“Waiting to Exhale” star Lela Rochon has never been one to shy away from reinvention, and at 61, the beloved actress is proving that transformation comes on her own terms. The movie star who captivated audiences in fellow ’90s classics like “Boomerang” and “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” is making headlines again. Not for…
A Black woman says she was unfairly singled out aboard an Air France flight from Paris to Dallas after a white male passenger allegedly objected to her being seated next to him—an incident she and others called a glaring example of racial bias. According to a video posted on Instagram by a woman she befriended…
Adrienne and Keith McAllister (Family GoFundMe) | MRI background (AP Images) Long Island man dies after being pulled into MRI machine by heavy metallic chain worn during allegedly unauthorized entry into the scan room. A man died in Westbury, N.Y., after being pulled into an MRI scanner at Nassau Open MRI while wearing a 20-pound…
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Former President Donald Trump has doubled down on his suggestion for the Washington Commanders to revert to their original moniker, the Redskins. Trump made his appeal Sunday on his Truth Social platform, where he also urged the Cleveland Guardians to return to their former name, the Indians. “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’…
Singer Billy Joel is pulling back the curtain on one of the most devastating periods of his life, revealing how a forbidden romance in his early 20s nearly destroyed everything he held dear. In his new HBO documentary series, the 76-year-old music icon confronts the guilt and consequences of falling in love with his best…
Venus Williams speaks to the media during a news conference at the Citi Open tennis tournament Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) After more than a year off the court, Venus Williams makes a surprise comeback — and says the only thing missing is Serena. Venus Williams is back on the tennis…
Southern University cuts ties with Omega Psi Phi after alleged hazing incident linked to student death. (Photo credit: WAFB) Following the death of student Caleb Wilson, the Beta Sigma chapter will not have any ‘privileges and rights’ with the school. In a public announcement on Friday, Southern University said that it has expelled the school’s…
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio watch Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on television after the House passed the bill on July 3, 2025. Joyce N. Boghosian/White House via AP President Donald Trump has said the “big, beautiful bill” he signed into law on July 4, 2025, will stimulate the economy…
A young woman who was fed drugs, beaten and sex trafficked in a metro Atlanta hotel as a 16-year-old has won a $40 million verdict after five years of litigation and a federal trial, during which a jury found the hotel liable for and a participant in the sex crime activity on its premises. United…
A Philadelphia judge has handed down a lenient sentence after a former Philadelphia police officer was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a man in 2023. The former cop, Mark Dial, was sentenced to 9-and-a-half months to two years in prison in the killing of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry, according to the Philadelphia…
