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He could have put the money away for a car when he turns 16. Saved it later for college. Maybe a new video game system. Instead, Diesel Pippert donated the $15,000 to St. Jude Children’s Researc...

One business day after a New York judge recommended that white NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo be fired – he was. Police Commissioner James O’Neills announced the termination Monday – f...

A Latin American woman tried – twice – for aggravated murder after delivering a stillborn baby was acquitted Monday. Evelyn Hernandez was convicted of the crime three years ago after her d...

Jeffery Epstein is dead, and now, so is the job of acting Bureau of Prisons Chief Hugh Hurwitz. US Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that he removed Hurwitz from his post. Epstein, the 66...

We now know which team it will be… maybe. Scuttlebutt has it that Shawn Carter, A.K.A: “Jay Z” is buying a minority stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers. African-American gossip website ...

Jeffrey Epstein’s death has officially been ruled a suicide by New York’s chief medical examiner. The Friday announcement confirms last week’s preliminary finding that Epstein hanged...

Four black high school football players, out fundraising for their school, were ordered on the ground at gunpoint by an Arkansas jail administrator’s wife. Authorities say they received a report...

The US has to provide hygiene products to detained migrant children and also ensure they get enough sleep. The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied their appeal of a lower court’s decision Thu...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed off on an executive order aimed at reducing gun violence. In a statement, Wolf declared that “too many Pennsylvanians are dying from gun violence”...

A 7-foot crocodile might not be an unusual sight in Florida, but in Ohio? That’s a different story. The massive 171-pound reptile was spotted in Ohio’s Bantas Creek – not far away fr...