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Tracy Morgan and Wal-Mart have announced that a settlement has been reached regarding an accident that occurred last June in New Jersey. Morgan and several other people were riding in a limo bus when a Wal-Mart tractor trailer, driven by Kevin Roper, collided with the limo. Morgan was critically injured during the accident, and comedian…

For the second consecutive year, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement is uniting more than 40 black feature filmmakers to interact with film lovers and raise awareness for AFFRM’s 2015 “rebel” membership drive. Using the #Array hashtag, filmmakers will tweet in a 12-hour conversation starting at 10 a.m. EDT today to further and foster varied…

There’s one thing I’m thankful for now that I’m an adult. I’m thankful that social media and cellphone cameras did not exist when I was a preteen, because I’m quite sure my mother would have been the type to publicly embarrass me by posting her versions of discipline on the Internet. Not that I was…

Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé Knowles topped Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful women of 2015. The women join other entertainers, policymakers, businesswomen and philanthropists who made the list based on their influence and impact. Other black women joining Obama (10), Winfrey (12) and Knowles (21) include Xerox Corp. CEO Ursula Burns (29), Attorney…

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made a huge change to the statute of limitations in his state that could benefit sexual assault victims. On Monday, Sandoval signed a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for bringing forward rape charges from four years to 20 years. Assembly Bill 212 was spurred by the recent Bill…

Updated Tuesday, May 26, 9:51 p.m. EDT: A representative from OWN contacted The Root to state that OWN is not affiliated with Vanzant’s Baltimore appearance. Vanzant’s show does not return to the network until the fall, and the Baltimore event will not be part of the season.  Earlier: How many lives has Iyanla Vanzant fixed or…

Tracee Ellis Ross, star of ABC’s Black-ish, was the recipient of an honorary degree from her alma mater, Brown University, in Rhode Island. Ross graduated from Brown in 1994.  “Call me Dr. Ross! I was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Brown University, my alma mater, and I am humbled and thrilled! I know I’m…

There are a lot of people who aren’t fans of President Barack Obama, and TV veteran Byron Allen seems to be one of them. Allen, host of Comics Unleashed and Entertainers With Byron Allen, shared a few choice words about the president with TMZ, accusing him of not helping out black people more. “I’m disappointed that President Obama called those…

Every so often, a meme hits the Internet that makes you realize there are some really crafty people out there. Crafty people with a lot of time on their hands. And you get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Over the Memorial Day weekend, #BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat became one of the most talked about and retweeted…

Before B.B. King died, his daughters, Karen Williams and Patty King, had issues with his business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson. The daughters alleged that King’s business affairs were being kept from them and that they didn’t have access to their father in the last weeks of his life. Now the…