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A third person has been charged with murder in the death of Tasia Fortune , a 29-year-old Black mother of four whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi

Former Tulsa pastor Keith Rydell Mayes Sr. pleaded guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion after prosecutors said he embezzled more than $504,000 from the historic Vernon AME Church and used the money for gambling, personal expenses and firearms.

Von Scales , the husband of Trina Braxton, has died. TMZ reported that Scales, 58, died around 2 a.m. Thursday (October 1) in Atlanta, Georgia.

R&B singer Freddie Jackson , known for romantic hits including “You Are My Lady” and “Rock Me Tonight,” has died at 70, just four days after celebrating his birthday on Friday (October 2).

A white woman was captured on video confronting a Black student over legal street parking outside Huston-Tillotson University, an HBCU in Austin, Texas.

A Black Iowa teacher has been awarded $425,000 after a federal jury ruled in his favor in a lawsuit accusing his school district and two administrators of failing to respond properly to repeated racial harassment.

Current and former students of Lincoln University, a historically Black university in Missouri, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday (October 7) seeking nearly $550 million over decades of alleged unequal funding that they say damaged the school’s facilities and academic resources.

Median wealth among Black households fell 25% between 2022 and 2025, widening the racial wealth gap even as White, Hispanic, and Asian households

The Florida Bar, the organization responsible for regulating lawyers in the state, has placed an employee on administrative leave after racist and

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