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A 25-year-old DJ will make history as the first black African in space. Mandla Maseko is among 23 people selected out of 1 million entrants from around the world to partake in the Lynx Apollo Space Academy competition. The prize? The be blasted 62 miles into orbit aboard a Lynx mark II shuttle in 2015.

A 19-year-old man avoided the death penalty after posting threats online against a man who he eventually killed. 18-year-old Prentice Dietrich-Smith lost his life in June after Christopher Dowen, 19, wrote that he was going to “keep beating your ass over and over again” on Facebook. Dowen was found not guilty of murder and felonious […]

Racial slurs appeared on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms after 19-year-old Flora Coquerel was crowned 2014 Miss France on Saturday. The new Miss France is of mixed heritage, a driving force behind the racist hate speech.

Givenchy’s new Spring-Summer 2014 brand ambassador is none other than Erykah Badu. The fashion line’s creative director Riccardo Tisci chose Badu for her charisma.

Miami Gardens Police Chief Matthew Boyd resigned Wednesday after allegations that officers in his department systematically harassed, intimidated and racial profiled citizens. Boyd has denied the allegations which were brought to light two weeks ago after surveillance video footage captured by a convenience store clerk showed police unjustly stopping innocent black men. The Quickstop owner […]

More than one dozen current and former officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are facing arrest after allegations of misconduct and abuse inside the county’s jails have surfaced. So far, the FBI placed at least three people into custody as part of a federal probe.

Morgan State University’s branch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has been placed on probation until 2015. The chapter is accused of discriminating against a student because of his sexual orientation.

Indiana University has completed an investigation into a bulletin board that asked students and faculty members at the school, “Could Santa Claus be a black man?” Officials ordered the removal of the board, that also featured an image of a black Santa Claus after protests from some of the institution’s members.

Exposing someone to HIV is a crime in at least 35 states, even if the virus is not transmitted. According to an investigation conducted by Pro Publica, it is also a crime even if the sex in question was safe. The investigation looks at the case of Nick Rhoades, who was sentenced to 25 years […]

A man who took a picture of his 19-month-old daughter and uploaded it to Facebook before killing her and shooting himself has died. 22-year-old Merrick McKoy had been transported to the hospital on Nov. 18 after the deadly shooting.

Minutes after posting a photo of his baby daughter online, 22-year-old Merrick McKoy shot and killed her, then turned the gun on himself. The crime unfolded on social media after the child’s mother awoke Monday morning to her estranged boyfriend standing over her bed with a gun. 

George Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with assault and battery for allegedly pointing a shotgun at his new girlfriend Samantha Scheibe.