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CLEVELAND – A special investigator hired by plaintiff attorneys finds Cleveland police responsible for the death of 37-year-old Tanisha Anderson who died in police custody. The Anderson family says the findings contained in a report filed in federal court support their belief that Anderson died as a result of excessive force. Anderson’s family called police […]

Law enforcement officials have not confirmed or denied whether Sterling was in possession of a firearm. After Alton Sterling, 37, refused to give him money, a homeless man called 911 and claimed that Sterling brandished a gun, which may have touched off a deadly shooting that highlights the perils of encounters between Blacks and police. From […]

The two officers – Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II – were placed on administrative leave following the shooting.   The officers involved in the shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a Black man who was said to be selling CDs outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when police approached him, have been […]

Producer J.J. Abrams is teaming with Tavis Smiley and Warner Bros. Television to adapt Smiley's upcoming book, Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days, as a TV event series.

You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Janet Jackson has shared a video honoring victims of the Orlando shooting tragedy. To make a political point, the video – set to “Shoulda Known Better,” off of Jackson’s 2015 album Unbreakable – begins with footage of two mothers speaking with […]

Will Smith, Lennox Lewis and six other friends/family of the late great Muhammed Ali will serve as pallbearers at his funeral this Friday, ESPN reports. Ali and Smith formed a genuine friendship during the filming of the iconic biopic Ali, for which Smith landed an Academy Award nomination. According to ESPN, Ali died from septic […]

One day, possibly in the near future, there will almost certainly be a movie made about Kimbo Slice’s life. He lived the American Dream. The only thing he couldn’t achieve was gold around his waist, but Kimbo would probably also admit that a mouth full of gold wasn’t so bad, either. He was a star […]

  A slow NFL news day was interrupted on Tuesday when the league’s Twitter account posted an update claiming that Commissioner Roger Goodell was dead at age 57. Obviously, the tweet was immediately speculated to be the result of a hack. That theory would prove to be correct, as the NFL’s head of PR sent […]

A 4-year-old boy slipped into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday which caused the gorilla to be shot and killed. Many people wondered where the boy’s mother was during the incident and how she let the boy fall into the pit. Michelle Gregg is now defending herself against online critics who are criticizing […]

The auction ended Wednesday, but it was unclear whether the final offer of $138,900 was legitimate.   UPDATED: Thursday, May 19, 10:50 AM The gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin reportedly sold for $138,900 in an online auction, reports Reuters: Zimmerman’s offer to sell the Kel-Tec PF9 9mm handgun on UnitedGunGroup.com drew praise from gun rights enthusiasts and […]