Loved ones gathered around a sign in 8-year-old Martin Cobb’s yard not far from the church he and his family attended in Richmond, Va. “Martin: A real hero lived, fought and died here,” the sign read. Martin died Thursday trying to fight off his 12-year-old sister’s attacker, authorities say. On Saturday a 16-year-old boy, whose…

Darius Adams, 17, was behaving aggressively when he arrived at his McIntosh, Ala., home around 2 a.m. Friday, his father told authorities. And the dad says he only meant to scare his son when he went to grab his gun. But the gun went off, hitting the McIntosh High School football player in the stomach…

A Florida man who doused his girlfriend’s 3-month-old puppy with hot sauce will be spending a year in prison, followed by 18 months’ probation, the Herald-Tribune reports. Police claim that Ephrian Myles, 47, became angry at Gizmo, his girlfriend’s dachshund-chihuahua mix, and reportedly dumped hot sauce on the puppy. The spicy condiment got in the…

Only two days after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver brought the hammer down on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for racist remarks captured during a taped conversation that was leaked to TMZ, NBA owners held their first meeting in a bid to end Sterling’s ownership of the team. The league’s 10-member advisory/finance committee held a…

On Halloween night 2012, police pulled over a Range Rover moving through the streets of North Philadelphia. Inside the vehicle were Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill and three members of his entourage—an Atlantic Records executive, an off-duty police officer and the rapper’s cousin—all of whom were headed to catch a flight to Atlanta to launch Mill’s…

The president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, Leon Jenkins, resigned Thursday, amid continued fallout from a decision to award embattled LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling and a report posted on The Root chronicling a history of Jenkins’ misdeeds since his days of being a judge in Detroit during the 1980s. In a…

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has apologized to a Detroit man who suffers from a rare disorder for making fun of him on Instagram. On Tuesday O’Neal tweeted, “Made a new friend today when I called and apologized to Jahmel Binion. Great dude.” O’Neal followed that tweet with another on Wednesday: “Had the opportunity to…

Kwasi Enin, the New York high school teen who was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools, has made his choice. Before a whole host of national media, Kwasi has decided that he will become a member of Yale University’s Class of 2018. According to the Associated Press, Kwasi explained that Yale had always been…

The revolving lineup of R&B heavyweights keeps coming for the newly Tony Award-nominated musical After Midnight. According to the Associated Press, producers for the show, which earned seven Tony nods on Tuesday, including one for best musical, have confirmed that Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Natalie Cole will guest-star in the revue this summer. The show,…

No NBA owners plan to side with embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the heaviest sanctions possible against the owner, including putting Sterling’s ownership rights to a vote. Without the support of the owners, Sterling would be forced to sell his team, according to the Associated Press, which…