter-Life Crisis
You’re opinionated and spoke well as a child, so you figured you’d become a lawyer. But maybe you weren’t interested in either cliché, and loved the glitzy side of corporate America. You envisioned yourself in a three-piece suit or a pencil skirt, at the head of a boardroom, defending a strategy to increase your company’s…
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Watch: New Trailers for Scandal and HTGAWM Reveal Divorces and Murders in Upcoming Seasons
The trailers for the upcoming seasons of Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder are here, and ShondaLand doesn’t disappoint. The Scandal trailer for season 5 opens with Olivia Pope and President Grant Fitzgerald tossing and turning in the sheets, with Etta James’ “At Last” playing in the background. At last, the trailer suggests,…
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Vivica Fox Cast as Cookie Lyon’s Sister in the Upcoming Season of Empire
It’s not far-fetched to assume that Cookie Lyon probably grew up in an eccentric household. That’s why it’s exciting news that we’ll get to see a new family member this upcoming season who likely influenced the kind of woman she grew up to be. According to EW, Cookie (played by Taraji P. Henson) will be joined…
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Unbroken Spirits: Black Family Legends About Rebellious Forebears
Many of us have them: an old family story about an ancestor who was defiant in the face of oppression or who simply defied society at every turn. Such stories help define us and remind us that we come from people whose spines remained unbowed, no matter what America heaped upon them. Below are three…
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Tyra Banks Says Clothes Don’t Always Look Better on Smaller Models and She Looks Better Now Than She Did as a Skinny Model
On the one hand, I feel Tyra Banks. The supermodel-turned-entrepreneur has been on a mission as of late, trying to undo the beauty standards set by the fashion industry—standards that pivot on the idea that European features are better than others. During an appearance on the Live! With Kelly and Michael show, Banks was shown…
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Vanessa Williams Explains Why She’s Returning to the Miss America Pageant 32 Years After They Snatched Her Crown
Time usually does heal all wounds, even the ones you’ve acquired after being publicly humiliated. Actress and singer Vanessa Williams knows that all too well. Williams is returning to the Miss America Pageant this year as one of its judges. She was the first African American to be crowned Miss America, in 1983, and was…
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