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‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Legendary TV host Regis Philbin has died of natural causes at age 88. Philbin’s family confirmed the news to People. He passed away on Friday (Jul. 24). “We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night …

The Wilsons have expanded by one! Ciara and Russell Wilson announced that they have welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on Thursday (July 23) with a video from the delivery room posted to Instagram. In the clip, Ciara is seen singing “Happy Birthday” to the newborn. RELATED: Pregnant Ciara …

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Twin fashion designers Corianna (Coco) and Brianna (Breezy) Dotson have selected 10 of their favorite Black-owned brands for a new retail pop-up. The Beyoncé-approved designers launched the Coco & Breezy x American Express at SHOWFIELDS curation on July 24th. “We had the vision to curate a shop filled with all …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); A North Carolina man who won $10 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket just three years ago is now in jail and charged with murder. 52-year-old Michael Todd Hill was arrested on Tuesday (Jul. 21) and charged with the murder of Keonna …

Image: Shutterstock/Drew Angerer (Getty Images) As part of its ongoing campaign to flood American cities with federal police all too willing to do the President’s violent bidding, not to mention drag the country’s institutions of government further into absurdity, the Trump Administration is now decrying the loss of the children’s …

The Fairfax County School Board has reportedly voted to rename Fairfax, Virginia’s Robert E. Lee High School to honor the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. According to an announcement on Thursday (July 23), the change will go into effect for the 2020-21 school year. Board members in the …

Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) Singer and performer Ciara, who has been rocking her pregnancy with signature gorgeousness despite going through it in a pandemic, has given birth to her third child. Ciara and her NFL quarterback husband Russell Wilson announced the good news on their social media channels on …

After reportedly being found unresponsive in Los Angeles, singer Tamar Braxton was hospitalized on July 16 for unspecified reasons.  The hospitalization comes just weeks before the premiere of the popular reality star’s new WE tv show “Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life!” In a new teaser for the show, Tamar spoke …

Read: What happened when the Sex Pistols threw a Christmas party An aspect of that knowledge, of course, was Blackness: being Black—flamboyantly, psychedelically Black—in an America that, through the madly flexing prism of the ’60s, was only beginning to experience itself. The white rebel rock bands, as outré as they …