The parents of a 12-year-old Black girl who attempted suicide last year are suing her teachers and the school district in Greenville County, South Carolina, for negligence in how they responded to alleged bullying and harassment of their daughter. Ty Turner says she found her daughter Kelaia hanging from a belt in her bedroom on…

Tiff Massey poses with a Cadillac to promote her exhibition about metalsmithing, jewelry and the city’s streets. Detroit Institute of the Arts   “7 Mile + Livernois” at the Detroit Institute of Arts celebrates Detroit as a place for Black women to live and create by elevating both the work of the featured artist, Tiff…

Actor Sean Penn, 64, made his red carpet debut with his new much-younger girlfriend at the Marrakech Film Festival. Penn and 30-year-old actress Valeria Nicov showed up together on the second day of the event in Marrakesh, Morocco on Nov. 30, where the Oscar-winning actor received the Festival Star Award. Nicov posed for pictures wearing…

(L-R) Eric Murphy and Jasmine Page Lawrence attend the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on June 20, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images) Three years after announcing their relationship, Eddie Murphy’s eldest son proposed to Martin Lawrence’s eldest…

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is seen is seen during the first hearing held by House Oversight Committee in impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden at Rayburn House Office Building in Capitol Hill of Washington D.C., United States on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) “[For] anyone that wants to clutch their…

Leonard Mack was a 23-year-old decorated Vietnam veteran when he was pulled over by a cop in New York in 1975 and accused of rape. Despite alibis and a blood test from the victim that proved his innocence, the Black man was falsely convicted, spending almost eight years in prison before he was released on…

Source: @sheepishnarco / Tyree Jadacy Shepard Engram was 30 years old when she lost her first child. At 35 weeks, Eddie made his entry into the world as a stillborn baby, introducing the Lakeland, FL native to an untapped trauma that would both haunt and empower her. Jadacy is one of the many women who’ve experienced stillbirths. According to The…

Colorado Buffaloes two-way star Travis Hunter was shook during his postgame interview after having his shining moment on the field nearly stolen by his “queen” Leanna Lenee last week. Hunter, who is widely expected to be the first overall pick in next year’s NFL draft, and his teammates inflicted a 52-0 defeat on the Oklahoma…

President-elect Donald Trump is irate at The New York Times after last Monday’s publication of an article spotlighting his most loyal aide, a 33-year-old bone cancer survivor who once wrote the real estate mogul, “I want to bring you joy.” Disclosure of those letters apparently enraged Trump, who launched a blistering attack on TruthSocial early…

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 19: Newly re-elected House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks with reporters as he leaves a news conference after House Democrats’ Leadership Elections on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Jeffries joins much of the same House Democratic leadership, winning re-election despite the Democrats falling short in winning…