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Chadwick Boseman’s death is just another reason why 2020 has been awful, but the stories that continue to be told about the actor will carry his legacy beyond this year. Boseman starred in the 2019 thriller 21 Bridges alongside actor Sienna Miller, and now, she’s speaking out about the actor’s …

Photo: Prince George’s County Police Department (AP) In Maryland, officials for Prince George’s County have agreed to pay $20 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer while handcuffed in a police cruiser. The Baltimore Sun reports that Michael Owen Jr., the …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); It was a family reunion for DaBrat and LisaRaye McCoy on Monday night’s (Sep. 28) episode of Cocktails With Queens on Fox Soul … but things didn’t go as well as one might expect. Da Brat hasn’t spoken to her big sister …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. DREW ANGERER / GETTY Over the weekend, a key piece of the president’s self-mythology crumbled, when …

A Texas school fired a White teacher for refusing to stop wearing a mask with “Black Lives Matter” written on one side and “silence is violence” written on the other side. The teacher, Lillian White, defended her position as a “human rights issue,” according to CNN.  White, who was an …

From the days when Brooklyn rapper, Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls, had to legally change his stage name and became The Notorious B.I.G., the moniker fit him well, even after his untimely death back in 1997. Now, in 2020, after the death of Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader …

Sincerely, Camille (2020)Screenshot: Courtesy of OWN As part of its OWN Your Vote campaign, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is releasing its first-ever animated comedy series! Created by Munirah Safiyah Jones, OWN introduces Sincerely, Camille, a six-part series offering social commentary that is relevant to this upcoming election. Here’s the …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); It has been exactly one month since the passing of beloved actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died on August 28th from colon cancer and now sources close to him are saying that his wife Taylor Simone Ledward may be pregnant with their child. …

If a vaccine is fast-tracked through an emergency use authorization rather than formally licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, that too could create bureaucratic hurdles. For example, Medicare doesn’t cover the costs of emergency-use drugs. So while the government intends to pay the cost of the vaccine and of …

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