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Paul Mooney, a celebrated comedian and actor who wrote material for some of the greatest joke-tellers of all time, has died at the age of 79 following a heart attack at his home in Oakland.

"brown-ish"? The new report that there could yet be another "ish"-inspired spinoff of Kenya Barris' media empire that began with "Black-ish" was met in part with virtual groans on social media.

Rep. Val Demings is making a chess move in order to solidify a political future in the state with plans to announce a bid for U.S. Senate, directly challenging Republican Marco Rubio in 2022.

Pasquotank County District Attorney R. Andrew Womble has determined that the police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was "justified."

LAPD authorities are investigating rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Harris of the R&B group Xscape, in reference to an allegation of sexual assault and drugging which reportedly took place in 2005.

Angela Doyinsola Aina, MPH is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), a Black women-led organization that centers Black mamas by advocating, driving research, building power, and shifting culture for Black maternal health, rights and justice.

Stanford is a North Philadelphia native who pours her all into creating wellness outcomes for city residents and patients around the country.

The family of Matthew Zadok Williams maintains he was experiencing a mental health crisis when he was fatally shot on April 12 and listed a series of demands in order to better facilitate relationships between Williams' family and law enforcement investigators.

Mikayla's supporters plan to march to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's office on May 21 to call for her resignation and to pressure law enforcement to turn the case over to the FBI.

On March 16, TV One’s Uncensored featured what is now the last formal interview of late, great rapper Earl “DMX” Simmons.

The 2021 Urban One Honors recipients are game-changers in their fields, leading and creating groundbreaking work that empowers our communities. And they all lead with love.

Spelman College is naming its performing arts center after actress and director LaTanya Richardson Jackson and her husband actor Samuel L. Jackson.