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President Biden is completing his promises when it comes to having a diverse staff. The commander-in-chief has nominated Shalanda Young to be director of the White House Office of Budget and Management (OMB). Young currently serves as the deputy director, so this next position would be a step in the …

The Weeknd has always made headlines when it comes to his outlandish visuals and crazy stunts for music videos, but this time he is touching another world, TV production. Apparently, The Weeknd is putting in overtime. Besides being in the studio, the award-winning singer has an HBO series on the …

Those irritating robocalls about the auto warranty you didn’t have may be coming to an end. Starting Tuesday, wireless phone providers in the United States must implement STIR/SHAKEN, an industry-standard caller ID authentication technology that “helps protect consumers against malicious spoofed robocalls and helps law enforcement track, bad actors,” according …

Britney Spears’ counsel requested that the judge in her conservatorship case remove her father, Jamie Spears as the conservator of her estate, but the judge denied the request and said Jamie would remain as conservator for the time being. Back in November, Britney’s lawyer, Sam Ingham, requested that Jamie be …

On Wednesday, Wall Street’s industry regulator fined Robinhood Financial LLC $70 million for “systemic” failings, including system outages, offering “false or misleading” information, and having poor options trading controls, all of which hurt millions of the app’s consumers. The penalty imposed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the …

Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s longstanding chief financial officer, surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of a scheduled court appearance on the first criminal indictment in a two-year probe of Donald Trump’s business activities. At roughly 6:20 a.m., Weisselberg was photographed with his lawyer entering the structure that houses criminal …

Miya Ponsetto, dubbed “Soho Karen,” pleaded not guilty to hate crime charges on Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a black teen at a Manhattan hotel, and the judge warned her not to miss her next in-person court date. On Dec. 26, the 22-year-old was captured on camera accusing Keyon Harrold Jr., …

Nipsey Hussle’s accused killer just got a new lawyer, who is claiming that he previously suffered from mental health issues. Eric Holder, 31, will now be represented by Deputy Public Defender Aaron Jansen, who hopes this case will go to trial by early December after facing many delays. Holder’s former attorney and …

James Franco and two of his associates have agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by former acting school students. The agreement will now go before a judge for approval. The Hollywood Reporter reports that two former students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, claim Franco pressured them into inappropriate, increasingly …

The man who jumped out of the emergency exit of a moving United Airlines plane at LAX on Friday told the FBI he had been smoking crystal meth for days before boarding the flight. Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez, 33, of La Paz, Mexico, whispered to the passenger next to him that he …

Smallville actress Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge Wednesday for her role in the NXIVM case. She was also given a $20,000 fine. Mack, 38, pleaded guilty in 2019 to multiple charges, including racketeering and forced labor for her role as a high-ranking member of the sex cult. …

A Florida man was sentenced to life behind bars for molesting his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter and then pouring bleach on her to destroy the evidence.  Judge Kimberly Fernandez handed down a life sentence to Lewis Matthews, 43, for sexual battery on a victim younger than 12 on Monday. She also added five years …

According to a Snapchat shared with VICE News, students at a small high school in rural Pennsylvania wore “White Lives Matter” shirts to their last day of classes, as well as interviews with community members. And the school is said to have done little to address the students’ behavior. “They …

In 2019, the parents of a 5-year-old Milwaukee boy told authorities that he fell down a flight of steps, which resulted in his death. The boy’s father finally admitted to investigators that he punched the baby in the stomach and hit him in the face, all because the boy ate …

The Godmother of Soul is proudly calling herself “the original drag queen.” Patti LaBelle sat down with Page Six to discuss her diverse fanbase and heading out on tour later this year. “I’m the original drag queen,” LaBelle, 77, said. “I was wearing crazy hair, crazy makeup, crazy clothes.” The “Lady Marmalade” singer …

If you’ve ever wondered why Drake’s lyrics make for the perfect Instagram captions, wonder no more. In a recent sitdown with HipHopDX, Sean Kingston gave some insight into the Canadian rapper’s recording process. It turns out that Drizzy’s lyrics are so relatable because he uses real conversations to craft them. The Miami singer recalled …

Bow Wow took to Instagram on Tuesday to let the world know that being a rapper is too stressful for him. “I was soooo stressed putting this show together in 4 days for VERZUZ!!” he captioned the post. “What ya’ll don’t know is our hard drive CRASHED 6 mins before we went …

Former Disney star Kyle Massey has been charged with a felony in connection to sending pornographic material to a 13-year-old girl on Snapchat. The actor, who best known for his roles on That’s So Raven and Cory in the House, is now facing one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes, according to TMZ. Massey allegedly …

An Iowa man was arrested on Saturday after threatening to blow up a local McDonald’s after workers forgot to include dipping sauce with his chicken McNuggets order. Robert Golwitzer Jr., 42, called the restaurant at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Saturday after learning his order was wrong.  According to police, Golwitzer …

A Florida man named Jared Vaughn was recently charged with rape after purchasing a consumer DNA kit, uploading his genetic code to a genealogy tracking website, and having his genetic code matched to a DNA sample collected from when he allegedly attacked a college girl in 2007. Tampa Police assistant …