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The descendants of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Rosa Parks, Emmett Till, Malcolm X and more convened at the White House for a special ceremony to honor their families’ legacy and impact on the country.

When Shannon and Chandra LaNier showed their children the trailer for The Little Mermaid featuring Black American singer Halle Bailey as Ariel, they were met with screams of excitement and yells of "She's Black!" Shannon uploaded his kids' reaction to the trailer to Instagram in celebration of the new Black iteration of the classic princess movie. Like so many other...

Sen. Rick Scott, who objected to the official Electoral College vote count on Jan. 6, was unambiguous in his assessment of the 2020 presidential election on Sunday, acknowledging that President Joe Biden was the legitimate victor. Saying the issue had become a "kind of a loyalty oath for the Trump party," "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace asked Scott directly: "Did Joe Biden win this election fair and square?"  “Absolutely," Scott replied. "Joe Biden is the president. We went through the...

This woolly and ailing sheep was found in a forest in Australia and just in the brink of time. Buzz 60’s Chandra Lanier has the story.

In early 2020, Romney was the only Republican lawmaker to vote to convict Trump on allegations he pressured the government of Ukraine to investigate then-candidate Joe Biden and his son. Earlier this month, Romney was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump on charges he incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol designed to overturn Bidens election. The Senate acquitted him on both occasions. In the days before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Romney criticiz...

How to say goodbye to 2020? What about: good riddance. Scram. Take a powder. Dont let the door hit you where the dog bit you. In fact, we dont just want to say it. We want to do something about it. Whats needed is an exorcism, a cleansing. And thats where New Years rituals can help. "Its a way to purge yourself of something thats painful, removing something from yourself," said Lisa Lyons, a Teaneck psychologist.  Some years pass like a beloved grandmother, leaving cherished memories behind...

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year’s end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it. Yet the coronavirus scourge that dominated the year is also looming over New Year’s festivities and forcing officials worldwide to tone them down. From New York’s Times Square to Sydney Harbor, big public blowouts are being turned into TV-only shows and digital events. Fireworks displays have been canceled from the Las Vegas Strip to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Even private p...

"Review every expense that you have and ask yourself, Can I eliminate or reduce some of my expenses, " says Philip Palumbo, founder and CEO of Palumbo Wealth Management. His pet spending peeve: dining out or ordering in. "It can add up quickly," he says. • Pay yourself first. When payday comes, dollars tend to disappear quickly. So put your savings on autopilot. Set up automatic deposits that move money directly from your paycheck to your savings account, says Diahann Lassus, president of La...