The tug-of-war between Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the NBA may finally be over, with the Associated Press reporting late Wednesday that Sterling would sign off on selling the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a reported $2 billion. The agreement has not become official as Sterling has yet to actually…

New York City police have arrested the man they believe stabbed a 6-year-old boy to death and severely wounded a 7-year-old-girl in a public housing elevator, the Associated Press reports.   Daniel St. Hubert, 27, was arrested after 8 p.m. Wednesday in a Queens neighborhood just minutes after Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police…

Dozens of police from across New York City stormed two Harlem housing projects, arresting some 100 people they believe have been at the center of a deadly gang feud that included the 2011 killing of an 18-year-old woman destined for basketball greatness. According to the New York Daily News, police dressed in full combat gear…

African-American workers at a cotton gin in Memphis, Tenn., have filed a federal discrimination complaint claiming that they were subjected to racism and Jim Crow conditions that included a supervisor longing for the old days when they could “hang” black men who drank out of the wrong water fountain, Raw Story reports.    According to…

Justin Bieber’s publicist has to be working overtime considering that the pop singer just apologized Sunday for a 2009 video that surfaced showing him telling a racist joke that included repeated use of the n-word in its punch line. Now a new video has surfaced allegedly showing the Biebs singing about killing a “n—ger” and…

A Canadian couple won a $50 million lottery jackpot, and all they needed to do was cash the ticket. Hakeem Nosiru signed the back of the Jan. 17 winning Lotto Max lottery ticket and taped it to the inside of his wife’s purse before they went off to church. After returning home, they realized that…

When more than 200 girls were kidnapped from a village in Nigeria in April, a social media campaign went viral. The #BringBackOurGirls became a movement that included first lady Michelle Obama posing for the campaign. That campaign grew internationally and has become a rallying cry for protesters outside Nigeria’s capital. Now, police in Nigeria say…

Donald Sterling may have to answer more questions regarding racist remarks from another alleged mistress, Maiko Maya King, who is suing the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner alleging she was fired as an assistant after she rejected “a stream of racist and sexist taunts,” TMZ reports. On Monday, King, 40, filed the lawsuit claiming that…

Blame 12 Years a Slave for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’s lack of critical acclaim. That is what Mandela screenwriter William Nicholson told the Daily Telegraph after the movie was slighted at just about every major movie-awards show. According to Nicholson, 12 Years a Slave “sucked up all the guilt about black people” before Nicholson’s…

With the World Cup just weeks away and Brazil set to take center stage, that country’s soccer treasure—and arguably the world’s best soccer player—Pele will have a heavy heart: His son, Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, known as Edinho, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for money laundering, The Independent reports. According to the news…