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What began as the heartbreaking loss of Malcolm-Jamal Warner has turned into a complicated fight over his estate, an old trust, a prenuptial agreement, life insurance and what he allegedly intended to leave behind for his wife, daughter and mother. And now Malcolm’s mother, Pamela Warner, is pushing back hard. According to new court documents obtained by TMZ, Pamela says she tried to resolve the dispute privately and proposed an arrangement that would have directed more than

Chicago, come on in here because WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! We have City Hall staring at an $882 MILLION budget hole, nurses taking to the picket line, Chicago police warning people that thieves may literally be watching them handle their money, and now the FBI is investigating reports that millions of DRIVER’S LICENSES are being sold on the dark web. And it's only Friday. Welcome to another edition of What's Happening In & Around Chicagoland, where apparently peace and quie

Happy birthday to Beyoncé! 🎂 The superstar turned 45 today, September 4, while simultaneously celebrating the 20th anniversary of B’Day, the album she originally released on her 25th birthday in 2006. And apparently Bey decided if it's her birthday, somebody else needs to spend the birthday money. Because sitting in her official store right now is the limited-edition Bey Keeper Collector's Box for the extremely specific price of: $948.01. No, that's not a typo. And before yo

Baby, if you recently bought some Jordans and that Jumpman looked like he was running to catch the bus, you might want to come on in here. Authorities in Southern California just uncovered a counterfeit operation with enough fake streetwear to stock somebody's mall. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says investigators seized 25,898 counterfeit items from a commercial warehouse in Arcadia, California, with an estimated retail value of approximately $10 MILLION if the

GARY, IN: Baby, somebody explain to me why Gary residents are looking for flashlights AGAIN. Thursday evening brought another significant power outage across Northwest Indiana, with Gary taking the biggest hit. At one point, more than 2,300 NIPSCO customers were without electricity. By approximately 10 p.m. Thursday, more than 1,800 customers remained without power across Northwest Indiana, including more than 1,300 in Gary, according to CBS Chicago. And before somebody says,

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final years talking not only about civil rights, but about economic justice. Decades later, his youngest daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King, is putting some banking power behind that conversation. Redemption Bank, the Black-owned bank co-founded by King and businessman Ashley D. Bell, has officially launched the Bank King Card, its first debit-card program. And this isn't being marketed as just another piece of plastic for your wallet. The card

Baby, the irony department just kicked the damn door open. For years, Damon “Dame” Dash has been one of hip-hop's loudest voices about ownership. Own your company. Own your work. Control your story. Don't let somebody else make money off your name. Well... A federal bankruptcy judge has now approved a process that could allow somebody else to purchase commercial rights connected to DAME DASH'S OWN LIFE STORY. You cannot write this stuff. ⚖️ YES, THE JUDGE REALLY APPROVED IT O

Baby, today's Knucklehead News comes straight outta Florida, because apparently somebody woke up and decided getting arrested wasn't enough. He allegedly wanted the hospital package deal too. Police say 51-year-old Ronald Jeffrey Johnson was already inside Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale when officers were called because he was allegedly causing a disturbance. Now understand something. This man was already in a building containing doctors, nurses, bandages, X

Now THIS one hit close to home for me because I’m from Markham. So when I saw an 81-year-old woman from Markham had been out of her house for more than six months, fighting an insurance battle and staring at an almost $18,000 lien, I was already irritated. Then Tyler Perry saw the story. And apparently Tyler said, “Where the hell is my checkbook?” 😭 SHE PAID FOR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE FOR DECADES Brenda Daurham is an 81-year-old Markham resident who has lived in her home for m

Listen. We already have storms knocking the lights out, boil orders popping up, phone outages, food recalls and folks wondering whether the Wi-Fi is going to make it through the afternoon. Now we're talking about hackers threatening the WATER?! Federal authorities have been warning for months about Iranian-affiliated cyber actors targeting critical U.S. infrastructure. Now, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, new threats attributed to Iranian hackers are r

Baby, somebody was sitting at that computer with the refresh button READY. 😂 The new $1 coins featuring President Donald Trump officially went on sale through the U.S. Mint on Wednesday, September 2, and within just a few hours, buyers had already chewed through the available inventory. According to the U.S. Mint, the special 2026 Semi quincentennial President Donald J. Trump $1 Coin was created as part of the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The front features Tr

Baby, X Money barely got its shoes in the door and the scammers already filled out an application. 😩 X has been rolling out its new financial service, X Money, which lets eligible users do a whole lot more than tweet, argue with strangers and wake up mad at somebody they've never met. We're talking sending money, receiving payments, a debit card, ATM withdrawals, cashback and other banking-style features. X says the service is currently rolling out to eligible U.S. users, wi

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and this is one of those months when awareness needs to turn into action. Sickle cell disease isn't something we should only hear about when a celebrity speaks about a health crisis or when someone we know is hospitalized. Approximately 100,000 people in the United States live with sickle cell disease, and the condition disproportionately affects Black Americans. The CDC estimates sickle cell disease occurs in about 1 out of every 365

📍CHICAGO, IL 🍅🥵 Y'all, it is officially TOO DAMN HOT when the infrastructure starts calling off work. The DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge over the Chicago River got stuck Wednesday morning after it was raised during a scheduled lift around 10 a.m. for the Spirit of Chicago yacht. When it was time for the bridge to come back down, Chicago Department of Transportation officials said a heat-related issue prevented it from fully closing. And baby, that bridge said: “NOPE. I'M

Ten years later and Colin Kaepernick says AIN'T A DAMN THING CHANGED. A decade after his decision to kneel during the national anthem turned an NFL quarterback into the center of a national conversation about police brutality and racial injustice, Kaepernick says he believes the league is still actively blackballing him. And while we're opening old wounds, Jay-Z's name just got pulled back into the conversation too. In a new interview with NBC News ahead of the release of his

Baby, I love me some DeBarge. LOVE THEM. But somebody in this family has GOT to stop giving the Burbank Police Department repeat business. 😭 Brothers James DeBarge and Jonathan “Chico” DeBarge are back in the headlines after what started as a late-night traffic stop in Burbank, California, ended with both singers being arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance. And the way police say this whole thing started? NO LICENSE PLATES. Y'all... When you're allegedl

Baby, Snoop Dogg has officially created the kind of job that would've had me reconsidering every career decision I've ever made. Snoop's ice cream company, Dr. Bombay, is hiring an International Ice Cream Taster. Yes. That's the job. EAT. ICE. CREAM. 🍦😂 And they're paying $10,000 A MONTH. Now before everybody starts screaming “$120,000 A YEAR TO EAT ICE CREAM!”, there's one important detail: the actual position is currently advertised as a three-month independent-contractor

FLORIDA — Tiger Woods is one of the greatest golfers to ever pick up a club. The man can hit a little white ball 300 damn yards and put it exactly where he wants it. But put this man behind the wheel of a vehicle and suddenly we got Fast & Furious: PGA Edition. 😭 Tiger Woods appeared in a Florida courtroom Wednesday and accepted a plea deal stemming from his March 27 rollover crash on Jupiter Island. His original DUI charge was reduced, and Woods pleaded no contest to reckle

Chile, Tupac’s murder has been collecting conspiracy theories longer than some of y’all have been paying bills. 😩 And now that the Keefe D case has dragged one of hip-hop’s biggest mysteries right back under the spotlight, Snoop Dogg’s name is getting tossed around online too. So naturally the internet did what the internet does: “SNOOP WAS INVOLVED!” Wait a damn minute. Because somebody’s name coming up in conversations surrounding Tupac, Death Row and the East Coast/West C

730 BOOM RADIO We gotta send some serious love and prayers to Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC. T-Boz recently had to miss a TLC performance after experiencing a sickle cell flare-up, and fellow '90s R&B favorite Mr. Dalvin of Jodeci took to social media asking fans to keep his friend lifted in prayer. And listen... WE ABSOLUTELY WILL. 🙏🏾❤️ T-Boz has been living with sickle cell disease since childhood, and she's spent decades being open about the painful health battles that c