Fair Wayne Bryant has already spent more than two decades in prison for allegedly stealing a pair of hedge clippers, and he only has the rest of his life to go—a sentence the state of Louisiana, deems fit for the crime. Bryant was stopped by Shreveport, police, and told that …

Former WWE star Marty Jannetty took to Facebook Wednesday, where he alludes to murdering a man who tried to molest him as a teenager. In the post, Jannetty said that he’s “never told no one this,” and detailed a time when he worked at a bowling alley when he was …

Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com Inc from private equity rivals for $4.7 billion, on Wednesday. Blackstone is buying Ancestry.com from private equity firms Silver Lake, Spectrum Equity and Permira. There has been a significant increase in Ancestry.com’s value in the last four years compared to when Silver Lake and GIC invested …

A Forsyth County, North Carolina sheriff, apologized to the family of a Black man who was killed last year when he was restrained at a jail. The day following the apology, officials released videos showing the events leading to the man’s death. “History has tied us together, forever,” Sheriff Bobby …

The issue of mental health is something that has long been stigmatized in the black community. Only in recent years have we as a society done the work to begin to reverse all the years of trauma inflicted on our community, but there is still a very long way to …

Court documents unsealed Thursday, reveal that former President Bill Clinton was a guest on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, according to a testimony from an Epstein accuser. Virginia Giuffre alleges that she was 15 years old and working at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was recruited by Epstein’s former girlfriend …

St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell announced Thursday that he will not charge former police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014. This decision is just one of three separate times, prosecutors have investigated and declined to charge Wilson. A St. …

Hip-hop producer JW Lucas, known for his work with DaBaby, Jack Harlow, Lil Uzi Vert, and more, is getting dragged to hell and back over his comments about the details of Breonna Taylor’s case. “It is extremely racist for a white man to try to tell black people what we …

Throughout the course of the Pandemic, there’s been a lot of misinformation spread about the coronavirus. Truthfully, there’s a lot experts still don’t know. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So if you’ve been wondering, “Can the coronavirus spread through the air?” The World Health Organization says, yes, it could happen. The keyword here, though—could. …

Two new studies, both done in Germany, have found that three-quarters of recovered coronavirus patients were left with structural changes to their hearts, even months after testing negative, PEOPLE reported. Of the two studies done, one focused on recovered patients, while the other was on older victims of the virus. …

The Johnny Depp libel trial— the biggest English libel trial of the 21st century – is wrapping up as each side delivers its closing arguments. The legal team for British tabloid ‘The Sun,” said Monday in court that there is a “wealth of evidence” in support of Amber Heard’s 14 …

Lawyers for News Group Newspapers presented texts on Thursday in court sent by Amber Heard to her mom back in 2013, calling Johnny Depp “violent and crazy” and said, “I’m heartbroken that this is who I love.” On the fourth day of her testimony for the NGN versus Johnny Depp …

The inspectors general of the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security have launched probes into the use of force by federal law enforcement agents in both Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., during recent protests police brutality protests. Both probes address the response to the last month of protests in …

A New York City independent budget watchdog says the NYPD will likely blow its new overtime cap by $400 million. The new finding contradicts Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2021 billion-dollar budget cut. De Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson agreed to shrink the police department’s regular $6 billion budget, …

Amber Heard took the stand Wednesday, in the Johnny Depp Libel case against British tabloid ‘The Sun.’ According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress alleged that her ex-husband threw 30 bottles of liquor at her like “grenades” during a drunken rampage. “He started picking them up one by one and …

Since the murder of George Floyd, racism, police brutality, and the long history of inequality in our country, have been under a microscope like never before. People can no longer ignore what 400 years of oppression has done to the black community, and cities say it’s time for reparations. USA …

Like most people, Lil Baby felt compelled to do something to push the culture forward amid nationwide protests, demanding justice for George Floyd and so many others. While most took to the streets, the Atlanta rapper took to the studio. In his track “The Bigger Picture,” he pens his thoughts …

Former Tallahassee Mayor and 2018 Florida gubernatorial candidate, Andrew Gillum took to social media on Monday to give an update on his health after the scandal that cost him his political career earlier this year. Although March seems like a lifetime ago, it’s been just a few short months since …

Kanye West took to Twitter to lash out at his wife of 6 years, Kim Kardashian, and accused her of trying to bring a doctor to Wyoming to “lock me up.” In a series of tweets that his family fears could be part of a bipolar episode, according to PEOPLE, …

Ellen DeGeneres is known in the industry for her generous acts of charity and extravagant giveaways from trips to college tuition to her audience and guests. Always closing out the show with her signature slogan “be kind,” its what she’s built her brand on. Now, one former employee tells Buzzfeed …