Pulse Nightclub Museum Plans Are Disrespectful To Victims, Group Claims
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A group of survivors and family members of those killed in a mass shooting at Florida nightclub have formed an organization to oppose the building of…
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 his lawyers asked the panel to overturn his sexual assault…
Facial Recognition Test Falsely Identifies 26 Lawmakers As Criminals
In an attempt to show lawmakers how dangerously inaccurate facial recognition technology can be in the hands of police, the American Civil Liberties Union decided to get personal. On Tuesday,…
Officer Placed On Leave After KKK Application Found Framed On Bedroom Wall
A Michigan police officer is on administrative leave after a prospective buyer of his home said he found a framed Ku Klux Klan application and several Confederate flags inside the…
Facial Recognition Software Prompts Privacy, Racism Concerns
Fabian Rogers was none too pleased when the landlord of his rent-stabilized Brooklyn high-rise announced plans to swap out key fobs for a facial recognition system. He had so many…
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 girl under 18 in 2001. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman…
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 court ruled on Wednesday. Three judges unanimously granted the retrial…
Eric Holder On Census Case: ‘We Kicked Their Asses’
Advocates and states that fought back against the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question “won decisively,” former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday. “We kicked their asses,” Holder…
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 charges, saying that the R&B singer had failed to convince…
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder Of African American Museum, Found Dead In Car Trunk
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 75-year-old Louisiana woman who founded an African American history museum was discovered dead in the trunk of a car, and police said Saturday that…