Police Officer Awarded $20 Million After Being Told To ‘Tone Down’ His ‘Gayness’
A jury has awarded a Missouri police officer nearly $20 million after he was told to “tone down” his “gayness”…
Officer Resigns After Being Filmed Slamming 11-Year-Old Girl To Ground
A New Mexico police officer is off the force after body camera footage captured him slamming an 11-year-old girl to…
Facing Backlash, Pete Buttigieg Drops Attorney Who Tried To Cover Up Laquan McDonald’s Murder (UPDATED)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is returning campaign contributions from a former Chicago attorney who led a…
Texas Cop Fatally Shoots Black Woman In Her Own Home During Welfare Check, Police Say
A Fort Worth, Texas, police officer fatally shot a black woman in her own home early Saturday while responding to…
Killer Of Black Man In Parking Dispute Sentenced To 20 Years
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) ― A white Florida man who told detectives he was irritated by people who illegally park in…
Secular Groups Claim Judge Crossed A Line By Giving Amber Guyger Her Bible
A secular advocacy organization has accused a Dallas judge of violating the separation of church and state by proselytizing to…
Crystal Mason Reacts To Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Prison Sentence
News of actor Felicity Huffman’s sentence to 14 days in prison on Friday prompted many on social media to compare…
Man Arrested For Allegedly Selling Drugs To Late Rapper Mac Miller
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been charged with selling counterfeit opioid pills to Mac Miller two days before…
Meek Mill Gets Plea Deal, Won’t Serve Any More Prison Time
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge on Tuesday and won’t serve additional time…
Store Clerk Found Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Of Black Teen Who Stole Beer
A Tennessee jury found a corner store clerk guilty of second-degree murder after he chased and fatally shot a black…
Bill Cosby Begins Appeal Process In Sexual Assault Conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as…
R. Kelly Faces New Criminal Charges In Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities charged singer R. Kelly on Monday with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a…
Court Grants Meek Mill New Judge, Trial In 2008 Drug And Gun Conviction Case
Rapper Meek Mill will get a new judge and trial for his 2008 drug and gun conviction, a Philadelphia appeals…
Eric Garner’s Mom Calls For The Police Officers Who Killed Her Son To Be Fired
Gwen Carr, the mother of the late Eric Garner, whose death was filmed as police placed him in a chokehold…
R. Kelly Denied Bail After Federal Sex Crime Charges
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered R. Kelly held in a Chicago jail without bond on sex-related…
YouTuber ‘Etika’ Found Dead In New York’s East River
Popular YouTuber and online gamer Desmond Amofah, who went by the name Etika, has been found dead several days after…
Mother Killed 3-Year-Old Son During Game Of ‘Chicken’ With SUV, Prosecutors Say
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 26-year-old Houston woman who was driving an SUV toward her children in an apparent…
Pete Buttigieg Orders South Bend Police To Keep Body Cameras Activated
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, called for all South Bend police officers to keep their body cameras activated…
Lee Daniels Really Wants To Believe Jussie Smollett
“Empire” co-creator Lee Daniels desperately wants to believe that the accusation that the show’s former star Jussie Smollett staged a…
R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty To 11 New Sexual Assault Charges
CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges on Thursday, including four counts…
Remains Of Missing 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis Found In Arkansas: Officials
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said Monday the remains are those of Maleah Davis. Authorities found her remains…
Former Boy Scouts Open Up About Sexual Abuse: ‘Messed Up My Life’
NEW YORK (AP) — Sharing their stories doesn’t come easily for these middle-aged men. At times, their eyes well up…
Sacramento Police Face Criticism For Arresting, Putting Sack Over Head Of 12-Year-Old Black Boy
Sacramento cops face criticism after video circulated online showing officers handcuffing a 12-year-old boy, who is black, pinning him face…
Judge In Bill Cosby Case Disputes Appeal, Points To Comedian’s ‘Signature’ Crime
The judge who presided over Bill Cosby’s criminal case said he let five other accusers testify at the sex-assault trial…
No Charges In Fatal Shooting Of Autistic Man With Knife
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor says no charges will be filed in the death of an autistic…
Texas Officer Charged With Homicide For Shooting Black Man During Traffic Stop
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas grand jury indicted a suburban Dallas police officer Wednesday on a charge of criminally negligent…
Kansas City Chiefs Suspend Tyreek Hill After Surfaced Audio Recording Alleging Child Abuse
Less than 24 hours after a child abuse investigation involving Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill was seemingly put to…
Wife Of Slain KKK Leader Admits To Killing Him And Dumping His Body
A Ku Klux Klan leader’s widow has admitted to fatally shooting him and then dumping his body, reversing a previous…
White Supremacist Gets Life In Prison For Running Down Black Teen
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A white supremacist who ran down and killed a young black man in Oregon two years…
Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Attempting To Hire Hit Man To Kill Black Neighbor
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina man who pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man from…
San Francisco Officials Want To Close Juvenile Hall By 2021
SAN FRANCISCO ― Dozens of community organizers, youths and city officials stood on the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall…
7 Women Who Accused Bill Cosby Of Sex Abuse Settle Defamation Suits
Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have…
Detroit Settles With Family Of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7-Year-Old Girl Killed In Police Raid
DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit reached an $8.25 million settlement Thursday with the family of a 7-year-old girl…
Prosecutor Who Dropped Charges Against Jussie Smollett Believes He’s Guilty
An Illinois prosecutor said he believes Jussie Smollett is guilty of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself despite…
Jussie Smollett Criminal Charges Dropped After Chicago Attack
Officials in Chicago have dropped the charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist and…
Former East Pittsburgh Officer Acquitted In Fatal Shooting Of Antwon Rose
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury acquitted a white former police officer Friday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black…
‘Empire’ Creator Shares How Cast Is Dealing With Jussie Smollett Scandal
“Empire” creator Lee Daniels took some time to explain how the cast of the hit Fox show was dealing with…
Officer Suspended After Video Shows Woman Who Called Police Put In A Headlock
A South Florida police officer has been relieved of duty after a video surfaced showing a woman being placed in…
R. Kelly Walks Free After Someone Paid The $161,000 He Owed In Child Support
CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly was scheduled to be released on Saturday from the Chicago jail where he’s…
Fired Florida Police Officer Found Guilty Of Slaying Black Motorist
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A fired Florida police officer was found guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder Thursday…
Police Launch Probe After Black Man Detained For Picking Up Trash At His Home
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Boulder police are conducting an internal investigation after some of their officers confronted a black man…
Kamala Harris Is ‘Frustrated And Disappointed’ By Jussie Smollett’s Alleged Staged Attack
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said she’s disappointed with Jussie Smollett after Chicago police accused the “Empire” actor of staging a…
2 Women Accuse R. Kelly Of Sexual Harassment, Assault When They Were Minors
Two more women accused R&B artist R. Kelly of sexual misconduct during a Thursday press conference in New York City.…
Feds: Racist ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Coast Guard Lieutenant Plotted To Kill Democrats, Reporters
A lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard is a domestic terrorist and a self-identified white nationalist who was stockpiling weapons…
Trayvon Martin Honored On Social Media On What Would’ve Been His 24th Birthday
People have taken to social media on Tuesday to remember Trayvon Martin on what would have been his 24th birthday.…
White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Killing Black Man With A Sword
NEW YORK (AP) — A white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a black man with a sword as part…
Activist On Jason Van Dyke Sentence In Laquan McDonald Murder: ‘Slap In The Face’
After an Illinois judge sentenced former police officer Jason Van Dyke to just over six years in prison for the…
Lawyer Claims Man Who Punched 11-Year-Old Girl Was Defending Himself
David Steven Bell, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound man facing charges for punching a preteen girl at a North Carolina mall, was…
Chicago Officers Found Not Guilty In Cover-Up Of Laquan McDonald Shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has acquitted three Chicago police officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of…
R. Kelly Under Investigation Over Claims Made In Lifetime Series: Reports
Prosecutors in Georgia are said to be investigating some of the disturbing claims highlighted in the new Lifetime series “Surviving…
Transgender Inmate Gets Rare Transfer To Women’s Prison After Legal Battle
CHICAGO (AP) — A transgender woman serving a 10-year sentence in Illinois for burglary has been moved from a men’s…
Kevin Spacey Says He’ll Plead Not Guilty To Sexual Assault Charge
BOSTON (AP) — Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey must appear in a Massachusetts court on accusations that he…
Controversial Ex-Louisiana Sheriff Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teens
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. ― Former sheriff Rodney “Jack” Strain, who received national scorn after making racist comments on TV,…
Jared Kushner Calls U.S. Criminal Justice System The ‘Best In The World.’ It’s Not.
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, made a rare television appearance on Fox News this week, where he spoke about…
Cyntoia Brown, Sex-Trafficking Victim, Must Serve 51 Years Before Release, Court Says
Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman who was convicted as a teenager for shooting a man who picked her up while…
George H.W. Bush White House Once Ordered Drug Buy From Teen For Presidential TV Stunt
The Friday night death of former President George H.W. Bush has opened a wellspring of tributes from famous friends and…
Police Arrest Suspect In Thanksgiving Day Shooting At Alabama Mall
Police have arrested a 20-year-old suspected of carrying out a shooting inside an Alabama mall last week on Thanksgiving Day,…
Alabama Cops Say Man They Killed After Mall Shooting Was ‘Likely’ Not The Gunman
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama on Saturday were searching for a gunman whom they believe was responsible for…
Woman Turns Herself In After Being Filmed Harassing Black Sisters Awaiting AAA
A white woman who was filmed harassing two black sisters outside of an apartment complex in North Carolina last month…
Woman Turns Herself In After Being Filmed Harassing Black Sisters Awaiting AAA
A white woman who was filmed harassing two black sisters outside of an apartment complex in North Carolina last month…