A New Jersey jury awarded a $12.9 million verdict last week against a state trooper who failed to recognize that a woman motorist was having a stroke and arrested her for DUI, crucially delaying medical treatment that her attorneys argued caused severe brain damage and left her permanently disabled. Cheryl Rhines of Jersey City, then…

MIAMI, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 05: Wendy Williams attends BODEGA x DIESEL: The Unofficial Official Basel Gift Shop Party at La Otra on December 05, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Diesel) Despite her ongoing guardianship, the former talk show host made it to Miami to celebrate her father’s 94th birthday. Wendy…

Source: Universal History Archive / Getty The South Side of Chicago is the epitome of Black history. It embodies the fortitude of Black Americans who searched for a better life in a country created to hate them. The South Side, for many Blacks, was the intersection between migration, industrial expansion, and cultural innovation. MORE: 40…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images) The Compton MC’s Super Bowl halftime show had people digging back into the rapper’s catalog, pushing many of his albums back…

Kevin Hart’s name hit headlines this week after his appearance during the NBA All Star Weekend event in San Francisco — and it wasn’t all for good reason. In addition to complaints about the players and the new format of the game, what made it harder to watch for many viewers was Hart’s constant interjection…

It’s the biggest fear of many never-Trumpers — that the Republican president will ignore the Constitution, the courts and Congress to reshape the executive branch into simply the executive, a single person lording over the government, immune from oversight, a monarchy without royalty. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump provided a window into his thinking…

These highways displaced many Black communities. Some Black activists are using mapping to do the opposite: highlight hidden parts of history. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division   When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became “Black History Month” in 1976, he sought not to just celebrate prominent Black historical…

A student was removed from the campus of South Florida’s American Heritage Schools, where about 70 countries are represented among the student body, after a video surfaced of him using a racial slur. And it’s not just any student. The offending student’s father is American Heritage School President Dr. Douglas R. Laurie. The student’s grandfather,…

Elon Musk has not willingly come forward to acknowledge the birth of his supposed 13th child, but that has not stopped new details about the kid’s mom from being published. MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair alleges she gave birth to Musk’s son five months ago. Now, she has revealed that their love tryst began after…

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) speaks at a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Hundreds of protests are scheduled outside congressional offices and Tesla dealerships, with organizers hoping to send a pointed message to members of…