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San Francisco’s first Black female mayor is in a pricey battle for a second term
San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a “Winter of Love” ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on February 14, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Ima...
Bobby Brown pays tribute to former mother-in-law Cissy Houston
“May she rest in peace and power,” Bobby Brown said of Cissy Houston, who died on October 7 at age 91. Bobby Brown is paying tribute to his late former mother-in-law, Cissy Houston. On Monday, October...
Browns QB Deshaun Watson settles latest civil lawsuit brought by woman claiming sexual assault
The unidentified woman alleged Watson — who had previously settled nearly two dozen similar civil lawsuits — had sexually assaulted her in 2020 while on a dinner date in her apartment. She was seeking...
Harris calls Trump ‘incredibly irresponsible’ for spreading misinformation about Helene response
This combination photo shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an event, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J., left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kam...
Black voters have positive views of Kamala Harris, but they’re not sure she would change the country for the better, poll finds
:Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waits to speak at a campaign rally at United Auto Workers Local 900 on August 8, 2024 in Wayne, Michigan. Kamala Harris and her new...
‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 4, Episode 10: 10 questions that I have now that ‘Ghost’ is ‘over’
Michael Rainey, Jr. as “Tariq St. Patrick” in “Power Book II: Ghost.” (Courtesy of Starz) OPINION: While we all waited to see who made it to the end of the series, we got a ser...
Mother of 8-year-old who drove herself to Target opens up about the aftermath: ‘I could not sleep’
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Zoe Wilson’s family was still processing after she drove herself to Target on Sept. 15. When 8-year-old Zoe Wilson of Bedford, Ohio, woke up on the morning of Sept. ...
Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91
Cissy Houston performs during McDonald’s Gospelfest 2013 on May 11, 2013 in Newark, N.J. Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar mus...
From the HBCU cafeteria to the NFL, Chiefs player Bryan Cook’s wife shares their love story
Kansas City Chiefs star Bryan Cook and his wife Jayla Thornton-Cook’s love story began in 2017 in the Howard University cafeteria. Before becoming husband and wife, parents and a two-time Super Bowl c...