The Las Vegas Metro Police Department cleared R&B singer Trey Songz in their sexual assault investigation, People reports. “The LVMPD has conducted the investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Tremaine Neverson and determined that no criminal charges will be filed,” said a rep on Friday to People. “If any …

Will Smith holds his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for “King Richard” as he attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2022.Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP (Getty Images) While it’s been nearly two weeks since the infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap …

Ambulance is an action movie with a simple hook, the kind of “high concept” story pitch that one can just imagine a Hollywood executive’s eyes lighting up at. Two bank robbers, the adoptive brothers Danny (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) and Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), hijack an ambulance after a …

Owning a pet can be one of the most rewarding things a person can experience. No matter your preference of animal, the companionship and sense of comfort a pet provides can’t be replicated. Some people are fortunate enough to not have to worry about owning mild-mannered pets. For others, however, …

Speaking through tears and punctuated by emotional sighs, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked ancestors who overcame slavery and segregation in her first public comments about her confirmation as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice in the country’s history on Friday. Flanked by President Joe Biden, who nominated her for …

Sergei Loznitsa’s fictional film Donbass begins in a makeup studio, where a group of cantankerous actors are griping about another day on the job. They’re then rushed out onto the streets of eastern Ukraine by a film crew, before arriving at the staged site of a bombing, where they cry …

A new Tennessee bill passed in the House Thursday that would require social studies curriculum for students in fifth to eighth grade to include Black history. House Bill 2106 passed with an 80-2 vote after a two-year uphill battle by its creator state Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, D-Chattanooga, reported the Chattanooga …

An ad campaign for Senate Democrats aims to remind Black voters of how Republicans treated Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation process.Image: Democratic Senate Campaign Committee The campaign arm for Senate Democrats is launching an ad campaign in five cities, aiming to remind Black voters that of Republicans’ opposition to …

Editor’s note: This week’s newsletter is a rerun. We’ll be back with a fresh newsletter next week. After the Capitol riot, Matt Hawn, a teacher from Tennessee, brought an Atlantic essay to class for his students to analyze: “The First White President,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Earlier the class had discussed …

Founded by entrepreneur John T. Ward in 1881 in Columbus, Ohio, E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co. has withstood the test of time and continues to operate as the oldest Black-owned business in the United States. However, the Ohio-based company started as a stop on the Underground Railroad where Ward …