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Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet up violence
Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Gangs also largely shut down the country’s main...
Why Fantasia’s 2007 hit ‘When I See U’ seems to always be on our minds in 2024
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 16: Fantasia Barrino accepts the Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture award for “The Color Purple” onstage during the 55th Annual NAACP Awards at t...
Trump wants to end ‘wokeness’ in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Trump’s education plan pledges to cut funding for schools t...
Roy Wood Jr. reveals how an arrest in college led him to comedy
“Because it was a Black college, I had faculty …. they understood the mistake I made, but they also understood the potential. They didn’t throw me away. I wasn’t expelled,” said Roy Wood Jr. in this c...
Donald Trump is building the Dallas Cowboys of presidential administrations
Donald Trump puts on a Stetson cowboy hat while touring a Made in America product showcase in the East Room of the White House July 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. American manufacturers representing each...
Halle Berry stuns fans by re-wearing her iconic 2002 Oscars gown
Halle Berry walks in Elie Saab’s 2024 fashion show in her 2002 Oscar’s gown.(Screenshot from Elie Saab/YouTube) Halle Berry proves she hasn’t aged a day as she slips back into the dress sh...
Quincy Jones’ death certificate confirms he died of pancreatic cancer
Quincy Jones attends Celebrity Fight Night XXV on March 23, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night) Quincy Jones’ cause of death has been confirmed as...
Doechii receives a warm welcome during a tour stop at her former high school
Doechii attends the 3rd Annual Femme It Forward “Give Her FlowHERS” Awards Gala at The Beverly Hilton on November 08, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Image...
Craig Melvin will replace Hoda Kotb on the ‘Today’ show
Craig Melvin attends the Annual Night of Opportunity Gala hosted by The Opportunity Network at Cipriani Wall Street on May 08, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Opp...