Smokey Robinson attends the screening for “The Apollo” during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) Four former housekeepers have accused the music legend of sexual assault in incidents spanning from 2007 to 2024. Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who…
A Black man working as a bouncer at a bar in Camarillo, California, who stepped in when a male patron was allegedly pushing and choking his wife, got more than he bargained for when the man turned out to be an off-duty sheriff’s deputy with another deputy friend in tow. After a violent altercation, he…
Updated: May 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST Disco should never be forgotten. Take a trip with NewsOne as we remember the top ten “divas” of the disco era — female artists who symbolized the times with their style and who sang their way into the hearts and consciousness of fans across the globe. 10)…
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) The ruling was a big setback for Trump, whose erratic trade policies have rocked financial markets and paralyzed businesses with uncertainty. President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited…
Source: Courtesy / Janeé Bolden Respected journalist, media personality and cultural commentator Janeé Bolden has launched a brand-new podcast titled Hey Janeé, just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. With a career rooted in storytelling and celebrating Black culture, Bolden’s latest endeavor blends pop culture analysis, personal reflection, and wellness practices in a format that…
This 2010 image released by UC Irvine shows Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. (Daniel A. Anderson/UC Irvine via AP) The prolific writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, originally from Kenya, died at 87 in Bedford, Georgia on Wednesday, May 28. In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author…
With FEMA reportedly understaffed and underfunded, St. Louis residents who endured devastating tornadoes nearly two weeks ago say they remain desperate for help in surroundings reminiscent of a war zone. “Practically every place my family has been in, visited, touched, has been destroyed,” said Lisa Covington, who has lived in north St. Louis for decades….
In this photo provided by the Detroit Opera, in Anthony Davis’s “The Central Park Five,” from left, Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Freddie Ballentine, Nathan Granner, Justin Hopkins, and Markel Reed, perform in the title roles at Detroit Opera. (Austin T. Richey/Detroit Opera via AP) The opera puts to music the story of five Black and Latino teens…
Tiger Woods appears to have found love again, but fans are sounding the alarm as the golf legend’s relationship with Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., is heating up super-fast. The 49-year-old athlete and the 47-year-old former model have been quietly dating since November 2024, and now a tabloid report suggests they’re moving…
Before anything, Tina Knowles is a mother and a grandmother who will protect her family, regardless of how it may look. Recently, the matriarch of the Knowles family had to address the whispers about what some considered a “stern grandma moment” onstage with her 7-year-old granddaughter, Rumi Carter. Beyoncé brought her mother onstage during the May…
