Source: Giles Clarke / Getty A Black man in Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced to 70 years in prison on Wednesday for spitting at police officers. It’s the kind of story where people are likely to read the headline and assume there’s more to the story—and there is. 36-year-old Larry Pearson, who was found guilty of…
Actress Tisha Campbell played “Spill the Tisha” during her appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” on April 12. Hudson came up with the segment to get to know Campbell better, and the “Martin” actress did not disappoint. Campbell read several statements to Hudson for her to guess whether they were true or false, and the…
Keke Palmer decided to bring out a new hairstyle and fans believe she gave exactly what was supposed to have been giving. The newfound mommy posted two selfies showing her in a long, jet-black hairstyle and a glammed-up face. She wore wavy curls in a half-up, half-down ponytail with a bang swept over the right…
A Georgia railroad company has filed a petition with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to take over several plots of privately owned land using the state’s eminent domain law. Should the move prove to be successful, multiple families in the poor, small community of Sparta, Georgia, will be disenfranchised. The residents of the small…
Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2022. | Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty To put it mildly, this week wasn’t kind to Clarence Thomas, what with an avalanche of media attention piling on top of credible reports suggesting the…
A registered neonatal nurse in New York State has been fired and now is facing charges after being recorded slamming a newborn baby face-down in a hospital-issued bassinet. The father of the child witnessed the assault as it happened and shared the video with the Long Island hospital officials immediately. Fidel Sinclair is the father…
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Now that basketball star Brittney Griner is officially home, she’s doing everything in her power to fight for other Americans wrongfully detained overseas. On Thursday, Griner took the stage at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Women’s Empowerment Luncheon in NYC. Accompanied by her wife Cherelle, Griner spoke about her horrific…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Tensions in northeast Ohio are raised this week as a grand jury ponders the decision of whether or not criminal charges should be filed against the eight police Akron officers involved in the death of Jayland Walker. Last June, Walker, 25, was driving and being pursued by police when…
Rapper 50 Cent is sounding off again about his frayed relationship with Starz. The 47-year-old television producer said that he would not be selling any more shows to the network he ended ties with last September. Jackson produced several shows for Starz, including the beloved “Power” series and its three spinoffs, “Power Book II: Ghost,”…
The principal of WJ Cooper Elementary School in suburban Atlanta is under fire after one of his students reportedly suffered a broken leg while in his care on campus. The child’s family asserts the administrator was responsible for the injury and believes he should be fired and criminally charged. Dr. Lisa Hall Shell, who works…
