No apology: Tavis Smiley makes comeback bid after PBS firing
LOS ANGELES — Three years after workplace misconduct allegations cost veteran TV and radio talk-show host Tavis Smiley his job and a national forum,...
2016 medalist Prenot fails to advance at US swim trials
OMAHA, Neb. — Josh Prenot failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday, a bitter...
Chloe, Shahidi, Cordae part of Disney EP honoring Black life
NEW YORK — Disney is celebrating this year’s Juneteenth with a new EP about the Black experience featuring actor and activist Yara Shahidi, Chloe...
The ESPYS returning to New York, Anthony Mackie to host
NEW YORK — The ESPYS are returning to New York next month for the first time since 1999, with actor Anthony Mackie hosting the...
Emotions stir Michael Phelps in his return to US trials
OMAHA, Neb. — It’s June in an Olympic year, and Michael Phelps is feeling it. In his mind and in his body.
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Winfrey, Hearst have Black journalists tell elders’ stories
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey and Hearst Magazines are teaming up for interviews that pair young Black journalists with elders who include civil rights...
Former NFL player, Wisconsin star is accused of assault
DULUTH, Minn. — A former NFL player and University of Wisconsin football star is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl.
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Paris Jackson says paparazzi caused her long-term trauma
NEW YORK — Paris Jackson, stopping by “Red Table Talk” for a frank discussion about living under the media glare, reveals she suffers long-term...
Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda, 97, hospitalized amid virus surge
LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda, 97, has been admitted to hospital, his office announced Monday, as the southern African country battles...
Anthony Bourdain doc ‘an act of therapy’ for an acute loss
NEW YORK — When the filmmaker Morgan Neville began making a documentary on Anthony Bourdain, the late chef and globe-trotting television host, one of...
