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R&B singer Cassie filed a lawsuit against Diddy on November 16, accusing the hip-hop mogul of a pattern of control and sexual abuse, per the New York Times. The suit, filed in the Federal District Court in Manhattan, alleges that Diddy, real name Sean Combs, subjected her to beatings, coercive drug use, and forced intercourse with sex […]

Alabama prisons have recorded another homicide. Daniel Williams died this morning from injuries suffered during an assault at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Alabama, two weeks ago. His family learned from other men at Staton that their son had been assaulted in a dormitory, tied up, “rented out,” and likely sexually abused for two to […]

A man who stabbed his partner 57 times has been freed from prison after just one year. In 2017, Dimitri Fricano, from Italy, brutally murdered his girlfriend, Erika Preti, following an alleged argument about his sloppy eating habits. After being arrested, the 35-year-old was eventually convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years behind bars. At the time of […]

A serial armed robber has escaped a mandatory 15-year prison sentence for illegally owning a gun after a Chicago judge said convicted felons are also protected by the Second Amendment. Glen Prince, 37, already had three armed robberies and the aggravated battery of a police officer on his record when he was arrested for robbing three men […]

Kim Davis may not be a household name, but her actions in 2015 created a stir that did become a household story. For context as to why a $100,000 verdict is a headline, think back to long ago: 2015. Not quite two weeks after the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision, on July 7, 2015, Kim Davis, who […]

At first glance, the premise seems reasonable: You post a photo of the man you are dating, with his first name, and other women can say if they are dating him, or if they’ve recently seen or chatted with him on a dating app. It’s a simple way for women to find out if they […]

New research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology sheds light on one of the underlying reasons behind anti-Black bias among White Americans. The research, conducted across five studies, reveals that this bias is in part driven by the perception of Black men as a threat. These findings supplement previous assumptions about racial bias and […]

An Atlanta-based bank will enter a $9 million agreement to settle allegations of redlining predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Florida, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. Driving the news: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the DOJ has filed a consent decree in federal court involving Ameris Bank following an investigation into its lending practices. Details: According to the DOJ, […]

The U.S. government has agreed to compensate thousands of migrant families who were forced apart at the southern border in 2017 and 2018 as part of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy. The class-action settlement with the ACLU was filed Monday in federal court in San Diego. It’s a milestone in the years-long battle over family […]