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Mary J. Blige has landed her own talk show thanks to a new partnership with BET. This week, it was announced that the network had entered into a two-part agreement with Blige and her production company, Blue Butterfly Productions. The first-look non-scripted and a second-look scripted deal will give the …

Former officer Aaron Dean was found guilty of the manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson on Dec. 15. On Tuesday, a judge sentenced him to 11 years, ten months, and 12 days in prison. “This verdict and sentence won’t bring Atatiana Jefferson back,” Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson said in …

The holidays can be brutally depressing for those who have suffered a personal loss or who may live away from their loved ones. Maybe you’re fresh out of a relationship or have been single for so long that you question whether or not you’ll ever have a partner. Or perhaps …

Walmart is raising the bar with its new delivery service, focusing on sustainability by offering refillable and reusable products. The pandemic aided in the rising trend of grocery delivery but didn’t touch on the innovative idea introduced by the giant retailer and its partner, the recycling and reuse platform Loop. …

After releasing the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, shocking the Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are teaming up with the streaming platform again. The new project, Live to Lead, is inspired by Nelson Mandela and premieres on Dec. 31.   “This was inspired by Nelson Mandela, who once …

Trey Songz has turned himself in to the police in New York after being accused of assaulting two people in October. According to police, Songz was charged with assault after he was accused of punching a man and woman in the face at a bowling alley, leaving the woman hospitalized. …

On Monday, a Central Park entrance was renamed the “Gate of the Exonerated” in honor of the “Exonerated Five.” Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise are the group of five men wrongfully convicted for the rape of a jogger at Central Park in 1989. According …

In a $3.7 billion settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to settle allegations of mistreating customers, including the agency’s $1.7 billion fine that’s the largest ever imposed. On Tuesday, t he CFPB said that the agreement involves more than $2 billion in “redress to …

The stepfather of the late rapper Tupac Shakur has been released from prison after nearly four decades behind bars. Mutulu Shakur was granted parole on November 10th following an October 12th hearing. The U.S. Parole Commission ruled that due to Mutulu’s deteriorating health, he no longer posed a threat to …

A 6.4 earthquake magnitude ripped the Richter scale in Northern California around 2:34 am Tuesday. It caused widespread damage, including extensive damage to roads and homes, and left more than 70 thousand Humboldt County residents without power, The Los Angeles Times reported. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter that …

A new lead has surfaced into the unsolved deaths of four University of Idaho students who were found fatally stabbed. Two of the victims were seemingly heard discussing a person named “Adam” just hours before they were killed, TMZ reported. The clip shows Kaylee Goncalves and Maddie Mogen walking with …

Twitter announced on Sunday that users would no longer be able to advertise other social media platforms on their Twitter accounts. “We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms,” Twitter Support said. “However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media …

Over the weekend, former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire was arrested on a domestic violence charge. He has since made an Instagram post on the incident: “Over the last 24 hours, an incident at my family home led to my being charged with assaulting my daughter. It is an allegation based …

Sources familiar with Tory Lanez’s felony assault trial tell Rolling Stone that one of Megan Thee Stallion’s bodyguards was expected to testify about a prior statement to law enforcement implicating Tory Lanez. Justin Edison, who has since stopped responding to authorities, previously told police that Tory Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, came up to him the …

A woman was killed, and two others were critically injured after a large crowd of people without tickets tried to force their way into an Afrobeat concert at London’s O2 Academy music hall in Brixton on Thursday.  Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, succumbed to her injuries in a hospital on Saturday, two …