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Sheriff Lee D. Vance died Wednesday in his Jackson home, almost two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19. AMR responded to a medical emergency at Sherriff Vance’s home on Wednesday morning, according to a statement released by the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office. When the medical response team arrived, Vance was …

Image: Zoka74 (Shutterstock) The list of inconspicuous things Black folks apparently can’t do in this country without someone calling the cops is already miles long. Alas, it keeps growing. NBC News recently spoke to real estate agent Eric Brown, who said he was showing a friend and his 15-year-old son …

Get the adults in your community vaccinated. Allison Zaucha / The New York Times / Redux The number of kids contracting the coronavirus is rising. In the week that ended with July 29, more than 70,000 children got COVID-19, representing nearly a fifth of all cases. Though a vanishingly small …

After four long years of hissy fits and drama, Meghan McCain’s stint on The View has ended. Twitter, especially Black Twitter, is rejoicing. Meghan McCain’s mother, Cindy McCain, President Joe Biden’s selection for ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, made an appearance to say goodbye. Former …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States powered to their seventh successive victory in the women’s 4x400m relay on Saturday as Allyson Felix won gold in the event for the fourth time to extend her Olympic medal haul to a remarkable 11. Poland continued their impressive relay form in Tokyo, having …

Comedian Tony Baker’s son Cerain and three others died this week when the car they were riding in was struck by two other vehicles engaged in an apparent street race, police say. According to a press release, on August 3 at around 11:50 p.m. (PT) in Burbank, California, police were …

In this Sept. 27, 2019, file photo, fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger becomes emotional as she testifies in her murder trial in Dallas. A Texas appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of Guyger, who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. A panel …

If you didn’t know, Sanaa Lathan doesn’t drink. Her reasoning? Health.   “I stopped drinking about three years ago. Alcohol was not going well with me physically. Just, it was not working anymore,” the 49-year-old actor told PEOPLE. Lathan, who will be starring in the upcoming Netflix series Hit & Run, …

Genetically, Xand and Chris van Tulleken are clones. Yet the 42-year-old twins do not look identical, because Xand is more than 30 pounds heavier than Chris. That is the biggest weight difference recorded in the long-running twin study at King’s College London. The van Tullekens live in London. They argue …

Vanessa Bryant’s contentious lawsuit with her mom has come to an end, TMZ Sports reports.  Within a year of the death of her husband and daughter, Kobe and Gianna Bryant, Vanessa found herself in the acrimonious domestic drama with her mother, Sofia Laine.  Filled on Tuesday, December 15 for financial …