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Houston rapper Big Pokey dies after collapsing on stage
Rapper Big Pokey has died at the age of 45 after collapsing on stage in Texas.
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White House won’t rule out releasing Biden’s redacted interview transcript with Hur; Harris defends Biden
The White House did not rule out the possibility of releasing the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, with the caveat that any classified information would have to be redacted.
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Reliable Sources: Kavanaugh calls allegation in New Yorker story a 'smear'
This is a smear, plain and simple," Brett Kavanaugh says. That's his response to the new allegation of sexual misconduct against him -- published by The New Yorker on Sunday night -- in a story co-bylined by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer.
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METRO Welcomes Returning Board Member Diann Lewter
Business development leader Diann Lewter is the newest member of the METRO Board of Directors. Lewter, who was sworn in at today's Board meeting, will serve a second appointment as a METRO Board Member representing the city of Houston. She previously served from January 2014 to April 2016.
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METRO Welcomes Returning Board Member Diann Lewter
Business development leader Diann Lewter is the newest member of the METRO Board of Directors. Lewter, who was sworn in at today's Board meeting, will serve a second appointment as a METRO Board Member representing the city of Houston. She previously served from January 2014 to April 2016.
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Chelsea Clinton: Barron Trump Deserves a Chance to 'be a kid'
From one former White House resident to the newest one -- Chelsea Clinton has a message for the world regarding the latest first kid.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: The Rise and Fall of Asia's Mandela
For years she was the epitome of the peaceful protester, steadfast in her devotion to democracy in her homeland of Myanmar through non-violent means.
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Doctors Still Divided On When Women Should Start Mammograms
Despite what the American Cancer Society and other health organizations advise, many doctors still recommend routine mammograms to screen for breast cancer in younger and older women, a new paper suggests. Experts are divided on whether more screenings are beneficial.
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Ariana Grande On Fatal Manchester Incident: 'I don't have words'
Singer Ariana Grande is expressing her remorse following an incident at her concert in Manchester, England that left at least 19 people dead.
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These are the political and social music videos nominated for Video With a Message at the VMAs
The MTV Video Music Awards are Monday in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. Cardi B leads the nominations with 10 nods, Jennifer Lopez will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and one video will walk away with the Moonman for Video With a Message.
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Small Protests at Trump's Inauguration
Packs of coordinated protest groups attempted to block off entry points to Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday in Washington, D.C.
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Democrats pick Milwaukee for 2020 national convention site
The Democratic National Committee has chosen Milwaukee as the site of the Democratic National Convention in July 2020, the committee announced Monday after sources confirmed the pick to CNN.
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Stop "Othering"
I wondered how long expressions of empathy would continue to be front and center in the minds of Americans following the hate-fueled multiple murders of Asian women in and near Atlanta, Georgia.
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France becomes world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in constitution
France became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Monday, the culmination of an effort that began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Cancer is striking more people in their 30s and 40s. Here's what you need to know
Cancer deaths are on the decline in the United States, and the outlook for winning the war against this deadly disease is both good and bad.
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Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris' murder conviction in his son's hot-car death
Georgia's highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.
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The Mark of History Scars Tulsa
Memorial Day marks one year since the murder of George Floyd by the hands of the Minneapolis police. This week also marks the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre - a brutal government-aided leveling of a prosperous African American community for which there still has been no accounting and no justice. Few even know about the massacre. It hasn't even been taught in the Tulsa public schools until this year. Although 100 years old, the massacre poses questions of justice and of decency that America cannot avoid.
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Bobby Brown: His 2018 Prerogative
After breaking the Internet this year with the success of “Bobby Brown Story” on BET, the ‘King of the Stage” has returned to reclaim his throne. Bobby Brown is back and larger than life after sharing ‘HIStory’ with the world. The biopic picked up where its predecessor “The New Edition Story” left off, taking us on a wild, yet entertaining roller coaster ride into the stellar rise, near demise, and redemption of the founding member of the R&B super group New Edition.
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R.I.P. George Walker, 96, Trailblazing American Composer and Pulitzer Prize Winner
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, pianist and educator George Walker has died at the age of 96. Walker’s death was announced to NPR by one of his family members, Karen Schaefer, who said he died Thursday at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J. after a fall.
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Red Pump Project’s Cupcakes & Condoms
Photography by Vicky Pink - The Red Pump Project put a sweet spin on sexual …
