Nicole Rhodes was in the process of reopening a hair salon and beauty school in a Youngstown, Ohio, building that she has owned for the last three-and-a-half years. A few weeks ago, she says, someone, presumably a neighbor, left a racist letter on the building with a deadly warning: ” ‘Black bitch, we don’t want…

On Tuesday, New York Jets coach Todd Bowles held a hurried press conference to announce that a linebacker had coldcocked his starting quarterback, knocking him out of the lineup for at least 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw. Now the New York Daily News is reporting that the incident may have stemmed from a no-show…

The Arlington, Texas, police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Christian Taylor was fired Tuesday by the police chief for “exercising poor judgment.” According to NBC News, Arlington Police Officer Brad Miller, 49, used deadly force on the unarmed Taylor during a reported break-in at the Classic Buick GMC dealership at 1:06 a.m.…

New York Jets coach Todd Bowles called a rushed news conference Tuesday to announce that quarterback Geno Smith will be out at least 6-10 weeks after an altercation with a teammate led to Smith’s jaw being broken. According to the Associated Press, Jets linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali and Smith were involved in a disagreement inside the…

Alabama police are incensed that an officer was beaten unconscious during a traffic stop turned violent—and that several people gathered to take photos only to mock the officer on social media. According to AL.com, around 11 a.m. Friday, a plainclothes detective, whose identity has not been released, stopped 34-year-old Janard Cunningham, who was driving a…

A White House staffer was placed on unpaid leave after she reportedly threatened her boyfriend with a gun during an argument about other women. According to NBC News, Barvetta Singletary, 37, who serves as a special assistant to the president and House legislative-affairs liaison, confronted her boyfriend, a U.S. Capitol Police officer, with his service…

Three agents with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control involved in the arrest of a 20-year-old college student have been returned to active duty after an investigation concluded that they “did not violate agency policy,” the Associated Press reports. Bloody photos of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson went viral after he was reportedly beaten…

In February a 26-year-old unemployed North Carolina mother of four won the Powerball lottery jackpot totaling $564 million. Marie Holmes was one of three winners who agreed to a lump-sum payment of $188 million. After taxes and fees, she walked away with a cool $88 million—and, some have argued, into a series of problems. Since…

A year ago, an unarmed teenager was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer. For days following the shooting, Ferguson became embroiled in protests, complete with militarized police patrolling the streets. On Sunday night, the Ferguson of now looked a lot like the Ferguson of old as what had been considered a peaceful…

Marcus Bradley, a deliver driver for a Lowe’s store in Virginia, says he was shocked Aug. 3 when a manager called to let him know he couldn’t make a drop-off. “I got a phone call on the phone telling me to bring the delivery back, saying that I couldn’t do the delivery,” Bradley told Fox…