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Jussie Smollett is headed to trial in Chicago after a judge denied his latest motion to dismiss disorderly conduct charges from his alleged 2019 hate crime hoax.  According to USA Today, Smollett will stand in front of a jury beginning on Nov. 29, which will be open to the public …

The REVOLT Summit x AT&T marked its in-person return earlier this month in Atlanta, Georgia with a bevy of panels, workshops, and one-on-one mentorship sessions aimed at empowering the next generation of Black artists and leaders. A number of entertainers, activists, athletes, and financial experts spoke at the three-day music …

White nationalist Jason Kessler, center, walks to the White House to rally on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington. A jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay more than $25 million in damages Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, …

Jayson Lusk’s Thanksgiving tradition, if you could call it that, is to talk with reporters about the prices of Americans’ holiday groceries. The media requests “seemed to start even earlier this year than usual,” Lusk, an agricultural economist at Purdue University, told me recently. “But it’s a more interesting story …

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After being charged with 5 counts of homicide in a tragedy that happened at a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last week, prosecutors announced that a 6th victim passed away as the suspect appeared in court for the first time to face the judge. Darrell Brooks has been charged with five …

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos speaks after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award during the the 70th International Astronautical Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on October 22, 2019.Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) Billionaire spaceman Jeff Bezos donated $100 million …

In 2007, in one of the first episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visited Patrick’s Roadhouse, a railway-station-turned-restaurant in Santa Monica, California. The diner’s chef, Silvio Moreira, walked Fieri through the preparation of one of Patrick’s most notable dishes, the Rockefeller—a burger topped with mushrooms, sour cream, jack …

Adele is setting the music scene ablaze next month with a special concert performance and Oprah Winfrey interview as part of the event.  Ahead of the release of her long-awaited fourth album 30, CBS is set to air a two-hour special “Adele One Night Only” featuring a concert debuting the …

There are few feelings better than the one that comes with learning and mastering a new instrument. For starters, what’s cooler than jamming out alongside friends in harmony in a garage band session? Learning a new instrument also has psychological benefits, as the mastery of a new skill infuses the …