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Gabrielle Union thought she signed up for the “easiest show” when she agreed to be a judge on “America’s Got Talent.” The television star and actress — who has publicly slammed the working environment on the talent series — has spoken out about her experiences, including her criticisms of boss Simon Cowell smoking on set…

Kenyans in rural areas and a port city region who expected to get electricity next year might be disappointed. The African Development Bank Group suspended the China-based Sinotec company for three years for fraud — a move that will likely delay the second phase of a $150 million electricity project, which was targeted for completion…

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has reported that Black man in his 20s was found dead while hanging from a tree. During the early morning hours of June 10, someone called authorities after discovering a Black man hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California. The man was eventually identified as Robert Fuller. Following an…

When New York Yankees baseball legend Yogi Berra coined the funny phrase “it’s déjà vu all over again,” he must have seen been looking into the future at the Georgia election process. For the second time in three years, voting precincts in counties that house predominantly Black and minority voters encountered extremely long lines, broken…

As with the tragic case of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia, more and more damning evidence is being uncovered about the Minneapolis police officers’ interactions with George Floyd daily. Surveillance footage from businesses adjacent to the spot where Floyd was apprehended and died, has uncovered evidence that directly contradicts Minneapolis police claims that Floyd resisted arrest.…

Andrew Gillum, the former Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Florida, is outraged that damning photos of his alleged drug-fueled party in a South Beach hotel have been leaked to media outlets. Gillum, 49, is the former mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, who barely lost his bid to become the state’s first-ever African American governor, which makes this…

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the four Mississippi state prisons following a spate of inexplicable deaths and reports of deplorable and dangerous conditions. The Civil Rights Division of the DOJ will probe the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and the…

R.Kelly’s former girlfriend is cooperating with the authorities investigating his New York sex crimes case. Azriel Clary, 22, had been living with the disgraced singer — who is currently being held without bail on various sex crime charges — since she was 17. Following an alleged physical fight with his other girlfriend, Joycelyn Savage, last…

Rap star DaBaby has been arrested for the second time in two weeks, this time as part of a robbery investigation. The rapper, who was born Jonathan Kirk in North Carolina, and his crew allegedly beat down and took money from a promoter who reportedly shorted DaBaby thousands of dollars, TMZ reports. In a set…

A$AP Rocky has been ordered to remain in a Swedish jail for another week. The”‘F–in’ Problems” hitmaker has been locked up in a cell in Stockholm since July 3, 2019, when he was arrested on suspicion of assault following a street fight between him, his entourage and another man. And a Swedish judge has ruled…

A$AP Rocky’s alleged attackers are under investigation for molestation and assault. The “F—in’ Problems” hitmaker has been locked up in a cell in Stockholm since July 3 when he was arrested on suspicion of assault following a street fight between him, his entourage and two other men, but the Swedish authorities are now looking into…

As A$AP Rocky sits in a jail cell in Sweden, authorities there have now turned their attention to his alleged attackers, who are under investigation for molestation and assault. The “F–kin’ Problems” hitmaker has been locked up in a cell in Stockholm since July 3, 2019, when he was arrested on suspicion of assault following…

The use of force against an unarmed Black man by transit cops in Washington, D.C., has resulted in an internal investigation. A video was posted to Facebook that shows Metro Transit Police Department officers using a Taser on an unarmed Black man who was asking questions. According to the MTPD, officers were responding to a…

The Los Angeles Police Department has officially launched an investigation into an episode involving rapper Lil Xan brandishing his firearm during a confrontation at a gas station near downtown L.A. this past weekend. The LAPD’s Robbery and Homicide Division divulged to TMZ that the probe is underway. it began after a Black man filed a…

Once again law enforcement has been caught on tape allegedly brutalizing Black citizens, this time in Columbus, Ohio. A video was shared on social media that shows a group of Black residents being terrorized, and in at least one instance, assaulted by a well-known Black cop. According to the Columbus Police Department, officers were responding…

The resort company where three Americans died within days of each other in May 2019, and where a Colorado couple claimed they were poisoned, is fighting back after their employees have allegedly received “threats” and “insults.” The Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts said in a statement obtained by ABC News they are “collaborating completely” with…

Nelly is speaking out following the investigation of allegations of sexual assault made against him. As reported by USA Today, the 44-year-old rapper whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was accused of masturbating in front of an anonymous woman, referred to in legal documents as Jane Doe, multiple times after a concert in Essex, southeast…

Despite the fact that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett considers himself completely exonerated after the Cook County (Chicago) State’s Attorney’s Office dropped all felony charges against him, he is still under investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. According to ABC News, the FBI continues to work with the United States Postal Service to determine whether Smollett,…

The case involving an alleged attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett continues to unfold. The latest development comes shortly after two men were arrested and questioned in connection with the incident, which remains under investigation. The 36-year-old actor required hospital treatment after a suspected racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last month, and the two…

Kim Foxx Cook County DA Seeks Witnesses in R Kelly Probe

Rolling out brought you the story live as the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary started to heat up over the weekend. Now, according to media reports, R. Kelly is under criminal investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, and it’s all because of Lifetime’s docuseries. But Georgia isn’t the only jurisdiction where law enforcement officials are taking the allegations of predatory…