Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dead at 80

Alex Trebek, the genial “Jeopardy!” host with all the answers and a reassuring presence in the TV game-show landscape for five decades, has died. He was 80 years old. Former “Jeopardy!” contestants react to Alex Trebek’s death “Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and…read more »

Gospel legend Bishop Rance Allen dies at age 71

Gospel music star Bishop Rance Allen died Saturday morning. He was 71. “While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ProMedica [in Sylvania, OH], Bishop Rance Allen passed away around 3 AM this morning,” said Allen’s wife of 49 years, Ellen Allen, and his manager, Toby Jackson, in a joint statement posted on Facebook. The world-renowned…read more »

Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

WASHINGTON — President Trump revealed early Friday morning that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more than 207,000 Americans and devastated the economy. Mr. Trump, who for months has played down the seriousness of…read more »

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87

View full article here Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C.,…read more »

Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle to face off on next ‘Verzuz’ battle

Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle will face off in the latest “Verzuz” battle. Social media accounts for “Verzuz” posted the announcement Tuesday. “The Master Class we’ve ALL been waiting for! Y’all gotta get dressed up in ya Sunday’s best for this classic affair,” the caption reads. Fans are expecting Knight to sing her classics, “Midnight Train to Georgia” and…read more »

Jacob Blake speaks out for first time since police shooting

MILWAUKEE — Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot him seven times in the back, saying he’s in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down. In a video posted Saturday night on Twitter by his family’s lawyer, Ben Crump,…read more »

R. KELLY ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED BY PISSED OFF INMATE

R. Kelly got a taste of jailhouse justice — a frustrated inmate went on the attack and jumped Kelly in his cell … TMZ has learned. Federal law enforcement sources with direct knowledge tell us the incident recently went down inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago where Kelly was sitting on his bed when another…read more »