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Former WGN-TV anchor Allison Payne has reportedly passed away. She was 57. A 21-year veteran of the Chicago news station, Payne died in her home on September 1, according to a WGN press release. Beginning her Chicago anchoring career at just 25 years old, Payne covered a wide range of …

Actress Taraji P. Henson is making money moves, and showing Black women what’s possible on and off the screen. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the actress has racked up a $25 million net worth. Henson has appeared in a range of TV series and movies since debuting on the big …

This Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, file photo shows the logo of live streaming video platform Twitch at the Paris games week in Paris.Photo: Christophe Enamor (AP) Twitch has filed a legal complaint against two users for flooding the chats of Black, queer and disabled streamers with racist, sexist and homophobic …

In Joy Williams’s 1988 novel, Breaking and Entering, a drifter named Willie finds himself, inexplicably and as if against his will, saving people. A young man is struck by lightning and Willie gives him CPR. An elderly couple drives off a boat ramp and Willie pulls the door open. Willie …

Pop Smoke’s gravesite was reportedly destroyed this weekend after vandals smashed the face of his mausoleum and attempted to drag out part of the inside. TMZ reports that an eyewitness provided them with photos of what looks like the Canarsie rapper’s crypt defaced at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. He …

Saint West, the son of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, reportedly broke his arm recently and mom says she is “not OK.’ The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum recently took to her social media to reveal the family news. Via her Instagram Story, she shared a number of posts …

These days, it’s no longer a matter of where you will store your data, but how big your storage will be. With the way we collect data every day—from emails and work documents to news articles and images—you’ll run out of storage sooner than you’d hope. You always have the …

Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster is opening up about their marriage in a new memoir called Here I Stand… in a Beautiful State, which she spoke about on Wednesday via Tamron Hall. Foster also spoke about how she coped with the tragic loss of her son Kile Glover, who died from …

Photo: nadia_if (Shutterstock) A Danvers, Massachusetts-based farm has apologized to a Black couple after staffers called the police on them for allegedly stealing six apples. According to the Associated Press, Manikka Bowman and Jeff Myers detailed their experience at Connors Farm in a public blog post. The couple wrote that …

Jason Derulo collaborated with a TikTok baker to make the most incredible dessert for his taste. Lara Mason is known for her “Cake Anything” videos and shared a clip on Wednesday (September 8) of the “Talk Dirty” singer, calling her to ask for a life-size cake of, well, himself. “Hey, …