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Mayor Eric Peoples Accused of Firing Black Police Chief Who Tried to Discipline Officer, Lawsuit Ends With $65,000 Settlement

MOUNT VERNON, Ala. — Former Black police chief Eric Pettway finalized a $65,000 agreement ending his legal battle against town leadership over his late 2025 termination. Litigation centered on claims that Mayor Eric Peoples dismissed the veteran aft...

NBC Responds After Intruder Breaches Security, Confronts "TODAY" Co-Host Craig Melvin

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Thursday morning brought chaos to Rockefeller Center when an unauthorized individual infiltrated restricted studio zones. Unarmed yet persistent, the visitor breached security perimeters to access private backstage passages. Accord...

Nolan Wells' Family Meets DA as Case Heads to Grand Jury

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Eighteen-year-old Nolan Wells’ parents spent years nurturing their son before his sudden disappearance near Horn Island shattered their world. They sat in a private conference room with Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers...

Black Man Avoids 10-Year Prison Sentence After Bodycam Shows New York Cop Allegedly Planted Drug

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Ivin Harper, a Black fitness instructor and actor, endured a harrowing legal ordeal after body-worn camera footage appeared to show New Rochelle Police Lieutenant Sean Kane planting narcotics to manufacture a felony arrest. The...

Fawn Weaver Fired From the Billion-Dollar Uncle Nearest Brand She Created

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Fawn Weaver, the charismatic architect behind Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, exited her executive post this week as the company undergoes court-supervised restructuring. This departure follows a federal court’s decision to place...

Raphael Warnock's Housing Law Curbs Wall Street's Homebuying Power

ATLANTA, Ga. — A landmark legislative victory recently reshaped the residential landscape as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act officially became federal law. This bipartisan package, which includes a pivotal ban on mass purchases by large institu...

Justin Jones Says Southern Black Voters Can't Be an Afterthought in Redistricting Fight

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville’s political atmosphere remains charged as aggressive Republican maneuvers to redraw electoral maps across the Deep South ignite deep friction within Democratic circles. Black legislators feel their national counterparts...

Manhattan Jury Finds Long Island Developer Guilty in $4.7 Million Harlem Property Heist

HARLEM, N.Y. — Joseph Makhani, a 63-year-old developer from Great Neck, stands convicted of engineering a sophisticated fraud operation to hijack ownership of two historic Harlem brownstones. Manhattan jurors returned the guilty verdict following an...

Diplomatic Glitch Reportedly Ended With Trump Throwing Tablet Across Oval Office

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump allegedly launched a tablet across the Oval Office in February 2025 following a volatile interaction with international heads of state. Tensions spiked during a high-stakes video conference involving then-Canadian Prime Mi...

Trump Spurs NATO's $50 Billion Defense Procurement Surge

ANKARA, Turkey. — President Donald Trump participated in the July 8, 2026, NATO Summit, where he joined 32 heads of state to address collective security and defense industrial cooperation. The gathering served as a platform for member nations to coor...

Conor Prettyman Speaks Out After Jerard Jackson's Death, But His Family Isn't Buying It

ROTHBURY, Mich. — The family of Jerard "Jay" Jackson, a 28-year-old Black man from Illinois, is demanding answers after his body was discovered in a wooded area near the Electric Forest music festival. His sudden passing has transformed a weekend of...

Nolan Wells Parents Express Concern That His Phone Was Tampered With

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Elmore and Christine Wonsley have retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump to lead an independent investigation into the death of their 18-year-old son, Nolan Xavier Wells. The teenager, a Black college football player, disapp...

Family Dismisses Suicide Finding After Black Man Attended Electric Forest Festival With White Friend

ROTHBURY, Mich. — Jerard Jackson, a 28-year-old Black man from Illinois, vanished from the Electric Forest grounds in Rothbury on June 30 and was discovered deceased in a nearby wooded area the following day. Loved ones are now demanding rigorous ex...

Tennessee K-9 Arrest Ends With Death of Black Man Darius Chappell

Darius Chappell, a 34-year-old Black man, succumbed to injuries four days following a harrowing encounter where Clarksville patrol units utilized a service dog against his restrained body. Video evidence captures the intensity of the struggle, showi...

Andrew Gillum, Former Tallahassee Mayor and Florida Gubernatorial Nominee, Arrested on Drug Charges in Alabama

DAPHNE, Ala. — Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor and Democratic nominee for Florida governor, faces criminal jeopardy following his arrest last week in Daphne, Alabama. Law enforcement officers took the 46-year-old Black man into custody o...