Essence Festival of Culture organizers announced that R&B superstar Usher will perform during this year's festival, which marks its 30th anniversary this summer in New Orleans.
Caleb Carr, the accomplished military historian and bestselling novelist of 'The Alienist,' has died at age 68 from cancer, according to his publisher Little, Brown and Company.
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Friday signed into law a proposal to classify mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled and dangerous substances.
After surveillance footage showed a different account of what police Det. Bryan Gillis said about Scottie Scheffler's arrest, Gillis' prior suspensions have reportedly been unearthed.
NBC News reporter Dasha Burn said Latino and Black Trump supporters at the Bronx rally shut her down when she tried to remind them of Trump's "racist rhetoric."
Hunter Biden’s defense attorney signaled a key element of his defense strategy in a Delaware federal court on Friday: who exactly filled out the key federal gun form in question?
Egypt has agreed to send U.N. humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza through Israel's main crossing, although it's unclear if they will be able to enter the area.
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed off on two bills aimed at overhauling the state's notoriously lax oversight of the funeral home industry.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer filed her ruling on Alec Baldwin's first motion to dismiss his involuntary manslaughter charge. The "Rust" star has filed two additional motions to dismiss.
Two American missionaries in Haiti were killed Thursday, a Christian nonprofit said. Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker said his daughter, Natalie, was one of the missionaries.
Actor Chad Michael Murray is opening up about his agoraphobia and how it manifested itself when he was younger. The "One Tree Hill" star says he dealt with anxiety attacks.
Darryl Bernard Brookins, 28, was arrested and charged in the deadly shooting over the weekend that injured Auburn running back Brian Battie and killed Battie's brother.
During a show in Abu Dhabi, comic Dave Chappelle said that Israel was committing "genocide" in Gaza and argued that antisemitism in America is pushing Jews to support Israel.