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Baylor is claiming its third NCAA Women’s Basketball Championsihp. Chloe Jackson nailed the go-ahead lay-up with six seconds left as Baylor edged Notre Dame 82-81. Arike Ogunbowale missed a tying free throw in the final seconds for the defending champion Fighting Irish to seal the loss. Jackson led the Lady Bears with 26 points and […]
This fight is far from over… The city of Chicago is going to sue actor Jussie Smollett over his claims that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. Chicago’s Law Department is now drafting a lawsuit demanding the Empire star pay for the costs of the investigation into what they say ended […]
The University of Kansas is planning to offer a course on “Angry White Male Studies.” The course reportedly charts the rise of the “angry white male” in the U.S. and Britain since the 1950s. Kansas Republican Congressman Ron Estes is not happy about the course, saying it will divide the university instead of uniting people […]
Amazon’s stock is being divvied up amid CEO Jeff Bezos’s divorce finalization. Bezos will keep 75-percent of the company’s stock and ex-wife MacKenzie will take 25-percent as the pair complete their divorce. On Twitter Thursday, MacKenzie said she is “happy to giving Jeff 75-percent of the stock and voting control of my shares.” She also […]
There are reports that the Mueller Report is more damaging to President Trump than Attorney General Bill Barr’s four-page letter indicated. The New York Times is reporting that associates of the Special Counsel team say Barr failed to adequately portray their findings of the investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election. Barr released a […]
It’s being recommended that children between the ages of nine and eleven be screened for high cholesterol. Doctors with the American Academy of Pediatrics say it’s best to screen early due to the growing epidemic of obesity. Additionally, the AAP recommends children be tested if their parents or grandparents have suffered from a heart attack […]
Facebook users data is still at risk in other places. A cybersecurity firm found hundreds of millions of users data on Amazon’s cloud computing services. Bloomberg first reported that UpGuard found more than 540 million records including account names, comments and likes were available to the public. For years, Facebook shared this kind of data […]
In this episode of Voices, John Legend goes in-depth about his new single, “Preach,” his decision to use his platform for social activism and the time he spent with Nipsey Hussle, just two days before we lost the rapper. Check it out above. Related: Voices: K-Ci From Jodeci Looks Back On The Making Of Classics Forever […]
Two Hollywood celebrities are due in a Boston courtroom today. Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are scheduled to face a judge in the massive college admissions cheating scandal. The feds believe they gave money to a Southern California business man who then funneled the money through a bogus charity, just to hand the money to […]
Rapper 50 Cent is donating the three million dollars he made from the sale of his Connecticut home to charity. TMZ says his 50-thousand-square-foot mansion recently sold after 12 years on the market. It was originally purchased for 18-and-a-half million. Fifty will be giving the three million to his G-Unity Foundation, which provides grants to […]
Get your avocados while you can. The head of Mission Produce says the U.S. could run out of avocados in three weeks if President Trump shuts down the border. Steve Barnard notes that Mexico supplies virtually 100 percent of the avocados in the U.S. right now. The USDA says nearly half of all imported U.S. […]
The suspect in the shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle has been captured. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed 29-year-old Eric Holder is the suspect. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore says the shooting was a personal dispute between Hussle and Holder. Police said Holder engaged in multiple verbal altercations with Hussle before coming back […]