Text DFW to 24042 to join 97.9 The Beat’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Follow The Beat On Twitter: This is a very bizarre story, that unfortunately highlights a double standard in America. Denton, Texas (about 48 minutes outside of Dallas) police recently pulled over a White male on a DWI suspicion. Things […]

According to KHOU, Houston police have charged two teenagers in the fatal shooting of a teen in southeast Houston. The shooting happened Sunday night and according to reports three juveniles, including the teen who was fatally shot, attempted to rob a man. During the attempted robbery, one suspect, identified as 16-year-old Sterling Webb, was taken […]

A 17-year-old has been charged with criminal negligent homicide for shooting and killing his 15-year-old girlfriend Sunday morning in Texas. KHOU 11 identified the shooter as Javon Martin, and the victim as Makaila Simon. Investigators reportedly believe that Martin was playing with a rifle when he pointed it towards Simon and pulled the trigger. The […]

Kamaria Nelson has been in the hospital for nearly three weeks after she was severely wounded in an attack at Texas her apartment that claimed the lives of her three small children. On Wednesday, her father, Taurus Nelson, told ABC13 Eyewitness News she is recovering, but not aware that her kids, who range in age […]

Ebony Banks lost her battle to a rare form of stage 4 cancer on Sunday.

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Erykah Badu recently put up an adorable video on the Lovers Lane Birth Center’s Facebook page entitled, “Strong Mama with Doula Erykah Badu birth video.”

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The Texas House County Affairs Committee has reportedly laid the groundwork for a new piece of legislation that would be known as the Sandra Bland Act.

The GOP continues its fight against reproductive justice with new bill.

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Racist fliers on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, urge White women to refrain from dating Black men.

A White teacher from Texas is under fire after he shoved a young Black child in the face for not obeying.