As TikTok users countdown to what may be their final days with the app, content creators like Keith Lee are reflecting on the impact the social media platform has had on their lives. For Lee, the virality of his food reviews changed not only his life but also the lives

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ holiday plans look very different this year. The Bad Boy mogul, who is currently preparing for trial at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, will remain in jail through the holidays.  “[Diddy] is doing fine,” says a jail employee reportedly told People magazine. “Nobody wants to be here.”  Though

Tyler Perry’s highly anticipated World War II drama “The Six Triple Eight,” starring Kerry Washington (who also executive produces), Oprah Winfrey and Ebony Obsidian, has officially hit Netflix. The film, which follows the story of the largest all-Black woman unit in the U.S. military to serve during World War II,

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City mayor’s former chief adviser, her son and two real estate investors were indicted Thursday on bribery and conspiracy charges that came as the mayor himself fights a separate corruption case. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who until recently was one of the most powerful people

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump has demanded that a provision raising or suspending the nation’s debt limit — something that his own party routinely resists

NEW YORK (AP) — Who works harder than Questlove? The Academy Award winner has teamed up with Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez and NBC for a new film, “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music,” celebrating 50 years of the program and spotlighting its memorable live music performances. The three-hour special will feature sketches,

Christmas has always been a season of joy, generosity, and togetherness in our family. However, amidst the excitement of gifts and decorations, I’ve noticed how easy it is for the deeper meaning of the holiday to get overshadowed, especially for children. Over the years, we’ve embraced various traditions and seen

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day, which would

After Donald Trump sided with his billionaire ally Elon Musk, urging Republicans to abandon a budget deal with Democrats that would have averted a potential government shutdown, critics warn that the incoming president, seen as influenced by the wealthy class, poses serious socioeconomic harm for Black and other vulnerable Americans.  “He’s playing a very

Jessica Muñoz was working as a nurse practitioner in Honolulu when she first learned American children were being bought and sold for sex. Kids were coming into the emergency room where she worked, but their stories “just didn’t line up,” she says. Often, they’d been written off as troublemakers or