The two-time Olympian's mom, Natalie Hawkins, says the 20-year-old has been having a hard time dealing with a new wave of social media criticism.

It’s official — Simone Biles is the flyest chick in this gymnastics game. The 19-year-old American phenom has long been considered the best gymnast alive, and now she has the medals to prove it. On Thursday, she took home the gold medal for the women’s individual all-around gold medal at the Olympic games in Rio. […]

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See every Black Team USA medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

MIKE BROWN ANNIVERSARY MARCH MIRED BY SHOOTING… Yesterday marked the second anniversary of the shooting death of Mike Brown at the hand of a white Ferguson, Missouri police officer.  Unfortunately, the peaceful protest march that was planned was interrupted by gunfire. A man was hit by a car but no one was injured by a […]

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See how the ladies of the ‘Final Five’ won their Gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Simone Biles will make her Olympic debut with vet Gabby Douglas on the 2016 U.S. gymnastics team.

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Former television judge Joe Brown has been banned from practicing law in the state of Tennessee. The state Supreme Court ordered that Brown be placed on an inactive status that would prevent him from overseeing legal matters. According to reports, Brown is battling type II diabetes and is suffering from the “effects of prescribed medication […]

The gold medalist is bringing positivity, empowerment and grace to smartphones across the country.

Plus, gymnasts Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas tell "TODAY" they are not rivals and the Internet comes for racist trolls who take issue with Old Navy's interracial family ad.