She performed with a string of bananas tied around her waist, an electrifying act that led her to become first a local sensation in Paris, and then an international star.

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In honor of Women's History Month, ESSENCE celebrates 13 Black women who have forever-changed the beauty industry in the past 100 years.

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A Sarpy County judge ordered a 26-year-old woman held without bail Wednesday in connection with a fatal stabbing. Bellevue police investigate the stabbing death of 43-year-old Jeffrey Hettinger at the ...