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James Alex Fields Jr. Identified as Alleged Terrorist Who Plowed Through Crowd in Charlottesville, Va., Anti-Racism Rally
On Saturday afternoon, a car plowed through a crowd of anti-racism protesters, killing one and injuring several others, in Charlottesville, Va. Several hours later, a suspect was arrested and is now being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Twenty-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, was charged with one count of second-degree murder, three…
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I’m Empty-Nesting … Now What?
Two weeks ago, I dropped my son off to college somewhere in Virginia. It wasn’t a tear-filled dropoff. You know the ones you see on television with parents sobbing as they walk away from their child’s college dorm? Yeah, that’s not how we roll. An hour before I dropped my son off, I asked him,…
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Fulton County, Ga., Chairman Calls for Full Criminal Investigation Into R. Kelly
Fulton County, Ga.’s Commission Chairman John Eaves is calling for a full investigation into R. Kelly and his alleged “sex cult.” In a press conference held Friday morning, Eaves said that new information has “severely raised the level of concern” and wants the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office to conduct a full investigation into Kelly.…
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NJ Hotel Employee Says Usher Did End Up at the Hotel With Quantasia Sharpton: Report
Last week, attorney Lisa Bloom held a news conference with a woman alleging that she had sex with Usher, but he didn’t disclose to her that he was infected with herpes. However, the moment Quantasia Sharpton appeared on-screen, jokes about her appearance and weight started rolling in. “How dare Quantasia, a plus-size black woman, spout…
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Google Doodle Celebrates the 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip-Hop
If you’ve ever aspired to be a DJ, you may want to hop on over to Friday’s Google Doodle and get yourself a history lesson on hip-hop and a DJ tutorial. In honor of hip-hop’s 44th anniversary, Google Doodle is paying homage to DJ Kool Herc and showing you exactly how his “breaks” became famous.…
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Ava DuVernay and Victoria Mahoney to Adapt Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn for Television
If you’ve been waiting for Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi to make it to television, Ava DuVernay and Victoria Mahoney have teamed up to bring Butler’s Dawn to television sets across the country. Dawn tells the story of a black woman working side by side with aliens to revive the human race 250 years after a…
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Donald Glover Says He’s Working on New Music and Season 2 of Atlanta Will Be Better Than the 1st
Donald Glover has his hands full, and apparently he’s cooking up new music and an even better second season of Atlanta. During an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Clara Amfo show on Tuesday, Glover spoke about living in the United Kingdom for the last year and his final album as Childish Gambino. “I’ve been working on…
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Master of None’s Lena Waithe Shocked to Learn She Is 1st Black Woman Nominated for Comedy-Writing Emmy
Lena Waithe didn’t even know she made history and was shocked to learn that her Emmy nomination received for comedy writing for Netflix’s Master of None marked the first time a black woman was up for the award in the category. The “Thanksgiving” episode, one of the best episodes in the series, was written by…
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HBO Renews Insecure for Season 3
And the world went crazy: Congrats to everyone on the show and to those who love the show. May you always have Tasha and Lawrence to argue about every Sunday night and Monday morning.
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You May Not Want to See Detroit, but the Roots and Bilal Have a Hot-Ass Song on the Soundtrack
I have no plans to see Detroit. Technically, I didn’t plan on listening to the soundtrack, either, but with that free-free six-month Tidal membership, I stumbled across the soundtrack two weeks ago. I gave it a listen. It’s filled with some oldies but goodies. But then I heard voices that weren’t so old. But oh…
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