Consider it a miracle. On Monday, Ohio mother Lashanda Goldsmith; her 7-month-old daughter, Madison; and a 15-year-old girl were in a van when a car ran a red light, crashing into their vehicle and sending Madison flying through a window. According to WHIO, rescuers found Madison, who was strapped in her car seat, facedown, some…

This weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr.-led march for equal voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., and all weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, MSNBC will present Selma: 50 Years Later, a comprehensive look at Selma then and now, complete with live broadcasts from historic locations during the Selma marches.  The…

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu don’t like each other, and that rift may have grown wider since Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress that many Democrats argued was misleading and full of contradictions. The over-30-minute-long speech Tuesday by Netanyahu basically panned a nuclear deal being negotiated by the U.S. and Iran,…

A New Jersey woman has filed a $25 million lawsuit alleging that a police officer forced her to have sex with him after he reportedly caught her shoplifting. According to the South Jersey Times, Shakera Brown, 22, claims that Bridgeton, N.J., Police Officer Braheme Days caught her shoplifting at a Rite Aid pharmacy in January…

On Sunday, footage of a homeless man being shot and killed during a confrontation with Los Angeles police was posted to several social media sites and has many viewers wondering if the incident merited lethal force.  The graphic footage shows an unidentified homeless man—who, witnesses told the Los Angeles Times, went by the name “Africa”—involved in…

It’s common practice for fans to dress up in crazy costumes in an attempt to distract basketball players during a game, but some are claiming that a few kids at an Atlantic County, N.J., high school basketball game may have taken the act too far. According to NBC 10 Philadelphia, two students from Holy Spirit High…

In 1950 Earl Lloyd broke down racial barriers when he debuted in the NBA with the Washington Capitals. He was the first black player in the history of the NBA, and on Thursday the 86-year-old Lloyd passed away. According to ESPN, Lloyd’s alma mater, West Virginia State, confirmed his death but did not note how…

A 23-year-old Atlanta woman claims that three woman attacked her during a night of drinking, allegedly dragging, punching and kicking her and pulling her hair, and leaving her with two black eyes, a chipped tooth and a concussion. The reason Myriah Pointer was brutally attacked, she believes: a hamburger. Pointer told WSB-TV that the incident…

When the University of Louisville’s Cardinals announced late last week that star guard Chris Jones had been dismissed from the team, several unofficial reasons emerged. The most prominent was that Jones had sent a threatening text message to a woman who had reportedly ransacked his apartment. What was clear is that Louisville coach Rick Pitino…

If this story is true, then Ira Peterson doesn’t play with her money. According to AL.com, the 79-year-old Mobile, Ala., woman allegedly shot her grandnephew in the foot after he reportedly stole $20 from her. When Peterson noticed that her money was missing, she accused her grandnephew—who lives with her and whose name and age…