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President Joe Biden speaks after signing the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Washington.Photo: Patrick Semansky (AP) More than two centuries into the American experiment, lynching is finally, officially a federal hate crime. President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed …

During a live segment, GMA’s Oscar correspondent T.J. Holmes had some strong words regarding the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock during the Academy Awards. But viewers disagreed with Holmes’ opinions and unapologetically expressed their disappointment on social media. Live from the new Oscar museum, Holmes went in on his opinions …

Photo: Charles Krupa (AP) Looks like another COVID-19 booster is coming down the pike as the Food and Drug Administration has authorized another COVID-19 booster for people 50-years-old and older, according to the Associated Press. This would be the fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for the people …

Don’t call it a comeback—though if anyone knows how to orchestrate a revival, it’s renaissance man Dapper Dan. Since the Harlem-based design icon’s long-overdue return to the top of the fashion game several years ago, he’s been unstoppable; his enduring popularity well-proven by the fervor that arose over his first …

Merrill Pittman Cooper, an African American man from Jefferson County, W. Va., has earned his high school diploma at 101-years old, finally making his lifelong dream come true. From 1934 to 1938, Cooper was a student at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., a school that admits newly freed …

Makenzie Thompson, a Georgia high school senior, has been accepted to attend 49 colleges and has received more than $1.3 million in scholarship offers. But she did not originally plan to apply to over 50 universities, according to CNN. The 18-year-old decided after attending multiple college fairs and receiving fee …

In literature, references to eating tend to be either symbolic or utilitarian. Food can indicate status or milieu (think about all those references to Dorsia in American Psycho), or it can move the plot forward (Rabbit Angstrom’s peanut-brittle habit in John Updike’s final Rabbit book). Even in the hands of …

If you’re someone who spends any time on a computer whether for work or school-related activities, then you already know how helpful of a tool certain software programs or the internet can be. While having access to seemingly countless web pages and folders to store your projects and ideas has …

An Oscar statue on the red carpet near the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, on March 27, 2022, ahead of the 94th Academy Awards.Photo: TEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP (Getty Images) On Monday, both the Academy and the 2022 Oscars producer Will Packer responded to the slapping incident involving Will Smith and …

In recent memory, there has never been a time when Beyoncé performs that is topped by anyone or anything! With the Will Smith/Chris Rock “altercation” taking place, it seems as if people have not been speaking about Beyoncé, except on social media, of course! Mrs. Carter had a fulfilling performance decked …