Sallie Mae took more than 100 of its employees to Hawaii in August in celebration of a record year, $5 billion in student loans…putting 374,000 borrowers in potential life-long debt. Yes, if you have a student loan (or personal loan) with Sallie Mae or a subsidiary, you just helped finance …

Florida woman, Marissa Mowry, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old child while serving as a live-in nanny for the child’s family. She later gave birth to the boy’s son. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Mowry was 22 when she was hired …

Parkrose High School football coach Keanon Lowe is being hailed a hero around the world after footage shows him disarming 18-year-old Angel Granados-Diaz, who walked into a classroom with a loaded shotgun, has gone viral. The ordeal took place on May 17 in Portland, Oregon. The surveillance footage, acquired by …

In Vienna City, Austria, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya ran 26.2 miles in 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds, becoming the first person to cover the marathon distance in less than two hours. Kipchoge, 34, is an eight-time major marathon winner and three-time Olympic medalist. The great feat will only be …

We could theorize about what has caused the increase in broken black families in recent years, but one fact remains that children are almost always at the center of the divide. Every child deserves to be raised up by a loving mother and father and all too often, parents lose …

Rolling Loud NY will be moving forward with festivities this weekend without the talent from 22GZ, Casanova, Pop Smoke, Sheff G, and Don Q, after the NYPD sent event organizers a letter saying the rappers are connected to “recent acts of violence citywide” and for “public safety concerns”. “The above-listed …

Simone Biles has just made history…again. This time the 22-year-old, four-time Olympic gold medalist, just broke a world championships record on Sunday, as she picked up her 24th and 25th medals. According to People, Biles won gold medals for both her floor routine and the balance beam, and just became …

For 10 years, Dr. Chikaodinaka D. Nwankpa, former head of Drexel University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, submitted improper charges against government grants for iTunes purchases and “goods and services” provided by Cheerleaders, Club Risque, and Tacony Club, all described as “gentlemen’s clubs”, according to a press release from the …

One person has been killed and three others are missing after a Hard Rock Hotel construction site in New Orleans collapsed Saturday morning. New Orleans fire department received a call about the collapse just after 9 a.m. and arrived with police and emergency medical services. According to the Associated Press, …

This summer, Yung Miami announced to the world about her pregnancy and still managed to hold the City Girls down until her other half JT made it home from prison this week. To show love to Caresha and the newest addition to the City Girls family, McDonald’s surprised the raptress …

Attorney Mark Zaid, who represents the first intelligence whistleblower to come forward with accusations concerning conversations between Donald Trump and Ukraine, said he is now representing a second whistleblower regarding Trump’s interactions. According to CNN, Zaid confirmed he and other lawyers on his team are now representing the second person, …

Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool in Gilbert, Arizona is under investigation after seven toddlers wandered away from the school and onto a busy street without any adults noticing. According to The Arizona Republic, the toddlers walked away from the preschool and into traffic Friday morning, forcing drivers to slam on …

These days, words like #love, #loyalty, #friend, #bro and #sis are thrown around without true meaning or intent behind them. Although everybody has their own definition of those terms, one thing remains true, and that’s the fact that you can’t relate ANY of those terms to folks you don’t even …

Abel and Ola Osundairo met with special prosecutor Dan Webb’s team to hear their full side of the story about Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack as the decision date for whether Smollett’s charges will be reinstated draws closer. According to TMZ, the footage shows the brothers arriving separately at Webb’s office, …

A high school teacher in Hephzibah, Georgia was placed on administrative leave after allegedly suggesting to her students that the Confederate flag symbolizes somebody marrying their sister. The message offended one Hephzibah High School student, who explained to her mom that the teacher put a photo of the Confederate flag …