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Timothy Batts, the man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter, Timea Lashay Batts, has reportedly failed his…
When I speak or teach, I love to tell my audiences that I know, deep in my heart, that they would turn down $1…
Marcus Bellamy, a 32-year-old dancer on the Broadway stage, allegedly murdered his boyfriend, Bernardo Almonte, in…
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After fits and starts, rumors and innuendo, Frank Ocean finally released his sophomore album Saturday night.
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A kiss between a black man and white woman reportedly enraged a self-proclaimed white supremacist so much that he…
When I was 9 years old, my closest friend was a swaggering, wayward, foul-mouthed Puerto Rican who counterbalanced…
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In a video shot heard around the world, Al Roker was not trying to hear any defense of Ryan Lochte, the Olympic…
The Rev. Al Sharpton has pledged not to let Hollywood “discredit” and block actor Nate Parker’s plans to release his…
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis’ son was indicted on a charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct…
The home occupied by one of the great leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, still stands on 127th…
Emerging victorious in the intense rivalry with Jamaica, the U.S. women’s team retained the 4x100-meter relay title,…
Back in 2002, according to the Estado do S. Paulo newspaper, former U.S. President George W. Bush reportedly asked…
Bresha Meadows, 15 years old, sits inside an Ohio Juvenile Detention Center.
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My maternal grandparents immigrated from St. Kitts between 1899 and 1901. They are Albena Denham (Daveron), born on…