A Maine State Lottery winner decided to sue his child’s mother after she violated their non-disclosure agreement and told his parents about his $1.35 billion prize against his wishes. Court documents obtained by the Daily Beast show that the unidentified man filed the lawsuit against Sara Smith in the US District Court of Maine on...
An 85-year-old man who was exonerated for the murder of civil rights activist Malcolm X is suing the FBI on allegations that the agency hid evidence of the onetime Nation of Islam leader’s actual killers and proof of his innocence. The $40 million lawsuit filed by Muhammad Aziz alleges that the Federal Bureau of Investigation,...
The GoFundMe created for a Maryland woman who has terminal cancer has exceeded its goal. Kourtni Smith’s fundraiser had raised more than $69,000 as of Friday. The original goal was $50,000. Two years ago, Smith was diagnosed with Stage 3 invasive lobular carcinoma, a breast cancer that starts in the milk-producing gland of the breast. If the disease is detected...
Officials from one school district in Memphis said they were “saddened and disappointed” to learn that the authors of a biography of George Floyd were told they couldn’t talk about racism during a speaking engagement at one of their schools. According to NBC News, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, the authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Bad Boy founder and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a federal lawsuit filed by his former artist and ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who claims that he raped her and subjected her to years of physical and sexual abuse over the course of their decade-long relationship. Combs, in addition to his companies:...
