Source: The Washington Post / Getty On Jan. 24, 2025, Pete Hegseth — a Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran who had no previous experience in national defense — was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick for Secretary of National Defense. Hegseth replaced Lloyd Austin, a Black 4-star general who served as the…
Police are looking for the driver of a 2011 Ford Focus after he backed over the head of a truck driver who had come to repossess the vehicle. The tow truck driver, whose full name is not known, posted a video of the harrowing incident on Facebook, where he posts under the handle “Phil Pacman…
Source: Maks_Lab / Getty At the direction of the Trump administration, the National Institutes of Health has cut funding to several HIV-related programs, including HIV-related research grants hoping to one day end the deadly disease. “The termination of numerous federal grants for HIV prevention and treatment is a cause for alarm,” Dr. Perry Halkitis, dean…
Ashley Darby and Gizelle Bryant attends the 2025 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, Luann de Lesseps, and Shannon Storms Beador star in the new show, which kicks off Sunday, April…
Stephen A. Smith, 57, has officially offered an apology for dragging Kobe Bryant’s name into his back-and-forth with LeBron James. The former Los Angeles Lakers player and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, tragically passed away along with seven others in a 2020 helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. But that has nothing to do with James…
An Oklahoma City police officer who temporarily faced aggravated assault charges for slamming an elderly Vietnamese man to the ground last October before the state Attorney General intervened and dismissed the case has resigned from the force. Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Joseph Gibson left the department March 18, according to a police spokesperson who confirmed that…
Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Marvin Sapp is a household name for anyone who is into gospel music. His career has spanned decades, and he’s had a number of popular gospel hits — including the chart-topping “Never Would Have Made It,” which gave him crossover appeal. Well, now, social media is changing the title of…
Getty Images/YouTube “Pop The Balloon or Find Love” The viral and hilarious YouTube dating show that has contestants pop (or not) a red balloon in an attempt at matchmaking is coming to Netflix! “Pop The Balloon,” the YouTube phenomenon that has taken over people’s social media feeds, is leveling up. On Thursday, Netflix announced that…
Jess Hilarious attends the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET) Jess Hilarious makes an appearance on Shannon Sharpe a week after her controversial Instagram Live. A week after Jess Hilarious went viral on Instagram Live for her complaints about workplace…
Source: VIEW press / Getty A Columbia University student who filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration was granted a temporary restraining order against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials who were out to arrest and deport her. U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald issued the order Tuesday (March 25) preventing the officials from…
