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The athletes competing in Paris this summer have had mixed experiences in the Olympic Village. Some couldn’t get past the cardboard beds, while others couldn’t stop eating a certain chocolate muffin. Air conditioning didn’t come standard in everyone’s room (Team USA has portable units!), and for many, the dorm-like atmosphere

A sequel series to “A Different World” focused on Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter is in early development at Netflix. The single-cam, half-hour comedy, which will focus on their daughter’s time at Hillman College, will be helmed by “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Bel-Air” writer/executive producer Felicia Pride, according to Deadline. Debbie Allen,

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For Roderick Givens, a radiation oncologist, the expansion of Medicaid isn’t just a policy issue. He practices medicine in a rural area in the Mississippi Delta and he sees daily how Medicaid coverage could help his uninsured patients. “I can’t tell you the number of patients who I see who come

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This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.  What kind of sports achievement does it take to make history? Famous Black athletes make sports history by playing a key role in winning a championship, breaking a record, or being the first to

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COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles County jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock. After deliberating for about four hours, jurors convicted Freddie Trone, 42, of one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy

PARIS (AP) — A new sport calls for new rules at the Olympic level. And while breaking — commonly referred to as breakdancing — has been around for decades, it’s still new to the world of Olympic judging. The battles, the moves and the culture aren’t new — breaking is