Nara Smith’s debut cookbook, Homemade, is on shelves now, and the story behind it runs deeper than the couture on its cover. Smith spent two years working on the book, and that stretch overlapped with her daughter Whimsy’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. Most coverage has focused on the gowns. The bigger story is what she…
Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland helped open the Knowles-Rowland House in Houston on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The project turns the youth center that early Destiny’s Child money helped build in 1999 into 31 permanent apartments for people who have experienced chronic homelessness. Tina Knowles and Beyoncé’s daughters, Blue Ivy and Rumi Carter, joined them at the…
Text scams are now the most common way fraudsters first reach Americans. In March, the Federal Trade Commission told Congress that a text message was the top contact method in fraud reports for 2025, a year when people reported a record $15.9 billion in total fraud losses. The best protection is simple. Don’t click links…
Constant fatigue is more than feeling tired after a long week. It is exhaustion that lingers for weeks, does not improve with rest and makes ordinary tasks feel heavy. The most common causes include poor sleep, sleep apnea, anemia, thyroid problems, diabetes, vitamin deficiencies, depression, heart disease, kidney disease and autoimmune conditions.
Most of these…
Rihanna has kicked off the holiday season early with a new Savage X Fenty campaign starring all three of her children. Her daughter, Rocki, who is 1, makes her debut for the brand alongside her big brothers RZA, 4, and Riot, 3, marking the first time all three kids have appeared together in one of…
Angel Reese is headed to the WNBA Finals, and she wants the world to know who got her there. After the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 85 to 83 on Friday, Oct. 9, to finish a semifinal sweep, Reese credited her mother, Angel Webb Reese, the single mom who raised her and her…
The most common bad money habits are spending without a plan, skipping an emergency fund, carrying credit card balances, using too much of your available credit, putting off saving, avoiding a budget and leaving savings in accounts that earn almost nothing. Small daily habits like frequent takeout, brand name splurges or cash advances can quietly…
Sunscreen is safe, it works and nearly everyone needs it, including people with dark skin, people who spend most of the day indoors and people who only go outside in cooler months. Dermatologists at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Stanford Medicine say a broad spectrum sunscreen of at least SPF 30, applied generously and reapplied…
Breast cancer does not always announce itself with a lump. Early signs can include dimpling or puckered skin, a nipple that suddenly turns inward, swelling without a lump, unusual discharge, a change in breast size or shape, or skin that takes on an orange peel texture. Any of these, if new or unusual for you,…
Rihanna says she is sitting on “at least 17 vaults” of unreleased music. She made the comment during a Fenty Beauty TikTok Shop livestream that V101.9 dates to Oct. 6, when a fan asked her to guess how many songs she has tucked away.
Rihanna answered with a product. She compared her catalog to the…

