Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty On June 13, 2005, nine years ago today, Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges. The stain of those allegations plagued him terribly during the last years of his life—and even now, nearly 15 years ago, they continue to haunt. It’s long past time for this posthumous character…
A Michigan man charged with felony fleeing, who fired his public defender and showed up in Washtenaw County Court acting as his own lawyer, tried to match wits with no-nonsense Judge J. Cedric Simpson, who warned him, “You’re playing with the wrong judge.” The hearing from two months ago has since gone viral on social…
Source: Angelina Ishmukhametova / Getty Black women are at an elevated risk of cancer, with specific types of the disease showing significant increases among women in their 30’s. A 2023 report by the JAMA Network highlighted a concerning trend: early-onset cases of breast, thyroid, and colorectal cancer are increasing in adults under 50, especially among…
Naomi Campbell is facing some harsh criticism for her comments regarding her children not needing their father. She welcomed her daughter in May 2021 and her son in June 2023. Her comments come after the supermodel confirmed that she is a mom of two via surrogate, ultimately shutting down the rumors that her children are…
Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Hunter Biden’s conviction on felony charges in Delaware may have dismantled a major Republican conspiracy theory in the process. On Tuesday, a jury in a Delaware court found Hunter Biden guilty on three felony counts related to him purchasing a firearm in 2018 while allegedly addicted to drugs. It marks…
A three-year investigation stemming from a short video recorded by a witness led to a felony charge against a Southern California police officer this month. Glendale Police Officer Gonzalo Zendejas was charged on June 3 with assault by a public officer over a video showing the uniformed cop kicking a juvenile suspect in the face…
Source: Universal History Archive / Getty America has, once again, made it clear that it has no interest in doing even the bare minimum to make amends for the historic atrocities committed against Black people—even the Black people who experienced those atrocities firsthand. According to CNN, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by…
Tyler Perry and notable Black actors are taking a stance against law enforcement’s practice of racial profiling at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. The Clayton County Police Department is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by comedians Eric André and Clayton English in October 2022. The encounters that André and English, both Black men,…
Mark Adams Prieto believed he had the perfect plan to commit a mass shooting of Black people at an Atlanta rap concert in order to start a race war before the 2020 presidential election, authorities say. Believing that martial law would be implemented after the election, the 58-year-old gun dealer from Arizona had recruited two…
Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr., speaks from the balcony outside room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, on April 4, 2018, in Memphis, Tennessee. | Source: Joe Raedle / Getty Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr., who died on June 9, 2024, at the age of…
