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All Star Weekend Gets Underway; Memphis Grizzlies prep to rep “Grind City” Friday 2:00 pm – Chicago, Illinois  The NBA has taken over the Windy City on this Valentine’s and President’s Day weekend. The 69th edition of one of the league’s signature events is here. Yes, it’s cold. Freezing actually. …

Valentines Day for people who have lost a significant other can be a very difficult time. For Vanessa Bryant, it has to be an incredibly difficult holiday to get through. The 37-year-old posted a photo of her late husband Kobe Bryant with his arms wrapped around her and giving her …

Valentines Day for people who have lost a significant other can be a very difficult time. For Vanessa Bryant, it has to be an incredibly difficult holiday to get through. The 37-year-old posted a photo of her late husband Kobe Bryant with his arms wrapped around her and giving her …

The star power at “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” national tour stop at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, last weekend was undeniable—both on and off stage. Lupita Nyong’o, Niecy Nash, Hoda Kotb, and Gayle King were just some of the notables within the sold-out crowd of …

Police are investigating a shooting that injured three people at Kandi Burruss’ Old Lady Gang restaurant in East Point, Georgia. East Point police said that a male suspect walked into Old Lady Gang Restaurant at 3650 Marketplace Boulevard on Friday evening (Feb. 14) and opened fire on a man …

As we’ve seen over the past few months, one of the benefits of marijuana legalization has been states allowing those previously convicted to have their charges dismissed. Los Angeles County has become the next city to do just that. According to CNN, approximately 66,000 marijuana convictions will be dismissed as …

For the first time yesterday, Jennifer Wexton got to use the gavel. The freshman Democratic congresswoman from Virginia presided over a floor debate on a bill to advance the Equal Rights Amendment. “This wins the prize for the coolest thing I’ve gotten to do as a member of Congress,” she …

Even with all the online dating apps (or perhaps, because of the many online dating apps) finding true love in the age of the internet can be difficult. Just take it from a 40-year-old Massachusetts woman, Shelby Sampson, who thought she’d swiped right on her soul mate only to …

The Church of England is apologizing for the racism they’ve enacted on “countless Black, Asian and minority ethnic people” over the past 70 years. In a statement by General Synod, the church’s legislative body, they voted on Tuesday (February 11) to issue an official apology and commission an outside expert …

Following the tragic death of Kobe Bryant that shocked the sports world and the world at large, most people honored his storied legacy in the way they best saw fit. Murals of the legendary NBA athlete quickly went up across the country, current players made on-the-court gestures to remember …