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Chris Paul and Taraji P. Henson appointed to Biden's HBCU advisory board

President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is appointing more than a dozen top education leaders, celebrities and athletes to his board of advisers on historically Black colleges and universities, the White House said.

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MLS Forms Historic Partnership with Black-Owned Banks

Soccer is not high on the list of sports that African Americans gravitate towards. Whites dominate the sport followed by those with a Latino background. Even though Major League Soccer (MLS) is considered to be the most diverse professional sport, African Americans participation soccer is still extremely low. Just look at the numbers of African Americans in professional sports. In the National Football League, which has the highest number of African American players with nearly 70%., there are only 5 head coaches and 0 majority owned teams.

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Taiwan's 'baby Tesla' of scooters heads to Wall Street

Gogoro, a Taiwanese electric scooter startup that's backed by Al Gore and one of Apple's biggest suppliers, is about to have its day on Wall Street.

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Twitter will no longer amplify or recommend Russian government accounts

Twitter said Tuesday it will no longer amplify or recommend Russian government accounts on its platform, bringing its stance on Kremlin-linked accounts closer in line with its approach to Russian state media.

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Randy Spelling Talks Aaron Spelling, Sister Tori, Addiction, Religion

Randy Spelling grew up in a 56,000 square foot Holmby Hills mansion dubbed “Spelling Manor,” and listed at the time as the largest home of record in Los Angeles County. The son of Hollywood royalty, the late mega-television producer Aaron Spelling and his wife Candy, and younger brother of 1990s 90210 television star, Tori Spelling, Randy struggled to find his own identity within a matrix of excess.

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Betty White’s Beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea Home

Betty “The Queen of TV” White, with over 80 years in the industry, was the first woman to write, produce and act in a sitcom, Life With Elizabeth. In her lifetime she has won eight Emmys, three Screen Actors’ Guild awards, a Grammy and three American Comedy Awards. Most recently known for her bubble-headed character Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls, and hosting Saturday Night Live, White died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 99.

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Chris Rock's brother Kenny says the slap 'eats' at him

Chris Rock's brother would like to see Will Smith stripped of his new best actor Oscar. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kenny Rock discussed his feelings about his brother being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars.

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Denzel Washington speaks publicly about Will Smith Oscar slap

Denzel Washington spoke publicly about his interaction with Will Smith on Oscar night and what happened after Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage.

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The horrors of Putin's invasion of Ukraine are increasingly coming to light

Vladimir stands on the edge of a mass grave in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv. He holds his hands to his head, then raises them up to the sky in anguish.

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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says moments of silence won't solve gun violence

Following Sunday's mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that left six people dead and a dozen injured, the head coach of one of the NBA's most-watched teams has renewed his call for stronger gun control laws.

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Even rich people may need to rein in spending as the global economy wavers

Are upper middle class and affluent shoppers starting to feel the pinch from higher prices and geopolitical concerns? If so, what does that mean for the rest of American consumers?

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All 6 victims from the Sacramento mass shooting have been identified as police hunt for the killers

The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has identified all six victims who were killed in a shooting in downtown Sacramento early Sunday morning. The victims are:

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Rookie Jalen Green's Improvement Gives Rockets Hope

“All-Star was just a confidence builder, being in that atmosphere, playing in that game,” Green said. “On top of that, me, and Luke (assistant coach John Lucas) be in the gym working, all the time. I’m just trusting my work.”

No Days Off For Rockets Rookie Daishen Nix

As the media walked into the end of the Houston Rockets morning shootaround at American Airlines Arena, two players were locked into a fierce but friendly trash-talking three-point shooting competition. Every shot that went up had words that followed the ball towards the basket.

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Alopecia Is No Joking Matter

For most women, their hair is their crowning glory. They take meticulously care of it making sure no one strand is out of place. Onlookers need not dare to touch it for fear of the backlash they would be sure to receive. Some women’s identity is even connected to their hair making it their crowning glory.

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New Orleans and other major cities at risk for severe storms including tornadoes

It's been less than a week since deadly storms impacted the Deep South, and once again we are looking at the potential for the same areas to get more severe storms.

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Russia says it will reduce military operations around Kyiv following talks with Ukraine

Russia said it would "drastically reduce" its military assault on the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv after talks took place between representatives of the two nations on Tuesday, as Ukrainian officials claimed Russian troops were withdrawing from battlefronts there because they had failed in their goals.

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The week in travel, foodie edition: Cult candy, lasagna in a tube and $3,600 tea

This week at CNN Travel, we're eating our dinner out of the world's coolest toothpaste tube, dreaming about sunny Indonesian beaches and admiring the latest developments in British mass transit. Come along for the ride, won't you?

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Jada Pinkett Smith talked loving her bald head days before the Oscars

Hair was on Jada Pinkett Smith's mind before the Oscars. Less than a week before her husband Will Smith smacked Academy Awards presenter Chris Rock for joking about his wife's shaved head, the actress and "Red Table Talk" host posted a video on TikTok detailing her hair experience in Hollywood.

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Will Smith's mother: 'That's the first time I've ever seen him go off'

Carolyn Smith, Will Smith's mother, was gathered with family at her home in the Philadelphia suburbs Sunday night, excited to watch her son at the Academy Awards.