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The face of Chicago is in for a dramatic change with the city’s candidates for mayor. The Chicago Tribune reported Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle have taken their marks in the race for the mayoral seat. Unofficial results showed the ladies beat out a packed choice of 14 candidates before …

The Jackson Family calls “Leaving Neverland” a payout for Michael Jackson’s sexual assault accusers during an interview with CBS. The HBO documentary entitled “Leaving Neverland” details two men’s sexual assault allegations against late singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. The men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, allege Jackson sexually abused them as children …

“Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” star Moniece Slaughter has been ordered to steer clear of her roommate and his dog after she allegedly threatened to harm the man’s best friend.  According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Slaughter’s roommate, Sterling Coleman, accused the reality star of assaulting him, locking …

New reports show rapper YNW Melly staged a drive-by to trick cops into thinking that his two friends were killed by someone other than him and a companion. Early in the morning on Oct. 26, Melly’s friend, #CortlenHenry, drove his two friends to the ER in Miramar Fla., claiming the …

Just ahead of the highly-anticipated sit down between Jordyn Woods and her longtime family friends on “Red Table Talk,” new details about Woods’ alleged sexcapades have been revealed. In fact, according to the Blast, Tristan Thompson wasn’t the only Kardashian beau Woods “hooked up” with that night. Sources close to …

Despite the blowback and backlash over the premiere of HBO’s “Leaving Neverland,” which details allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey will be sitting down to host a Q&A with Jackson’s accusers.  According to Variety, in collaboration with HBO and Winfrey’s OWN network, the Queen …

IBM has apologized after an engineer found racial slurs embedded in the company’s online job application page.  According to The Register, an engineer who was in the process of applying for a position through IBM’s website, clicked on a drop-down menu, which said: “please state your Ethnic group.”  The issue …

NFL star Pacman Jones has been arrested again; this time, over an incident almost identical to his 2015 incident at Hollywood Casino in Indiana, in which he was escorted out over disorderly conduct.  In the most recent incident, which occurred on Wednesday morning, Jones was arrested at the Rising Star …

You guys know with only two days left of Black History Month, it wouldn’t be right to end it without someone dropping the N-bomb. That amazingly ignorant person was Maryland lawmaker Del. Mary Ann Lisanti. A fun night at an Annapolis cigar bar allowed Lisanti to show her true feelings …

A woman has gone viral after she was recorded standing in front of a moving vehicle that she thought wasn’t allowed on a park road – turned out, she was wrong. For seven minutes-straight, a woman walked slowly in front of Mark Smith, a man who was driving a car …

On Tuesday, Jordyn Woods teased her appearance on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” to presumably share her side of the Kardashian/Jenner-Tristan Thompson drama. Although the topic of discussion has yet to be confirmed, sources tell TMZ Jada’s intention was “to create a healing between Jordyn and Khloe,” all while …

YouTube directors are going to have a hard time explaining this one.  A Florida mother, who’s also a pediatrician and blogger, has shed light on some disturbing content on YouTube. The popular platform is under fire for hosting a video fashioned to teach children how to commit suicide.  Dr. Free …

The Baller Alert Show, featuring your lifestyle specialist Kenny Burns, with Ferrari Simmons and Su Solo, kicked off its 59th episode with a recap of the hottest topics and current events from the previous week. In case you missed it, the hosts discussed the overwhelming black excellence at the Oscars. …

More than 9,300 marijuana convictions will be expunged from an individual’s records, a San Francisco District Attorney said Monday. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, District Attorney George Gascón’s office used an advanced open-source computer algorithm to identify cases that were eligible for expungement. It’s been three years since California …

Napa Valley’s first black-owned winery, Brown Estate, is the latest company to team up with Delta Airline’s domestic flights. Carlyne Scott is a representative of Delta’s black community business leaders, and it was her idea to honor Black History Month by combining Black Estate wines with the airline. It was …