A federal jury awarded a former Michigan inmate $307 million after it found a state prison health contractor and a doctor violated his civil rights by refusing to pay for surgery to reverse a colostomy procedure, forcing him to live behind bars for two years with a leaking, stinky colostomy bag. In his lawsuit filed…
(Photo: Getty Images) “This could be particularly disruptive for Black and brown businesses,” says Cat Packer, director of Drug Markets and Legal Regulation at Drug Policy Alliance. The Trump administration has partially followed through on an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last year that calls for the reclassification of marijuana under federal law….
President Donald Trump is known for making an event, a gathering, a speech, all about himself. He can’t seem to help it, and that instinct was on display again in a social media post where he tried to compliment retiring Apple CEO Tim Cook but instead made it all about himself, and even more concerning,…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: d4vd looks on during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Nathan J. Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney, announced earlier in the day that David Anthony Burke, known as d4vd, was…
Rihanna and her family can rest assured that the woman who targeted their Beverly Hills home with gunfire will not be a danger to anyone else in the near future. Ivanna Ortiz has been jailed since the March 8 incident. The consequences of losing her grip on reality have cost the woman her freedom and…
A video of a woman harassing a Black Atlanta-based influencer at a gym is going viral after accusing her of not living at the apartment complex the facility is in. The video of Amber Tyson, also known as Coco, was originally posted on TikTok. It shows her and a white woman arguing inside the gym….
Photo by Esme7/Adobe Stock Images Nebraska’s first Black-founded all-girls middle school, Identity Preparatory Academy, is set to open in North Omaha, focusing on culturally responsive education and academic excellence. A new chapter in education is set to begin in North Omaha as Identity Preparatory Academy prepares to open as Nebraska’s first state-approved Black-founded school, designed…
First lady Melania Trump has been operating on her own rules lately, attending events when she wants and making grand announcements without informing her husband. Weeks after her surprise announcement at the White House, the public is still reeling over why Melania spoke out, why she didn’t tell her husband, and what she’s trying to…
Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for ALL IN: The Fight for Democracy This is the first time in the Miss Spelman pageant’s 43-year history that two students have been crowned co-queens. Spelman College made history by crowning two queens at its annual Miss Spelman College Pageant, sparking online debate over the school’s selection process for…
Ghislaine Maxwell has spent the past year fighting her conviction from a prison cell, but in recent months, she’s shifted from legal appeals to something more transactional, offering to talk. The lone figure ever convicted in the Jeffrey Epstein case has made it clear through her lawyer that silence is no longer her only option….
