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© Ben Curtis/Associated Press, File Serena Williams wrapped up a 2016 in which she won only one Grand Slam but continued to find her voice on the issues of the day.

The year will not end in the way in which Serena Williams might have hoped.

She reached three Grand Slam finals, but won only one in the follow-up to a year of such dominance and grace that she was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. Along the way, she lost her No. 1 world ranking after 157 weeks, but she made

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President Obama speaks about counterterrorism during his visit to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa on Dec. 6. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

The Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 presidential election, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, according to U.S. officials.

The administration is finalizing the details, which also are expected to include covert action that will probably involve cyber-operations

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The cool Amazon Go concept store in Seattle that lets customers shop without going through a checkout line is probably not coming to your town anytime soon — though Seattle might be getting a drive-through Amazon pickup grocery, as well.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Amazon was working on multiple grocery store formats and envisioned opening more than 2,000 physical stores across the United States.

Amazon wants to squash those rumors.

“We have no plans to open 2,000

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by Zeba Blay

The charm and wonder of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” begins to crumble when you consider the fact that it’s set in New York City in 1926.

It takes place during the height of the Jazz age and the Harlem Renaissance. And yet its cast, led by Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterson, is abundantly, blindingly white.

Hollywood’s so-called “diversity” issue has been a trendy, hot-button topic for some time, but the whiteness of “Fantastic Beasts” is indicative a problem specif

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Texas head coach Charlie Strong walks the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Texas coach Charlie Strong walked slowly off the turf at Memorial Stadium, swimming upstream against thousands of Kansas fans trying to join the jubilant celebration at midfield.

His wife was weeping outside the Longhorns’ locker room.

His boss walked by with nothing to say.

The Longhorns’ 24-21 overtime loss

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Ron Howard’s Inferno suffered a startling defeat in its North American box-office debut, grossing an estimated $15 million from 3,575 theaters to come in behind holdover Boo! A Madea Halloween, which scared up $16.7 million from 2,299 theaters in its sophomore outing.

Heading into the weekend, it was a given that Inferno – starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones – would win the Halloween costume contest with a $20 million-$30 million opening, considering its pedigree and the fact that it was the

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) goes up for a basket as Phoenix Suns center Alex Len (21) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Oklahoma City won 113-110. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

Tired wasn’t an option for Russell Westbrook on Friday night.

The explosive point guard had 51 points in a triple-double and scored the winning points in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 113-110 overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns. He played j

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With Season-opening Loss to Spurs, Warriors Show They Have Work to Do

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So much for the Golden State Warriors going 82-0.

Tuesday night’s season opener for the Warriors against the San Antonio Spurs here at Oracle Arena was supposed to be a festive occasion and a chance to see Kevin Durant play with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green for the first time in a game that counted. Instead, it turned into a bloodbath, with the Spurs leading wire-to-wire and obliterating the Warriors to

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Dave Chappelle said Black Lives Matter is the worst slogan he’s ever heard. 

The 43-year-old comedian said he thought it was “a terrible slogan” during a rare standup performance at The Cutting Room in New York Sunday night.

“He began the hour by saying, quite jovially: ‘This will be a racist show. I’m telling you now,’” Roger Friedman said in his column Monday. “His jokes about blacks and white were evenly divided. But the subjects of the day were right up there.”

“‘Black lives matter is a ter

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Powell emails

Hillary Clinton is trying to climb out from under an email scandal that won’t seem to go away, so she has decided to blame the black guy.

Recent reports quote Clinton as saying she got the idea to use a private server from former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Now, according to CNN, Powell is “pushing back” against Clinton’s attempts to blame him, reportedly telling the press that “her people are trying to pin it on me.”

A report by the New York Times first revealed that Clinton told FBI in

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“The Sanctified Church is a protest against the high-brow tendency in Negro Protestant congregations as the Negroes gain more education and wealth.” –Zora Neale Hurston,The Sanctified Church

When Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born on March 20, 1915, black America was in the midst of a populist religious awakening. A decade earlier, in 1906, the Azusa Street Revival birthed the Pentecostal church movement in Los Angeles, setting off sparks around the nation. This was the foundation of a global Pente

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In the West Baltimore neighborhood that bookended Freddie Gray’s foreshortened life and far beyond it, the realization quickly set in.

“Nobody is getting punished for it,” said Medina Gaither, 54, a resident of Gilmor Homes who had known Gray since he was a little boy.

“This is awful,” the actress Kerry Washington tweeted shortly after prosecutors announced Wednesday morning they were dismissing charges against the remaining officers, having failed to garner convictions in four previous tria

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Stirring speech draws praise from across the political spectrum.

When the Democratic National Convention opened on Monday to a chorus of boos from Bernie Sanders supporters, much of the attention focused on what the runner-up for the nomination would say to calm his faithful following.

But someone else stole the show.

First Lady Michelle Obama won praise for giving a stirring and optimistic speech in which she managed to attack Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump without once mentio

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Michelle Obama may not be the president of the United States, but she certainly knows how to command a room.

The First Lady delivered her final campaign speech tonight as she helped open the floor during day one of the Democratic National Convention. With so much interest in Michelle’s 2008 DNC speech (because it was just heard again last week through the spirit of Melania Trump), America was ready to hear how and if Mrs. Obama would respond during her convention speech for the current electi

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It should have been a happy week for Leslie Jones.

Crowned one of the new Ghostbusters, Jones joined Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig in the reboot, which survived months of vitriol to take the No. 2 spot at the box office last weekend (almost beating out The Secret Life of Pets, which nudged ahead).

But behind the Hollywood rollout was another ugly storm brewing on social media. On Monday, Jones began retweeting the ugly, racist hatred that has been coming her way on Twitter.

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After last week’s epic takedownRoland Martin was invited on The Wendy Williams Showto educate the longtime talk show host and her audience about race in America.

If you remember, Williams made a series of disheartening remarks about the need for HBCUs and the NAACP. In a blistering critique, Martin schooled Williams about the nuances of race and implored her to stick to reporting gossip.

On Thursday, Martin, the host of NewsOne Now, briefly and eloquently summed up the nation’s troubled pa

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A lone gunman wearing all black and toting a rifle shot and killed three cops in Baton Rouge and wounded three more Sunday, authorities said.

Cops killed the shooter in a wild shootout around 8:40 a.m. local time on a main thoroughfare in the Louisiana capitol.

The gunman was identified by CBS as Gavin Eugene Long. Multiple reports linked Long to homegrown hate groups. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, said he belonged to an antigovernment group called the New Freedom Group. MSNBC repo

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A man stands in front of a tank in the entrance to Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, on July 16, 2016. (Photo: Ismail Coskun, AP)

Turkish President Recep Erdogan addressed a large crowd in Istanbul Saturday morning, as security personnel rounded up suspects after a chaotic coup attempt that sent tanks and demonstrators into the streets while aircraft battled overhead.

“In Turkey the army is not governing the state and they cannot, and this should be known by all,” Erdogan said. “The government is i

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