A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge ruled last week that a Missouri man must be awarded restitution after he spent decades wrongfully imprisoned. Johnny Briscoe spent more than two decades in prison for a rape he did not commit. He was convicted in 1983 and released in 2006, but waited 15 years to ask…
Veteran actress Jada Pinkett Smith has been making headlines over the last several weeks as various parts of her once-private life have slowly been coming to light. Seemingly in keeping up the spirit of providing more insight into her personal life, the “Set It Off” star opened up about her past struggles with substance abuse…
“Right now, the relationship between the University of North Carolina and its Black students, faculty and staff is broken,” said Jaci Field of the Carolina Black Caucus When the University of North Carolina first declined to vote on granting tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, kicking off a protracted battle marked by allegations of racism and…
EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wants Hennepin County Court Judge Peter Cahill to amend his 22-page sentencing memo in which he claims Darnella Frazier and other minors were not traumatized by George Floyd’s murder Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has reportedly e-filed a request in Hennepin County Court for Judge Peter A. Cahill, who…
Sharpton eulogized 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was shot and killed by a white sheriff’s deputy, Sgt. Michael Davis, during a traffic stop June 23 The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd’s family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy, as they urged support across racial lines for…
The spokesperson of the recently-freed convicted sexual assaulter told TMZ “the world wants to see Mr. Cosby.” Convicted sexual assaulter Bill Cosby is reportedly planning to go on a stand-up comedy tour after the 83-year-old’s sudden, recent release from a Pennsylvania prison. Cosby’s longtime spokesperson, Andrew Wyatt, told TMZ “the world wants to see Mr. Cosby.”…
Questions are plenty after an Ohio couple discovered a hidden passageway behind a fireplace in their 162-year-old home. Husband-and-wife team Ariel and Otelia Vergez purchased the Cleveland 1859 build without ever setting foot inside the house. But since becoming the new owners of the Victorian-style home in April, the couple and their five children have…
The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana is a basketball prodigy who owns three Guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls simultaneously The biographical blurbs about competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee include a litany of other interests, from sports to musical instruments to science competitions to Indian classical dance. Scripps’ motivation for sharing those hobbies…
OPINION: I have zero faith that Adams can deliver the police reform we need to keep Black people like me from being afraid of the police I was surprised to see CNN’s John Berman reading my tweet to New York City’s next mayor Eric Adams in which I criticized his primary win, but frankly, I…
Actor Tyrese has come a long way in Hollywood since his first major appearance in the 1994 Coca-Cola commercial showing off his singing chops, which led to a musical recording deal and ultimately some time on the big screen. The actor says one thing he’s grateful for is showing the different sides of his talent,…
