Keyshia Cole is saying one more final goodbye to her beloved mother, Frankie Lons. The singer gave her fans a glimpse of her mother’s homegoing service, which took place in Oakland, California, at Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church, with a Monday, August 16, Instagram post. The 10-slide post was a mixture of photos and…
More than 1,900 children are in hospitals — particularly in the South — due to the highly contagious Delta variant. As school has kicked off in many states and with others soon to follow, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made a grim announcement: the number of children in America currently hospitalized…
Hip-hop icon Jay-Z is reportedly forming online betting service Fanatics Sportsbook with partner Michael Rubin. Billionaire rapper Jay-Z is making an exciting new business move. The hip-hop icon is partnering with Michael Rubin to form Fanatics Sportsbook, an online betting service, according to TMZ. The two have reportedly partnered with a tech company named Kambi that…
“This lived up completely to my expectations,” Ali Walsh said after the bout. “This is something I only dreamed of.” Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, wore a pair of his grandfather’s boxing shorts for his professional boxing debut on Saturday night. The middleweight bested Jordan Weeks with a first-round TKO…
A Black man was released from prison on Monday after spending decades behind bars in a New York prison for the murder of a Hofstra University coach. Christopher Ellis, now 51, was convicted in 1992 for murdering a Hofstra University assistant coach, but according to Judge Patricia Harrington, the conviction should be thrown out because…
New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo speaks at a press conference with New York Gov. David Paterson on Nov. 9, 2010, in New York City. | Source: Mario Tama / Getty As the dust settles from the political downfall of Andrew Cuomo — who announced his resignation last week amid fallout from sexual misconduct allegations from…
Damon Wayans said that he would do a comedy-style “Verzuz” with comedian Dave Chappelle. The comedian challenged Chappelle when he appeared on the morning radio show 97.9 The Box in Houston, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 13. Wayans was not familiar with “Verzuz,” and the The Box hosts filled him in and asked who he would battle if…
Mkayla Robinson, an active eighth-grader at Raleigh High School in Mississippi, had gone to classes all week before she died. A 13-year-old girl died of COVID-19 in Mississippi not long after that state’s governor, Tate Reeves, downplayed the number of cases among its children. Mkayla Robinson died of coronavirus complications early Saturday just hours after…
The speed of the Afghan government’s collapse and the ensuing chaos posed the most serious test of Biden as commander in chief President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the Taliban’s nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal of American forces urgently became a mission to ensure…
Candace Owens demanded a public apology from the American Booksellers Association on Aug. 11 after CEO Allison Hill apologized to their readers after the ABA accidentally promoted Owens’ new book “Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation.” In an initial tweet, Owens said ABA labeled her book as racist…
