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A Peek Inside Travis Hunter's New Jacksonville Mansion

A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion

Days after his wedding, NFL star Travis Hunter bought a mansion in one of Florida's most exclusive neighborhoods.
13 Things You Better Know When Dealing With a Cancer This Season

13 Things You Better Know When Dealing With a Cancer This Season

From June 21 to July 22, people born under the sign of Cancer will be
Why Wendy Williams is Clapping Back at a Lawsuit Filed on <i>Her</i> Behalf

Why Wendy Williams is Clapping Back at a Lawsuit Filed on Her Behalf

The former talk show host says she had no idea her ex-husband was filing a
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The Words Cassie Spewed in Audio Played at Diddy Trial Made Public, And What She Said May Shock You

Diddy's defense used the audio in an attempt to prove Cassie was "an enthusiastic participant"
  • The Hits Keep Coming Off the Field for Tiki Barber

    Tiki Barber now has an additional 1 million reasons not to have humiliated his wife, Ginny, by cheating on her with an intern. Flywheel Sports hired the ex-Giants player and his now-estranged wife to be the spokespeople for its company. Tiki and Ginny Barber were apparently a happily married couple that loved fitness and cycling.…

  • Facebook Scandal: Michigan Mom Sent to Jail for Having Sex With Teen Son

    Fresh from the “We can’t make this up” file, a Michigan woman has been sent to jail for having sex with her teenage son. Aimee L. Sword, 36, apologized at her sentencing on Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court. Having sex with your son is terrible — but, but, but wait; it gets worse (in…

  • Of Course There Are Black Serial Killers

    When 57-year-old Lonnie Franklin Jr. was charged with 10 murders in the grisly Los Angeles “Grim Sleeper” case last week, it begged the question — at least in my mind — about other black serial killers, because there’s a popular, media-driven perception that such crimes are usually committed by clever white men. So I set…

  • 3.6-Magnitude Earthquake Hits D.C. Region

    Many people were shaken awake early Friday morning in the D.C. region — by an earthquake. Preliminary reports from the USGS said it was a 3.6-magnitude earthquake at 5:04 a.m. The epicenter was located near Germantown, Md., but was felt across the entire region, including the heart of the district. Read more at MSNBC.  

  • Goldman Sachs Settles With SEC for $500 Million

    Goldman Sachs has settled with the SEC for $500 million for charges of defrauding investors in a sale of securities tied to subprime mortgages. On Thursday, Goldman shares jumped almost 8 percent in after-hours trading on the announcement, as many predicted the company would be forced to pay $1 billion to settle the case. $550…

  • How the Tea Party Could Get My Vote

    In a lot of ways, I could be a Tea Party recruit. I’m a middle-class guy who grumbles every time I pay my mortgage. I’m a fan of paying state and local taxes for things I can see — traffic lights and libraries — and annoyed by federal income taxes that seem to get spent…

  • Single-Minded: Vampire Fever

    The whole Twilight franchise is starting to scare me a bit. Bite by bite, the teen-wolf-vampire love triangle is veering dangerously toward the melodramatic equivalent of Bermuda. Whatever innocence the ”saga” once had is being sucked into a violent vortex, beginning to look less like Romeo and Juliet and more like Chrihanna-gate. Actually, both examples…

  • 6 Myth-Crushing Murderers

    News of the horrific alleged crimes of “Grim Sleeper” Lonnie Franklin Jr. undercuts the persistent myth that there are no black serial killers. Below are snapshots of six of the nation’s most prolific serial killers of African descent. Jake Bird (1901-1949), a transient, might have been one of the most prolific serial killers in the…