The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who has been arguing in court for 20 years that the mostly white jury that convicted him of capital murder and sentenced him to death was unjustly composed with racial bias. In 2004, Terry Pitchford, then 18, robbed a...
The Florida deputy who went viral for accusing a woman of holding a phone in her right hand while driving – only for her to reveal that her right arm has no hand – has issued more than 800 traffic citations since Jan. 1, averaging about 160 citations per month, well above what is typical...
A woman is dead after she was hit by an airborne patio umbrella while out to eat at a South Carolina restaurant. USA Today reported the woman was identified as 56-year-old Dana Winger by the Clarendon County Coroner. A Woman killed at South Carolina restaurant by umbrella (Photo Credit: Facebook Cameron Winger) The Huger, South...
The warning signs were there before a Northern California cop was caught on video last week repeatedly punching a 16-year-old Black boy inside a high school, then yanking on his locs after he had been handcuffed. Now Fairfield Police Officer Bianca Camacho has been “reassigned” after the video went viral, sparking outrage across the nation...
One Florida teen isn’t going to let a nosy neighborhood Karen stand in the way of success. Kahlil John, 19, a self-described entrepreneur, recently launched a window-cleaning business in Central Florida and has steadily built a client base by going door-to-door to pitch his services. While he doesn’t make every sale — rejection inevitably comes...