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Akon Reportedly Sued $150 Million By Former Business Partner

Akon is looking at a hefty lawsuit from a former business partner who helped him get his career started.

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Trump, Kim's Standoff On The Korean Peninsula Keeps Region On Edge

The US and North Korea began the new month staring off over the Korean Peninsula, with both sides giving few clues as to what their next move might be.

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Maroon & Gray Affair Raises Over $800,000 for Scholarships

Texas Southern University recognized outstanding students and alumni

Texas Southern University held its inaugural Maroon and Gray Affair on April 29 at the Marriott Marquis Houston and raised in excess of $800,000 in scholarship money for deserving TSU students. More than 1,100 people were in attendance. Texas Southern’s award-winning Ocean of Soul marching band opened the evening with a thunderous performance. Nephew Tommy, comedian and radio personality on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, and Melinda Spaulding from Fox News Houston served as the masters of ceremonies.

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People with Pre-existing Conditions Watch Health Care Debate Closely

Valerie Daniel is nervous about the GOP health care bills making their way through Congress.

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Zero Waste Isn't Just For Hippies Anymore

It has concrete floors, high ceilings and neon lights. And it's tucked away in Brooklyn's coolest neighborhood, Williamsburg, where alternative lifestylers, work-from-homers and celebrities pay an arm and a leg for apartments just one stop from Manhattan on the L train.

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Cuba is making Big Progress

We just completed our fifth trip to Havana, Cuba. Each time we go we learn increasingly about this unique culture. The best thing I see in Cuba is the void of race consciousness. We, America, are obsessed with it. Cubans come in all shades – just like the United States but it is clear one’s race means nothing. They value the content of one’s character. Yes, just like Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech.

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What Donald Trump Doesn't Seem To Get Meeting With Kim Jong Un And Rodrigo Duterte

President Donald Trump told Bloomberg Monday that he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un under the right circumstances, the latest in a series of odd moves that suggest Trump may still not grasp the power and signal-sending of such a gathering.

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John Legend To Receive Social Justice Award

John Legend is expected on a Massachusetts college campus this week to receive a social justice award.

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The Jackie Robinson Foundation Breaks Ground on the Jackie Robinson Museum in NY

The Jackie Robinson Foundation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for donors on April 27, 2017. The 18,500-square foot space will honor the late sports legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and played an active, pioneering role in the modern civil rights movement. “Jack lived his life with such great purpose,” said Rachel Robinson, JRF Founder and wife of Jackie Robinson. “I hope that visitors to the Museum will not only learn about his journey and experience his energy, but that they will be inspired to view each day as a chance to make a difference.”

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Three-Time GRAMMY Winner NE-YO Invests in Holberton School for Full-Stack Engineers

NE-YO joins school’s Board of Trustees; commits to promote greater diversity in tech industry

The idea of a coding school that charges no upfront tuition was intriguing to Ne-Yo. The Grammy Award-winning artist is certainly not the first musician to invest in Silicon Valley, but he’s one that wants to put his talents and money into helping to solve the diversity challenges facing the tech industry.

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DMX Reportedly Checks Into Rehab

It looks like DMX is finally seeking the help he needs.

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Ethics Office Says It Wasn't Consulted About Ivanka Trump Job

The New York Times and Politico reported March 20 that the president's older daughter was working out of a West Wing office. A White House official told CNN that she would get a security clearance but would not be considered a government employee.

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Dubai Introduces Its Own Font, Lauding Free Expression It Does Not Permit

Dubai has long had a taste for the finer things in life. The influential Persian Gulf city has been home to the world’s tallest building, a hotel that offers guests private butlers and 24-karat-gold iPads, and even a bakery that sold gold-laced cupcakes for roughly $1,000 each.

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Trump: 'Why Was There The Civil War?'

President Trump during an interview that airs Monday questioned why the country had a Civil War and suggested former President Andrew Jackson could have prevented it had he served later.

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Oliver Stone's Putin Interviews to Air on Showtime

The filmmaker's extensive meetings with the Russian leader get a June premiere, running over four consecutive nights.

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The Transformation of Morris Chestnut: From Movies to Muscle

Handsome Hollywood star and sex symbol, Morris Chestnut, has been making ladies swoon since his appearance in Boyz N The Hood back in 1991. Fast forward nearly 30 years and the handsome actor is married and has been for over twenty years and has two grown children in college now. But Morris doesn’t have your typical “dad-body” with love handles and a beer belly–well, at one time he actually did.

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How to Talk to Someone Who Does CrossFit, If You Really Must

Right now you surely know someone who does CrossFit. Whether it be your husband, wife, brother, sister, parent, coworker, friend, or acquaintance, you definitely know someone.

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Arsenic-polluted Water Linked to Cancer in India

Millions of people in Bihar, India, are showing symptoms of arsenic poisoning, which can be linked to cancer, due to consumption of contaminated drinking water.

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Ryan Seacrest is Kelly Ripa's New Co-host on 'Live,' Sources Say

Ryan Seacrest will join "Live" as Kelly Ripa's co-host, jump-starting a new era in the morning television ratings race.

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U.S. to South Korea: We'll Pay for Missile Defense System (for now)

After President Trump set off a furor over who should pay for a U.S. missile defense system that's being installed in South Korea, his national security chief said Washington will pick up the check. For the time being, at least.