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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, actor John Heard arrives at Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Producers Peer Group celebration of the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Heard, best known for playing the father in the “Home Alone” movie series, has died. He was 72. His death was confirmed by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner’s office in California on Saturday, July 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

July 24, 2017AURN Newsroom Read More

Actor John Heard Passes

John Heard, the actor known for his role in several iconic ’80s and ’90s movies including Big, Beaches, and Home Alone, died Friday in Palo READ MORE→

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2014 file photo, Chester Bennington poses in the press room at the 25th annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in Inglewood, Calif. The Los Angeles County coroner says Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of rock, hip-hop and rap, has died in his home near Los Angeles. He was 41. Coroner spokesman Brian Elias says they are investigating Bennington’s death as an apparent suicide but no additional details are available. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

July 21, 2017Tanya Hart Read More

Chester Bennington Death Possible Suicide

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has been found dead at 41 in a reported suicide. Law enforcement officials said that the musician hanged himself in READ MORE→

President Donald Trump tries on a Stetson hat during a "Made in America," product showcase featuring items created in each of the U.S. 50 states, at the White House, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Washington. Stetson is base in Garland, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

July 19, 2017April Ryan Read More

President Declines NAACP Invitation

The NAACP gets a no from President Trump. He will not address the convention this year, becoming the first sitting president to not attend. More READ MORE→

Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of HBO Films' "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" at the SVA Theatre on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

July 19, 2017Tanya Hart Read More

OWN Network Takes Another Step Forward

Oprah Winfrey, Mara Brock Akil, and Salim Akil, the award-winning producers behind such hits as Being Mary Jane, The Game, and Girlfriends, have partnered together READ MORE→

FILE - In this Friday, July 10, 2015 file photo, an honor guard from the South Carolina Highway patrol removes the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds in Columbia, S.C., ending its 54-year presence there. Nearly two years after South Carolina lawmakers promised to publicly display the final Confederate flag removed from Statehouse grounds, the banner still sits in a box in a museum. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

July 11, 2017AURN Newsroom Read More

Reminder: The Civil War Ended 150 Years Ago

The Confederate battle flag was raised outside the South Carolina Statehouse again Monday, but it rose on a pole that was planted in a temporary READ MORE→

President Donald Trump meets with what the White House identifies as "immigration crime victims" to urge passage of House legislation to save American lives, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

June 29, 2017AURN Newsroom Read More

President Meets with Immigration Crime Victims

President Trump on Wednesday highlighted illegal immigration, an issue that propelled him on the campaign trail, as he met at the White House with family READ MORE→

Civil right leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus gather to condemn the slayings of police officers in Dallas last night, and to denounce the fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week, during a news conference, Friday, July 8, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

June 27, 2017April Ryan Read More

Congressional Black Caucus Declines Invitation to Meet with the President

The full 49 member body of the Congressional Black Caucus said they would not meet with the president for a second time as a collective READ MORE→

FILE - In a November 11, 2013 archive image, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Warren Sapp is inducted into the team's Hall of Fame at the ceremony following the game between Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins in Tampa, Florida . Sapp was bitten by a shark during a fishing trip in the Florida Keys on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo / Phelan M. Ebenhack, file)

June 22, 2017AURN Newsroom Read More

Warren Sapp Opens Up About CTE

During an interview with The Players’ Tribune, NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp opened up about his deteriorating memory and how he has been instituting READ MORE→

June 22, 2017Tanya Hart Read More

Tia Mowry Shows Off New Figure

Tia Mowry has lost 20lbs and she showed off her new figure on Instagram on Wednesday. The 38-year-old TV star – best known for the READ MORE→

FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. A large government survey released Thursday, June 15, 2017, suggests the number of U.S. high school and middle school students using electronic cigarettes fell to 2.2 million last year, from 3 million the year before. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

June 21, 2017AURN Newsroom Read More

Teen Smoking Rates Hit New Low

Teen smoking rates have hit new lows in the U.S. and, for the first time, fewer high school students are trying e-cigarettes, new data show. READ MORE→

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2011 file photo, Carrie Fisher kisses her mother, Debbie Reynolds, as they arrive at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. On Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, Reynolds’ son, Todd Fisher, says his mother and sister will have a joint funeral and will be buried together at Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

June 20, 2017Tanya Hart Read More

Carrie Fisher Autopsy Released

Carrie Fisher’s autopsy report shows the actress had cocaine in her system when she fell ill on a plane last year, but investigators could not READ MORE→

FILE - This Feb. 12, 2017 file photo shows Beyonce performing at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Beyonce, who is pregnant with twins, will not perform at Coachella this year, but will headline the festival in 2018. In a joint statement released Thursday, Feb. 23, Beyonce’s Parkwood Entertainment and festival producer Goldenvoice said the pop star had to pull out of the famed festival under doctor’s orders. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

June 19, 2017Tanya Hart Read More

Beyonce Delivers Twins, Jay-Z Delivers Philanthropy

In typical Beyonce style, the star kept the due date of her babies under wraps during her pregnancy. However, fans were sent into a frenzy READ MORE→

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