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Photo: Robyn Beck (AFP via Getty Images) As Americans stock up on supplies to get through quarantine, grocery store workers have become some of the most essential workers in the country. Unfortunately, they’re also some of the most vulnerable when it comes to contracting COVID-19. NBC News reports that the …

Wendy Williams just put NeNe Leakes on her “do not call” list. The talk show host, who returned to the airwaves (from her living room) on Monday (April 6) morning after a 24-day hiatus, wasted no time getting into the hot topics. This time, it was the Real Housewives of …

Texas police have arrested 18-year-old Lorraine Maradiaga after she posted a video on Snapchat claiming to be intentionally spreading the COVID-19 virus, according to new reports. “I’m here at Walmart about to infest every motherf**ker,” she says in one of the social media posts. “Because if I’m going down, …

States need to fix voting rules before the fall. Vote by mail is an important part of the solution, but more needs to be done, Marc Elias, a lawyer and the chair of Perkins Coie’s Political Law Group, writes. The coronavirus killed the Democrats’ policy primary. “The Democratic presidential race …

The coronavirus news cycle can be exhausting so if you need some inspiration, the docu-series on LeBron James‘ I Promise School could be a welcome escape. In 2019, James opened the I Promise School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio with students attending grades three and four.  At the opening …

Back in February, a New Mexico cop resigned after being arrested for beating his girlfriend, and a video taken at the time has now surfaced that shows the arresting officers cutting his police uniform off while he was handcuffed. 31-year-old Jeffrey Wharton was greeted by a group of armed …

A federal inmate who was incarcerated on a nonviolent drug charge and was attempting to gain his freedom under a law designed to help people like him re-enter society has died of coronavirus complications after a judge refused his request to be released. Patrick Jones, 49, contracted coronavirus while serving …

Social media sensation Reggie Ray started entertaining the world on Vine, but blew up on Instagram in 2016 after reenacting a clip of Lil Mama posing as Beyoncé.  Now, he is the comedy king of imitating, remaking and reenacting the likes of Cardi B, reality show scenes and other Instagram comedians! RELATED: …

(Image: iStock) The number of coronavirus cases continues to build throughout the U.S. While the virus outbreak started in China, the U.S. now has the most coronavirus cases in the world as the number of deaths rises by the day. Hospitals and healthcare professionals have been overwhelmed with patients on …

Jeezy and Jeannie Mai are reportedly engaged. According to PEOPLE, the rapper proposed to The Real co-host on March 27 but was originally planning to pop the question sometime in April during a previously planned trip to Vietnam. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has restricted travel globally, Jeezy instead …