September 2016 Blog Posts (113)

Legendary Tennessee State and Olympic track coach Ed Temple has died. He was 89.

Temple, originally from Harrisburg, Pa., served as the women's track and field coach at TSU from 1953 to 1994.

“Words cannot in any fashion or manner express how deeply…

Future had nothing to do with Ciara losing a huge paycheck -- if there ever was one -- so it shouldn't be part of her lawsuit against him ... according to the rapper.

TMZ broke the story, Ciara says her baby daddy cost her half a million bucks by trash-talking her and scaring an international cosmetics…

A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city's mayor ended early Friday.

The largely peaceful Thursday night demonstrations in the city's business district, watched over by…

Chris Brown's baby mama is fed up with all the drama in his life, so much so ... she dimed him out to DCFS.

Sources close to Nia Guzman told TMZ ... she filed the complaint with DCFS some time after Chris was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on Baylee Curran…

A police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor has said.

District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler has filed first-degree manslaughter charges against Officer Betty…

Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma filed first-manslaughter charges Thursday against the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man on a city street.

Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler filed the charges against officer Betty…

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is featured on the cover of Time magazine’s Oct. 3, 2016 issue, showing just how far reaching the conversation started by his kneeling protest during the national anthem has grown.

Kaepernick's protest was…

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman declined to take questions at his weekly news conference Wednesday as a form of protest to recent police shootings.

Instead, he shared his thoughts on athletes and social change.

"I'm not going to answer any questions today, and it's no offense to you guys, but I think the state of things in the world…

Donald Trump surrogate Don King, the renowned boxing promoter who was once convicted of manslaughter, gave a controversial speech early Wednesday morning at a Cleveland Heights church meeting, where he invoked the n-word in front of an audience of pastors.

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said the officer that was involved in the shooting has been identified as Officer Brentley Vinson.

As is standard procedure with any officer involved shooting, Officer Vinson has been placed on paid Administrative Leave.…

Stacy Koltiska said that she will never forget the look in the little boy’s eyes. As an elementary school lunchroom staffer, her job was to work the register for the children when they paid for their meals.

But the boy had a negative balance on his…

Nashville’s Metro Council made history Tuesday by approving the city’s first measure to allow lesser civil penalties for people caught with small amounts of marijuana, but it may set the stage for a confrontation with the state.

Meanwhile, some Nashville judges are now raising concerns that moving minor marijuana possession cases from…

Turns out, Teyana and Shump secretly tied the knot earlier this year. After trying her best to evade the issue, Tey finally came clean to Wendy about jumping the broom in the middle of a conversation about the time her best friend slept with her man (not Shumpert). “Remaining a good person, and allowing myself to love again is why I…

The family of an unarmed Black man shot dead by a Tulsa, Oklahoma police officer Friday evening is vehemently denying any and all police narratives that paint their loved one as a threat that needed to be neutralized.

Attorneys for the family of…

A funeral director licensed in the state of Texas has been caught taking selfies in front of the hearses and caskets of the newly departed.

David L. Jones must be one egotistical so-and-so. Add to that, insensitive. Is there any doubt, looking at the photos above, that he is posing in front of…

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Channel 2 Action News has confirmed the victim in a crash in South Fulton County has been identified as Carlos Walker, also known as rapper Shawty Lo.

Fulton County police say the crash happened around 2:20 a.m. when the 2016 Audi crashed over a guardrail, hit…

Kellogg issued a voluntary recall on Monday of 10,000 boxes of Eggo Nutri-Grain whole wheat waffles due to possible listeria contamination.

The recalled frozen waffles were sold in 25 states.

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Belmont University has issued a statement in response to a racist social media post made by a freshman student.

The school first issued a statement on university Facebook page, stating "we reject comments rooted in racism or bigotry. This is not free…

Insiders claim that Oprah Winfrey is gearing up to reboot The Oprah Winfrey Show, and she is ready to spend big to make it a success.

“Oprah is hell-bent resurrecting a new version of her TV interview show,” a source told the Globe Magazine. A move that will allegedly see the 62-year-old media…

Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt and the trigger was a conflict over the kids... TMZ has learned.

Jolie filed legal docs Monday citing irreconcilable differences.

She's asking for physical custody of the…