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Worthing HS Students Start the New Year in New Building

Students at Worthing High School gathered in the new cafeteria before class on Monday, comparing class schedules for the spring semester and discussing the new building.

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“Triple Threat” by Camryn King

You dig, and you dig, and you dig.

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The Hidden History of Black Nationalist Women’s Political Activism

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history focuses on black men, sidelining black women and diminishing their contributions.

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Stacey Abrams, First Black Woman to Give Democratic Rebuttal

Democratic Party rising star Stacey Abrams sharply criticized the Trump administration and Republican leadership on Tuesday night in her response to the President's State of the Union address.

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Super Matchup: Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots Prepare for Super Bowl 53

It is that special time of year again for all football fans. A time where many will make their way to the local grocery store and purchase an abundance of food to feed all the people that will attend the party at their house. Yes, you guessed it. Super Bowl LIII is Sunday, February 3, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Black Owned Businesses Continue to Bring Dignity to Death

There is one thing all people have in common. We all will be born and we will die. Death is such a delicate subject that families need someone to help them ease through the process of all the decision making that has to be done to plan out a proper burial. For many families in the Houston area, the ones that they often turn to are the folks at McCoy & Harrison Funeral Home and O.W. Wiley Mortuary.

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San Antonio ISD Bus Driver Gets Students Excited About Reading

A San Antonio Independent School District bus driver is creating black history in San Antonio by making it her personal mission to get the students who ride her bus excited about reading.

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Camila Cabello and Cardi B Among Grammy Performers

The Grammy Awards are going to be filled with show stopping performances.

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Jussie Smollett Wants to Clarify a Few Things

Actor and Musician Jussie Smollett performed at his first show since his reported attack, tearfully telling fans at the event in Southern California that he is not fully healed but he is doing OK.

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DMX Is Heading Out On Tour

Fresh out of prison, DMX is hitting the road. The rapper has announced his "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" 20th Anniversary tour will kick off March 8 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in celebration of the 1998 album. DMX was in prison on May 12 of last year, the actual anniversary of the album's release. He was released from Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution in Glenville, West Virginia, last month.

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Kristoff St. John, Star of 'Young & the Restless,' Dead at 52

Actor Kristoff St. John, who played Neil Winters on the CBS daytime soap opera "The Young & the Restless," has died, according to his attorney Mark Geragos. He was 52. A cause of death has not been released.

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Gov. Northam Would Be Wise to Step Down

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has admitted that he blackened his face as part of a Michael Jackson costume for a dance party. He also initially admitted that he was one of the participants in a racist photo -- of one person dressed in full Klan regalia and another in blackface --that appeared on his 1984 yearbook page.

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Walmart's online mattress brand has a new retail strategy: Tiny homes

Walmart will start putting Allswell, its online mattress and bedding brand, in mini stores.

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Confusion and anger after security guard holding suspect was shot by police, video shows

As Jemel Roberson lay motionless in the parking lot of a suburban Chicago bar, patrons stood feet away wailing and yelling at a group of law enforcement officers.

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Former NFL and Longhorns QB Vince Young arrested on DUI charge

Former Texas Longhorns and NFL quarterback Vince Young was arrested in Fort Bend County, Texas, early Monday on a charge of suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Young paid a $500 bond and was released.

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Grammys find balance between awards and performances

The Grammys return this weekend, facing some of the same challenges as those confronting its movie-industry counterpart, the Oscars, but with at least one significant advantage: the music world's top prize has already found a balance between handing out awards and delivering entertainment.

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Kristoff St. John's fiancée, co-stars and fans mourn his death

Kristoff St. John's fiancée Kseniya Mikhaleva has one question: "How did it happen?"

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DMX is heading out on tour

Fresh out of prison, DMX is hitting the road. The rapper has announced his "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" 20th Anniversary tour will kick off March 8 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in celebration of the 1998 album.

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Andy Cohen welcomes baby boy Benjamin Allen via surrogate

Andy Cohen is a dad. The host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" posted on Instagram Monday night that his son, Benjamin Allen Cohen, was born via surrogate earlier in the day.

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'Modern Family' coming to an end

One of television's most beloved and celebrated families will soon go their separate ways after ABC announced that "Modern Family" has been renewed for an 11th and final season.

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