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Black Mother Left With Concussion After Officer Slams Her Into Wall During Street Crossing Set to Receive $825K San Francisco Settlement

Christiana Porter is poised to receive $825,000 from San Francisco nearly two years after a police officer slammed her against a wall during a jaywalking stop that left her with a concussion and separated shoulder. The mother of six says the injurie...

‘He’s Staying at Our Houses’ Nolan Wells’ Friends Reject Claims They Barely Knew Him

Friends of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old found dead two days after disappearing during an Independence Day outing on Horn Island, are pushing back against his parents' portrayal of their relationship with the Mississippi teenager. Morgan Seymour, Wa...

Ray J Acknowledges His ‘Crash Out’ Past as He Tries to Better Himself

Months after Ray J frightened fans with a grim prediction about his health, the singer is talking less about dying and more about changing how he lives. During a new appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” he acknowledged behavior he now considers unacc...

Jasmine Crockett Eviscerates Congress, Says She’s Met More Crooks There Than as a Defense Attorney

Jasmine Crockett isn't leaving Congress quietly. Months before the Texas Democrat's House term ends, she took her fight with Republicans from Capitol Hill to late-night television, telling Americans frustrated with their lives to pay attention to wh...

Federal Reserve Survey Shows Black Financial Well-Being Falls to 60% as Layoffs Rise

Black Americans entered 2025 with growing worries about their jobs and ended the year reporting their weakest financial well-being in years, according to new Federal Reserve data that exposes a widening gap beneath the nation's broader economic numb...

Ms. Rachel Won't Let Criticism Over Race Silence Her Push for Answers About Nolan Wells

Ms. Rachel built an audience of millions by teaching young children through songs and brightly colored videos, but her willingness to speak about children outside the television screen has increasingly placed her in the middle of heated political fi...

Hillary Clinton Recounts the Trump Joke That Left Her Laughing Behind Obama

Hillary Clinton burst into laughter behind Barack Obama when Michelle Obama mentioned her husband's Nobel Peace Prize, setting off a private exchange between the two that turned Donald Trump into the punchline. Clinton said she was seated directly...

Racist LAPD Recordings Leave Officer Daniel Flores Facing 16 Felony Charges

LAPD officer Daniel Flores, who secretly recorded colleagues accused of making racist, homophobic and sexist remarks, is facing 16 felony eavesdropping charges. He could receive up to 13 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Flores turned ove...

Trump Rolls Out $3 Billion Mining Investment, Then Jokes About Taking State Department Paintings

President Donald Trump announced a $3 billion investment package during an industry roundtable at the State Department on Friday, stating that the federal push will help reclaim domestic mineral production. Gathered inside the Benjamin Franklin Sta...

Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Officers Who Fired 91 Rounds, Shot Jamarion Robinson 76 Times

U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert dismissed criminal charges against two Georgia law enforcement officers accused in the 2016 shooting of Jamarion Robinson, ruling they cannot be prosecuted by the state for actions taken while serving on a...

Marlon Jackson Is Bringing Joe Jackson's Story to BLK Prime in New Docuseries

Joe Jackson's story will be told from his family's perspective in a new eight-episode documentary series that Marlon Jackson is developing with BLK Prime. Titled The Manager, The Mythology, The Legend, the project will feature Marlon as narrator whi...

'Stop Moving': Austin Police Kill Black Teen Who Was Holding a Water Bottle

Austin police officers fatally shot a 17-year-old Black teenager last week after mistakenly believing he was armed. The incident occurred when officers fired more than a dozen rounds at Anthoneil Williams II, who was holding a water bottle. Body cam...

You Couldn't Hang with Me': Tampa Officer Fired After Tasing Black Suspect During Traffic Stop

Tampa police fired Officer Dukagjin Maxhuni after an internal investigation found he improperly used a Taser on a Black suspect during a February traffic stop. Body camera footage showed Maxhuni deployed the Taser without giving the man adequate tim...

Conservatives Not Happy When Jasmine Crockett Brands Smithsonian Hearing a 'White Pride Rally'

Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, faced conservative backlash after describing a House panel as a "white pride rally". Lawmakers gathered on July 21 for the House Oversight Committee session. "Rewriting American History: Exami...

Fundraiser for Nolan Wells' Friends Nears $90K as Organizers Allege Threats and Defamation

The case of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, whose death is under active investigation by Mississippi authorities, has led to widespread harassment and threats against those connected to it. Wells was last seen with friends on July 4 at Mississippi's Horn I...