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Simone Biles is officially off the market. The superstar gymnast announced that she’s engaged to her boyfriend, Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens. The four-time Olympic gold medalist posted to social media Tuesday that Owens proposed. “WOKE UP A FIANCÉE,” Biles wrote on Twitter. “I can’t wait to spend forever & …

Valerie Boyd, the renowned academic, editor and author who wrote the acclaimed biography Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, has died at age 58. USA Today was among the first outlets to break the news, reporting that Boyd, an associate professor and writer-in-residence at the University of …

Valentine’s Day went without another highly publicized appearance from Kanye “Ye” West and model-actress Julia Fox. In fact, quite the contrary, as Fox confirmed the unexpected pairing had come to an equally abrupt end after only a month. Via a now-deleted Instagram Story captured and retweeted by Pop Crave, Fox …

As college students around the country graduate with a massive amount of debt, advocates display a hand-painted sign on the Ellipse in front of The White House to call on President Joe Biden to sign an executive order to cancel student debt on June 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo …

“When Cheerios called and said they wanted to work together, I said ‘why?’ said legendary rapper and actor Ice-T in a conversation with theGrio. In honor of American Heart Month, he and the iconic cereal are encouraging America to have a “change of heart” by prioritizing heart-healthy eating and creative …

Naomi Campbell poses with her 9-month-old daughter for the cover of British Vogue‘s March issue — giving fans their first look at her dark-haired beauty.  “She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child,” the fashion icon tells British Vogue, noting that not many people knew she was planning a journey into …

Wondering where in the world it’s both safe and stylish to go these days? A look at Sergio Hudson‘s collection for Spring/Summer 2022 brings one word to mind: Safari. Hudson, who very literally bodied Michelle Obama’s monochromatic, mulberry-colored topcoat-and-trousers look for Joe Biden‘s 2021 inauguration, is once again creating bold …

Photo: AdobeStock Like much of the rest of Black America, Antentor Hinton, Jr.’s reaction  to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor was wanting to do something. His parents sensed it; that’s why they asked him a pivotal question. Photo: AdobeStock “They asked me to consider what I could …

This is the fifth installment in theGrio’s “Mighty Love” series, running through February. Read our first couple’s story here. “She took my breath away!” says Raymar Hampshire of the first time he saw his now-wife, Alicia. The two met in a quantitative skills prep program (aka “Math Camp”) in graduate school; that breathless …

This past weekend was another a busy one for Kanye West. In his ongoing war against soon-to-be-ex-wife Kim Kardashian-West and her new beau Pete Davidson, he took to Instagram to post a barrage of insults, all reportedly in an effort to expose the media narrative being built against him and …