A Black formerly incarcerated single mother shares her joy at passing the bar exam with the world. (Photo: Adobe Stock) The lawsuit says the 14-year-old was bruised after a school resource officer withheld his backpack and restrained him outside a middle school. A Black Missouri mother is suing Springfield Public Schools and a school resource…
(Photo: Matt Rourke/AP, file) The arrest was captured on a dash camera and is the second notable violent incident involving state troopers this month. An August 19 traffic stop turned violent for a former Division-1 basketball player in Blytheville, Arkansas. Tedrick Washington Jr. , a Blytheville native, says he was cooperating with police when they…
Donald Trump has spent the summer positioning himself at every major sports event in the world. This year, he showed up for the NBA Finals, the FIFA World Cup, and hosted a major UFC event at the White House. The president also appeared at the Ryder Cup, several high-profile golfing events, and waved the green…
A traffic stop in Las Vegas has sparked questions online after video appeared to show several officers forcefully removing a Black man from his vehicle while a passenger recorded the encounter, including the man’s repeated pleas for help and references to his infant child inside the car. The incident happened Aug. 23 near Wynn Road…
Erykah Badu performs at The Royal Festival Hall on November 05, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Burak Cingi/Redferns) The singer opens up about reinvention, doula work, motherhood and technology as she releases ‘Before the World Blows’ with The Alchemist. Erykah Badu says change has always been part of how she moves through music and…
Family, friends, and fans of Samuel Monroe Jr. are mourning his loss, and his family announced on Thursday, Aug. 27, that he passed away. He was 52. The “Menace II Society” actor’s life was cut short after losing a months-long battle with a severe case of meningitis and MRSA pneumonia. Monroe Jr. was best known for…
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: (L-R) Jessica Betts and Niecy Nash attend the premiere of Lionsgate’s “Michael” at Dolby Theatre on April 20, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Six years later, the couple is still choosing love and each other. Niecy Nash-Betts and Jessica Betts are celebrating six years of marriage…
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 02: Lil Nas X attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) In a single photo, the Grammy Award winner acknowledged the “hurt”…
President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are astonishingly adding insult to injury, reportedly punishing a Navy sailor over a suicide attempt. Critics say it’s payback for embarrassing the pair after exposing treacherous and inhumane conditions aboard the struggling USS Abraham Lincoln. The aircraft carrier was on a record-breaking deployment which was extended…
In October 2025, NFL player Za’Darius Smith walked into the Philadelphia Eagles’ facility and announced he was done. No injury. No falling out. Just five games into a reported one-year, $9 million deal with the defending Super Bowl champions, Smith announced his retirement on Instagram. The Eagles were blindsided by the decision, and fans quickly…
