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Little Women: Atlanta star Ashley “Ms. Minnie” Ross is dead following a hit-and-run car accident on Sunday. She was 34 years old. Ross reportedly suffered severe injuries after her car collided with another vehicle near the Old National Highway in Atlanta around 11 p.m. Sunday (Apr. 26), her publicist, …

Photo: Jason Mendez (Getty Images) One of the most heartbreaking effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the lack of face-to-face interactions with family and friends. While phone calls and video chat services like FaceTime, Zoom and HouseParty have helped us maintain relationships during this period, some may be looking to …

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is enjoying the downtime with his daughters, judging by the adorable videos he posted while sheltering-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The global movie star claims to have sung “You’re Welcome,” from the movie Moana, about 1,926 times to Tiana, his 2-year-old daughter. “And for the 1,927th …

Nonetheless, the administration is sensitive to the perception that it’s media-obsessed. On Thursday The New York Times reported, “The president’s primary focus, advisers said, is assessing how his performance on the virus is measured in the news media, and the extent to which history will blame him.” The story has …

The coronavirus pandemic may have shut down businesses nationwide and have people staying home but that will not stop expecting moms.   Hospitals and clinics have instituted measures to keep expecting mothers safe, including separating them from their family during appointments and actual births. These scenarios played out virally as Ciara, …

NeNe Leakes and Wendy Williams have had some ups and downs in their friendship after their Hot Girl Summer of 2019, shortly after the talk show host filed for divorce. Nonetheless, questions about the talk show host were off-limits for NeNe at the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion, set to …

Photo: Shutterstock The coronavirus pandemic has seen businesses in all sectors face closures with the food industry being no exception. As multiple food processing facilities shut down due to workers contracting the disease, one executive at Tyson Foods warns that “the food supply chain is breaking.” The Hill reports that …

Here’s how to think about these daily dispatches from the White House: They aren’t press conferences so much as “reality shows with no winners.” Trump is using them to build a dystopia in real time, Megan Garber argued last week. Trump clearly loves the format. “In fact, it’s one of …

The buffoonery by the black pro-Trump duo known as Diamond & Silk has caused them to join the millions of Americans filing for unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic. The two have reportedly been fired from Fox News after continuously spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19. “After what they’ve …

In a contradiction that’s hard to ignore, Georgia governor Brian Kemp rushed to reopen the state for business Friday (April 24) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. His mansion, however, is still closed for public tour over concerns about the virus. This message is posted on Kemp’s official government website: “PUBLIC TOURS …