A bill in Kansas is being considered by the state’s House Standing Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice that would give police the power to arrest people who file complaints against them if those allegations were proven false. The bill, HB 2698, was anonymously filed by someone on the Corrections and Juvenile Justice committee, which would […]
Rapper Kanye West pleaded no contest to battery charges against a photographer. Last summer, West attacked a photographer at LAX. Unfortunately for West, the confrontation with the paparazzi was caught on tape. The photographer is seen asking West to talk to him. In response, West tells the photographer not to talk to him and says […]
Chris Brown has been arrested. The 24-year-old singer was taken into custody for violating his probation stemming from the 2009 assault charge against Rihanna.
Marissa Alexander remains free on bond pending a new trial regarding the firing of a warning shot over the head of her abusive husband. The case has garnered national attention, with not just Florida’s stand your ground law at the forefront, but also Alexander’s story. The domestic violence survivor and mother of three was sentenced […]
A Brooklyn woman who was detained by the NYPD after her mother was fatally shot by a stray bullet between cops and an armed man will receive $100,000 from the city. Tashmaya Gay, 22, was standing on the stoop of a Crown Heights building with victim Denise Gay when police fired 73 shots at a […]
The Centers for Disease Control reported what it suspects to be a rare case of HIV transmission between women on Thursday. Female-to-female transmission of the virus is extremely uncommon, but can be passed through fluids.Â
A Mississippi man who stunned coroners, family members and medical examiners by coming alive after dying has passed away. Walter Williams died around 1 a.m. in Lexington, two weeks after shocking people when he resumed breathing and kicking while in a body bag at a funeral home where he was taken after being declared dead.Â
Earlier this week we reported on the alleged murders of Britney Cosby and Cristal Jackson, a Texas lesbian couple. Now, there are reports that Cosby’s father, James Larry Cosby, has been arrested in connection with those deaths.
A Minneapolis police officer is getting a lot of unwanted attention after posting a few Facebook statuses that some say is racist. Joseph Ming Klimmek, a 5-year veteran, has a few people questioning whether or not he is fit for the job after sharing an article about weekend murders.Â
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for many nonviolent drug offenses. Holder says the change would rein in runaway federal prison cost and create a fairer criminal justice system.Â
Simmons College  has become accredited as the first private Historically Black Collegiate University, making it only the second HBCU in the state of Kentucky. Simmons joins Kentucky State University, a public institution.Â
Former NFL star Darren Sharper returns to court Thursday for a hearing in Los Angeles that will determine whether he is released on bail. The decision follows a new set of charges against Sharper alleging that he sexually assaulted and drugged two women in Tempe, Ariz. last year.Â
