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Pictured: Travis Petit, Joseph Thompson, Ryan Albert Three Colorado men were arrested after they were caught violating the state’s stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. Police in Steamboat Springs say they received a call around Monday night (Apr. 13) from a man who said his roommate had invited friends …

It seems that LaLa and Carmelo Anthony have been on very good terms since unofficially splitting again last July. They’re doing so well, in fact, that they’ve chosen each other to quarantine together. During an interview with Access Hollywood, LaLa revealed that as soon as the coronavirus began to spread …

Stacey Abrams speaks at the 2018 Essence Festival (Twitter.com/staceyabrams) At this stage of the game, it seems that nothing will be spared when it comes to the effect of the coronavirus. ESSENCE magazine has announced that due to the coronavirus and at the recommendation of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, no …

A Brooklyn man is making headlines for allegedly killing his father and eating parts of his body. 26-year-old Khaled Ahmad was arrested on Wednesday (Apr. 15) after he walked into a bagel shop drenched in blood and admitted to the heinous crime. “One of the store’s owners alerted the …

The coronavirus has taken over every aspect of our lives and people need things to return to normal, but it doesn’t seem like that will be the case any time soon. Even sports fans are clamoring for some sports action! But if sports, in general, were to return, it could …

During his latest episode from his Snapchat series Will From Home, Will Smith caught up with his longtime friend and collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff, after the music producer recovered from what he believes was the novel coronavirus.  The Wednesday (April 15) episode takes viewers down Jazzy Jeff’s road to recovery …

TaNesha Barnes in Morocco. (Photo: Instagram/tbarnesgloballifestyle) When COVID-19 started to become a real threat in America, global lifestyle entrepreneur and mother of one, TaNesha Barnes, weighed her options, knowing that she did not want to battle the virus in what she believed to be a country absent of leadership. Speaking …

More than 90% of the United States is currently under a “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” order amid the coronavirus pandemic, but worries over the economy and people’s mental health have raised one universal question: When will things go back to normal? Well, President Donald Trump seems to have the answer …

Photo: Shutterstock If you thought that being in the midst of a global pandemic would inspire folks to act a little more humanely, well, you would unfortunately be wrong. Buzzfeed News reports that Bradford Skinner, an inmate at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, was choked by a sheriff’s deputy after …

Ava DuVernay is doing her part to give back to women and people of color. On Tuesday (April 14), her nonprofit foundation, ARRAY Alliance, announced that it is launching ARRAY Grants, which will include a $250,000 fund to support creators and organizations telling stories of underrepresented communities, especially those impacted …