A Pennsylvania city’s treasurer-elect has finally been cleared to take office after she claims local leaders conspired to ice her out — efforts she believes were motivated by race. Antoinette Hodge was set to be sworn in Monday afternoon, making…
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Disgraced OKC Cop Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to Challenge ‘Unjust and Unconstitutional’ Convictions for Rapes of Several Black Women
Daniel Holtzclaw, the disgraced Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping several women in 2016, is taking his case to the Supreme Court. An attorney for Holtzclaw filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court last month, seeking a “review…
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Daughter of Texas Deacon Killed In Church Shooting Recalls Her Father’s Final Moments: ‘I Was Telling Him … He Was Going to Make It’
One daughter of a deacon senselessly murdered in a shooting at a suburban Texas church on Sunday is moving in the spirit of forgiveness following the burst of violence that cut short the life of her dad. Anton “Tony” Wallace,…
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The Gift of Giving: Korey Wise of the Exonerated 5 Surprises Harlem Families with Christmas Toy Drive
Korey Wise is the new Santa! Or at least he played jolly ol’ St. Nick this week when he surprised dozens and children and families at a Christmas toy drive in his old neighborhood in Harlem, New York. Wise, an…
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Mother Claims Daughter Was Booted from Cheer Squad Over Natural Hair, but Coaches Say Mother’s Behavior Was Cause
A Colorado mother is speaking out after she claims her daughter was barred from competing with her cheerleading squad after a coach took issue with her natural hair. The cheer coach, however, insists the child was booted after her mother…
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Paid Leave? Public Pissed Off Over Initial Response to Video Capturing School Resource Officer Body-Slamming Middle School Student
A North Carolina school resource officer has been fired after disturbing video showed him repeatedly slamming an boy to the ground surfaced this week. According to CBS News, the shocking incident was recorded last Thursday at Vance County Middle School…
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‘All Our Neighbors Are Dead’: Houston Residents Say Contaminants from Nearby Rail Yard are Causing Cancer Levels to Spike
Kashmere Gardens, a historically Black neighborhood in northeast Houston, is tucked between an industrial lot and a rail corridor that runs through the city. These days the quiet community is abuzz after residents learned their own community could be killing…
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‘Really?’: Joy Behar Quickly Backs Up Sunny Hostin When Abby Hunstman Shares Mind-Boggling Take on Obama’s Presidency
Things got heated on the set of “The View” this week in yet another on-air tiff involving co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain. However, the highlight may have been the back and forth between Joy Behar, Abby Hunstman and Hostin,…
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CPD Investigates ‘Wrongdoing’ in Violent Takedown by Cop That Left Man Hospitalized Over Spitting
A Chicago city officer has been relieved of his police powers pending an investigation into “disturbing” video of him body-slamming a man who allegedly spat on him during an arrest late last month. The man, 29-year-old Bernard Kersh, was hospitalized…
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Mother Says Pleas to Check on Her Navy Vet Son Went Ignored for Years as His Three-Year-Old Remains Are Found in His Dallas-Area Apartment: ‘Nobody Knows Anything?’
Relatives of a missing man found dead inside his apartment in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto, Texas, last week are searching for answers amid their grief. Authorities say Ronald Wayne White had been dead in that apartment for approximately three…
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