California lawmakers have passed a bill to protect black employees and students by outlawing discrimination against people who wear “ethnic” hairstyles such as braids, dreadlocks, and Afros, NPR reports. The bill states, “The history of our nation is riddled with laws and societal norms that equated ‘blackness,’ and the associated …

DaBaby has been sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation for a fatal shooting at a Huntersville, N.C. Walmart last November. He also was sentenced to 30 days in jail. However, the jail time has been suspended. Mecklenburg District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Meghan McDonald told The Charlotte Observer the rapper was found guilty …

In an interview with People magazine, Willow Smith talked about her history with self-harm and why she believes she had a responsibility to share her story. The daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith shared her early struggles with fame after being thrust into the spotlight upon the release of her …

Amanda Miller, the woman who claims she was injured during a shooting involving Chris Brown and Suge Knight, has dismissed her lawsuit against the club, 1 Oak, where the incident took place.  According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Miller filed her suit against 1 Oak in 2015 and is …

Abortion providers and advocacy groups in Atlanta have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the state’s recently passed anti-abortion laws. According to the AP, lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights have filed a lawsuit challenging the new Georgia law that bans …

Embattled R&B superstar R. Kelly and his attorneys are asking a Cook County judge to dismiss a civil sexual abuse case, filed by one of the four alleged victims in Kelly’s criminal case. The lawsuit was filed on February 21, a day before Kelly was charged with 10 counts of …

On the U.S. Supreme Court’s final day before it closes for summer break, justices have forbidden Donald Trump’s administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, citing the Trump administration’s explanation for wanting to add the question was “more of a distraction” than an explanation. The administration was …

New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey called former media mogul Harvey Weinstein in October 2017, 48 hours before their exposé on his sexual assault allegations. The whole 59-minute conversation was secretly being recorded, and now, the leaked audio reveals Weinstein defended himself before the release of the …

Pop stars Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, have teamed up for the new theme song for Elizabeth Banks‘ ‘Charlie’s Angels’ remake. A clip of the upbeat, empowering song is featured in the new trailer for the film, released Thursday. “We were inspired by ‘Independent Women’ and Destiny’s Child …

Marshae Jones of Birmingham, Alabama has been indicted for manslaughter after her unborn child was shot and killed during an altercation outside of a local Dollar Store. Jones was five months pregnant when Ebony Jemison shot her in the stomach in December 2018 over a dispute involving the father of Jones’ …

A California bill, asserting that athletes attending state schools could earn compensation for the use of their own name, image or likeness, was passed in the state Senate last month by a landslide, 31–4. However, the grass may not be greener on the other side of this situation. In the …

Donald Trump has continuously blamed Barack Obama and his administration for initiating the policy of separating migrant children from their families while being detained at the southern border. However, fact checkers have consistently proven his claim to be false. In his latest string of interviews, Trump told reporters that he “inherited” the …

New Beyonce music is on the way, just as fans continue to swoon over her newly released cover of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” featuring Donald Glover for the live-action film,  ‘The Lion King.’ Disney released the full soundtrack tracklist for the film and left one song untitled as …

It’s common knowledge that you can have a casual conversation with someone (or even talk to yourself out loud) about a product or location, and when you get back on Instagram, the first ad we see is for the exact thing you were just talking about! Well, according to Instagram …

Who would imagine it’s been ten years since the passing of world-renowned musical icon, Michael Jackson? In commemoration, Jackson’s estate released a statement on the tenth anniversary of his untimely death. “Ten years ago today, the world lost a gifted artist and extraordinary humanitarian. The entire global community joined in …