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After years of big lips being on trend, thanks to the Kardashian women (and women of color who are naturally blessed with plump pouters), it’s hard to believe that there are people who actually pay for lip reductions. Nonetheless, Dr. Apple Cosmetic Surgery in Thailand takes a pretty extreme approach to removing some of the volume from […]

Jackie and Patrick Delane were on the eve of celebrating Patrick’s birthday, when a horrible highway accident took their lives. The couple was coming from IHOP on Sunday morning, where they were dining with relatives and celebrating Patrick’s 50th birthday, which would have been Monday. On their way home, the couple’s white Mercedes was heading south […]

Last year, only 57 percent of seniors graduated from D.C's Ballou High School.

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Judge David J. Hale rejected President Trump’s defense against a lawsuit that claims he provoked violence at one of his rallies.

Shaniah Boyd is among the Black and Latina girls missing in Washington, D.C., police say.

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Chance the Rapper announces the launch of the New Chance Arts and Literature Fund for Chicago public schools.

What were these girls thinking when they posted this cotton picking prom proposal?

A rare photo of Underground Railroad hero and 19th century abolitionist Harriet Tubman sold at a New York City auction for $162,500 Thursday.

The Black Women's Roundtable released its fourth annual report today, detailing a "prescriptive lens" for African-American women and the issues that affect them most.

https://twitter.com/isitjustus2/status/847134436302848000 In this day and age when racial tension and issues with the police are at an all time high, often times people are forced to choose sides.  One Brooklyn cop learned that the hard way after she replied to a department Twitter post with the hash tag “Blacklivesmatter.” The New York Daily News reports […]

Among them are Demetria Carthens, 17; Heaven Shamte, 15; Rayna Gross, 16; and Dashann Wallace, 15. Carthens had been missing since February 7, while Shamte Gross and Wallace were reported missing in March.