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There’s no “best” Halloween movie, just like there’s no “best” Halloween candy (except that there kind of is), but that’s not going to stop us from throwing the question out to all of you.

If Ray J had one wish, would it have been to tell the authorized story of Suge Knight?Read more...

As Harry & Meghan: An African Journey premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom on Sunday, more insight into the challenges facing the Sussexes’ courtship and eventual marriage were revealed. As Meghan disclosed in a clip last week, she’s ‘not really OK’ after enduring years of abuse from the British tabloids—which…Read more...

The Department of Justice released an amended regulation on Monday that allows the Trump administration to lay the groundwork for a sweeping new policy requiring DNA collection for nearly all migrants who are held temporarily or for an extended period of time in federal immigration custody, so that information can be…Read more...

That moment when you believe God said ‘yes,’ but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said ‘no.’Read more...

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For more than 50 years, there was no marker at all to commemorate the lynching of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Chicago boy brutally murdered by two white men while visiting his family in Mississippi. That changed in 2008 when the first memorial was erected on the banks of the Tallahatchie River, where local…Read more...

An Instant Pot with WiFi, a Trtl Travel Pillow, and a Halloween Candy Gold Box lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

If you’re a celebrity or professional athlete, burner accounts are the hottest trend since cryptocurrency.Read more...

Imagine Issa Rae taking the stage and accepting an honor for her television show, production company, beauty campaign or the 50-leven other things she does and uttering, “To all you artists out there, who don’t want to be on a record label where executive producers are all up in the videos being non-awkward, then come…Read more...

She’s a half-breed with a heart of gold.Read more...

Thanks to what he referred to “the hostile media & Democrat partners,” Poor POTUS will not hold next year’s G7 Summit at his Miami area Trump National Doral resort.Read more...

Urine big trouble.Read more...

An REI Outlet sale, a discounted Omega juicer, and a marked-down Ring Alarm Home Security System lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.

Black women do it again.Read more...

Late congressman and civil rights activist Elijah Cummings’ grave isn’t even cold and there’s already news swirling about someone gunning for his House of Representatives seat.Read more...

You get an iPhone! You get an iPhone!! You get an iPhone!!!Read more...

In 1967, Aretha Franklin famously sang “Take care, T.C.B.” as a refrain on her signature song Respect.Read more...

A slip-on sale at Huckberry, a discounted wireless GameCube controller for Switch, and a steamer basket Gold box lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.

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Police in Alabama say they’re now on the lookout for another “person of interest” in the race to find Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the 3-year-old child abducted while playing with other children at an outdoor birthday party.

It’s been a decade since the syrupy strains of “I love you, you love me” left the airwaves, along with the popular purple dinosaur that made the ditty famous.

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, found slumped over in his car just days ago by the police he oversees, has reportedly admitted to the city’s mayor that he’d had “a couple of drinks” prior to being discovered.

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...

Dear White People,Read more...

As you struggle to make that outlandish student loan payment this month, here is something for you to chew on: In August, Sallie Mae flew more than 100 employees on its sales team to Maui to celebrate them making more than $5 billion in sales.Read more...

Hi, I’m Ana and I am a notorious over-packer. Whether I am going away for an overnight trip, long weekend, or an eight-day getaway, I always pack way more than I need. Even though I make a detailed list of what to pack for while I am away, I always find myself adding extra stfuff to my suitcase at the last minute.

We already have the official statement regarding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s frustrating (and legal) tussle with the press, but now, the latter is opening up in a purely human way.Read more...

As student loan debt grew into a $1.5 trillion crisis, Trump administration officials coordinated a deliberate effort to obstruct a watchdog agency from investigating abuse by student loan servicers, circumventing a law that offered debt forgiveness to college graduates.Read more...

Being famous means that unless it’s beneficial to your brand—or memoir—it’s best to leave the details of your sordid past in the rearview mirror where they belong. Sadly, Tamron Hall must’ve missed the memo, because now we’ve learned that the former NBC News correspondent might’ve been a whole ass Freeway Rick Ross in…Read more...

During a week where there is a Democratic debate the Power Rankings usually focus on who performed best, and how much time candidates spent speaking to issues and policies that concern African-American voters, but not this week. This whole committee was hit hard by the news that Rep. Elijah Cummings passed early…Read more...

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Tick tock—we’re counting down to Watchmen’s series premiere on HBO.Read more...

In August, 12-year-old Isaiah Payton fell victim to a senseless act of violence. But while a stray bullet has changed his life forever, aid has come from an unlikely source: former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal.Read more...

As members of Congress mourn the loss of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the question of who will take his place as the head of the House Oversight Committee quietly looms in the background.

An Anker Roav DashCam, an awesome bread box, and an all-time low price on Sennheiser HD 6XX headphones lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

Basketball legend and social media superstar Michael Jordan was in tears as he opened the first of two groundbreaking clinics that will offer cutting-edge health care to underserved communities in Charlotte, N.C.Read more...

Top Boy is one of the best shows I’ve seen this year, but no one seems to be talking about it.Read more...

That moment when you realize microaggressions don’t only happen in the corporate office.Read more...

Class was canceled for 300,000 Chicago public school students Thursday, as tens of thousands of teachers and their supporters headed to the picket line to strike for better conditions in their schools.Read more...

Sennheiser’s HD 650 open back headphones are widely considered some of the best-sounding cans you can buy for under $1000, and the best chance to get them is when Drop (formerly MassDrop) drops a new shipment of the legendary HD 6XX.

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Apparently, we all need to “get over it” when it comes to notions of wrongdoing with regard to Donald Trump using his political office to enrich himself or push his personal agenda.

A woman has agreed to accept a payout of $205,000 from the city of San Antonio, Texas, to settle her suit charging that her constitutional rights were violated when a cop not only performed a vaginal cavity search in the middle of the street but yanked out her tampon in the midst of it.

NBA star Harrison Barnes has offered to pay for the funeral of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old woman shot and killed in her own home by a Fort Worth, Texas, cop as she played video games with her young nephew.Read more...

For over 20 years, Melissa “Missy” Elliott has flipped it, dipped it and reversed it all over our hearts with her captivating lyrics and iconic looks. In my mind, Elliott was already in 2054 while the rest of us were in 1997. From day one, Missy gave us looks that left an indelible mark on our minds and recently these…Read more...

Was Jefferson Cleaners’ seven locations worth more than Cliff Huxtable’s basement OB/GYN practice? Would Whitley Gilbert qualify for a Pell Grant? Was Flavor Magazine struggling so badly that Khadijah James needed two roommates?Read more...

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...

“I hope Donny [Hathaway] plays when Elijah arrives [in heaven],” said actor Leslie Odom Jr.Read more...