Omarion‘s birthday wish to his 7-year-old son Megaa Grandberry on Aug. 7 was overshadowed by the duo’s striking resemblance after fans bombarded the 36-year-old’s comment section with comparison statements.  In the initial post, Omarion shared a stream of photos of Grandberry, including an image of the pair sitting side by side. He captioned the upload, “My baby O-boy…

Jordan’s “Hoop Dreams Classic” tips off December 18 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ Basketball as we know it today may not exist without the contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their alumni, such as Howard University graduate Edwin Henderson, who earned the nickname “The Father of Black Basketball” in the…

The sudden fire claimed the lives of all her children aged 2 to 9-years-old A St. Louis, Illinois mother lived her worst nightmare on Friday when she lost all five of her children in a house fire. Sabrina Dunigan, a 34-year-old single mother, was driving someone to work early in the morning on Friday, according…

Organizers cited “current exponential growth” of new COVID-19 cases in the city and region With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had been scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and…

Source: Tom Williams / Getty The Senate dropped a Saturday surprise by confirming Eunice Lee to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Confirmed in a 50-47 vote, Lee will be the second Black woman to serve on the court. She is also the first former federal public defender to join the roster of judges….

“Kool & the Gang” co-founding member Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas has passed at the age of 70. Representatives for the group announced Thomas’ death on Aug. 7 in a statement shared with fans on social media. The beloved father “passed away peacefully in his sleep” at his residence in New Jersey. A cause of death…

Preliminary findings from South Africa show that the J&J shot is highly effective against preventing hospitalizations and death According to new data from a large-scale trial study, Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was found to be highly effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The study, known as Sisonke, of nearly 500,000 South African…

Marquis Davis was 28 and unvaccinated when he died after contracting coronavirus The family of a Florida business owner who died of COVID-19 last month used his funeral as a site for testing and administering vaccines to protect people against the disease. Marquis Davis, who passed away of COVID-19 complications on July 26, was the…

Violence interrupter grassroots programs are forming in communities across the country and employing alternative strategies to curb violence When Rasheedat Fetuga became a teacher, she worked hard to help protect her students, many of them poor and from a nearby housing project. When one of her favorites was shot and killed at 16, she stood…