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Following numerous reports that the family of Bobbi Kristina Brown would take her off life support on the third anniversary of her mother’s death, her father, Bobby Brown, has released a statement blasting the media for “egregious and false” stories. Christopher Brown of Brown & Rosen LLC released this statement on behalf of the Brown family: “We […]

Here’s some decent news. As of Sunday night, New York City has made it a full week without a homicide. That’s a feat, given the last homicide was attributed to an incident that left five shot on Sunday near the intersection of W. 136th St. and Broadway in Harlem. According to the New York Daily News, police said […]

A new report released by the Equal Justice Initiative reveals the almost 4,000 names of Black people lynched in Jim Crow South between 1877 and 1950 — a 73-year block of “racial terror lynchings” that the initiative hopes to bring to light, forcing people to analyze the country in a more nuanced way. The report […]

A 37-year-old Virginia woman who was being held at the Fairfax County jail has died just five days after officers used a stun gun on her while in police custody. The woman, identified as Natasha McKenna, was removed from life support Sunday, according to the Washington Post. Police resorted to the Taser after she allegedly refused to […]

Cleveland police have charged an 11-year-old girl with murder after she beat a 2-month-old baby who was staying with her and her mother to death, authorities say. Following the incident, the infant, identified as Zuri Whitehead (pictured below), was rushed to the hospital with a badly swollen head. She was flown to a children’s trauma […]

Dude. It’s your birthday. And to honor you for blessing this world with your presence for the past 29 years, we decided to reflect on all the good you’ve done in the short time you’ve been alive. Seriously. We love you Michael B. Jordan. And it’s not because you look this good without a shirt: […]

In a tribute fit for Black History Month, a handful of musicians took to the 57th annual Grammy Awards stage in a purposeful and powerful show of activism through music to get one important message across — black lives do, indeed, matter. The shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Mo. — the catalyst for […]

The man who nearly broke the internet last summer when his mugshot was released to the world will spend two years behind bars for firearm possession – despite his good looks. Jeremy Meeks of Stockton, Calif. was convicted of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm this week, according to U.S. […]

With less than two years left in his last term, President Barack Obama isn’t shy about what he hopes to achieve and what he wants to say, even if it offends right-wing Americans. And at Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast, the president stepped forth again with his no-holds barred attitude to drop knowledge about religion, specifically […]

So this happened. The family of a 6-year-old boy in Missouri is being charged after they staged a four-hour kidnapping because they believed he was being too nice to people he didn’t know. The child’s mother, grandmother, aunt, and a co-worker of the aunt have been charged with kidnapping and other felonies for trying to […]

Two Philadelphia police officers were arrested Thursday and accused of beating a man so severely that they broke his orbital bone. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said the two officers — Sean McKnight, 30, and Kevin Robinson, 26 — acted improperly and violated training when they lied to their superiors about the encounter, claiming Najee Rivera was […]

The days following the incident that landed Bobbi Kristina Brown in the hospital have been filled with reports that the only child of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston is near death, but a source close to the family confirms the 21-year-old is not brain dead. Following an inaccurate report from The Daily Mail that […]