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Prince Had a $300 Million Fortune and No Will: Is All Hell About to Break Loose?
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Prince Had a $300 Million Fortune and No Will: Is All Hell About to Break Loose?

Prince may have been worth upward of $300 million when he died last week, suddenly and most untimely at the age of only 57.And according to his younger sister Tyka Nelson, his closest known survivor, the legendary (and legendarily eccentric) artist did not have a will.That on its own sounds most shocking, a man of his wealth not having every base covered in case anything happened to him. Not to mention, in addition to being a creative visionary, Prince was a shrewd businessman who owned all of his recording and publishing copyrights—an almost unheard-of deal these days—and exercised close control over use of his music and image. He didn't seem like the type of guy who, if you asked him about money, would just say his accountant handled everything. Not that you'd ever ask him about his fina...
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D.C.’s Black Gay and Trans Kids Fought Back, Formed a “Gang” Called Check It, Now Star in a Documentary

  “I love a red carpet,” 26-year-old Star giggled excitedly in Chelsea’s Bowtie Cinema last Saturday night. She was wearing a shiny, yellow A-line dress with flowers printed on it, and high-heeled gladiator sandals. In her D.C. accent, she drew out the next sentence so as to luxuriate in it. “I love to be seeeeeeeeeeen.”And so she was, big time. A few minutes later, Star’s image would be projected onto a screen during the world premiere of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Check It, an eponymously named documentary that follows principal members of Check It (also known as The Check It), a crew of young LGBT black men and women who live in Washington D.C. What Check It is, exactly, depends on who’s describing it. Its members, six of whom were on display that night, call it a family. Source:...
Tubman’s In. Jackson’s Out. What’s It Mean?
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Tubman’s In. Jackson’s Out. What’s It Mean?

  Harriet Tubman ascends to the $20, Alexander Hamilton gets to stay on the $10 — and nothing is actually happening for years. Three Times journalists discuss the changes to U.S. currency. Source: Tubman’s In. Jackson’s Out. What’s It Mean?
‘Rise Above’ honors Tuskegee Airmen at Air Show
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‘Rise Above’ honors Tuskegee Airmen at Air Show

A mobile theater rolls into East Tennessee this weekend telling the story of the Tuskegee Airmen in a you-are-there narrative. The "Rise Above" traveling exhibit is at the Smoky Mountain Air Show at the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Alcoa Saturday and Sunday, at Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton April 19-20 and at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge April 22-23."Rise Above" tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots and their support personnel. Admission is free to "Rise Above." Source: ‘Rise Above’ honors Tuskegee Airmen at Air Show
Judge weighs bid to dismiss child sex abuse claim against Cosby
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Judge weighs bid to dismiss child sex abuse claim against Cosby

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig Kaplan said at the end of the hearing he would take arguments from both sides "under submission" and render a written decision at an undisclosed date. Cosby, 78, lost a previous bid to fend off the same lawsuit on similar grounds last year, a fact Kaplan noted during Thursday's proceedings. He added that Cosby's latest challenge to the case "just seems like a second bite at the same apple". Cosby's accuser, Judy Huth, now in her 50s, sued the entertainer in December 2014, alleging that he plied her with alcohol and molested her during an encounter at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974. Cosby's attorneys have called Huth's account a fabrication, asserted that her case stemmed from a failed extortion attempt and argued that she waited too...
Kobe pours in 60 in career finale
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Kobe pours in 60 in career finale

LOS ANGELES -- Playing in the last game of his 20-year career, Kobe Bryant put on a show for a sold-out Staples Center crowd one final time, pouring in a season-high 60 points and steering his team to a 101-96 comeback win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. After outscoring the Jazz by himself 23-21 in the fourth quarter, Bryant checked out with 4.1 seconds left, serenaded by "Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!'' chants. Source: 'Mamba out': Kobe pours in 60 in career finale
Will Smith shooting: Everything we know so far
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Will Smith shooting: Everything we know so far

NOPD Chief Michael Harrison said the fatal shooting of former Saints defensive end Will Smith appeared, for now, to be "an accident that turned into a dispute that turned violent." Source: Will Smith shooting: Everything we know so far
Hillary Clinton Holds Rally at Apollo Theater, Visits Harlem Coffee Shop
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Hillary Clinton Holds Rally at Apollo Theater, Visits Harlem Coffee Shop

Democrat Hillary Clinton is kicking efforts to win the New York primary next month with a visit to the nation's most iconic historically African-American neighborhood.Clinton, who has enjoyed broad support from black voters in the race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, led a rally on Wednesday at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Source: Hillary Clinton Holds Rally at Apollo Theater, Visits Harlem Coffee Shop | NBC New York