It may not have been the prettiest win, but it was effective, as the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers, 24-10, in Super Bowl 50 in front of 71,088 people at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. It was the second Super Bowl win for Peyton Manning, who, at 39, entered the game as the…

Cam Newton lives his life out loud. His dress, dance and exuberance for a game he’s been playing since he was a child are evident every time he steps on the field. He lives for these moments. It’s as if the universe blessed him with pearly whites just so he could smile at his haters.…

Denver Broncos defensive lineman Antonio Smith will play Super Bowl 50 with a heavy heart after learning early Wednesday morning that his 58-year-old father died after complications from heart surgery. “It’s rough. I just found out this morning,” he told the Denver Post. “It was my mom who called and told me.” Smith’s father, Marty…

Officers performing a well-being check on a Chicago man who hadn’t shown up to work in two days were stunned to find the bodies of five adults and one child. During the check, at a Gage Park house around 1 p.m. Thursday, police told NBC Chicago that they “discovered the bodies of four men, one…

Although his ex-girlfriend reported to police that he struck her and appeared to be “on some kind of drugs” during an argument last week, police in Texas say that they will not be charging embattled Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel. According to a police report released Thursday and viewed by the Associated Press, Colleen Crowley…

Baltimore police are looking for the person who fatally stabbed a Morgan State student after a basketball game Monday night. According to police, the altercation began at a university basketball game against Coppin State University. Officials believe that the incident at the game led to an off-campus fight between some 15-20 students that left 20-year-old…

Dontrell Stephens was riding his bike back to a friend’s house in a Florida neighborhood in 2013 when an officer stopped him. The officer claimed that Stephens rode into traffic. Stephens dropped his bike, and within seconds the officer opened fire, paralyzing the 22-year-old, who police would later admit was not armed. On Wednesday, a…

On Wednesday, minutes before the official deadline to enter Baltimore’s already crowded mayoral race, DeRay Mckesson, a prominent activist and social media juggernaut, filed paperwork to run for the office. According to the Baltimore Sun, among the candidates vying for the position are 13 Democrats, five Republicans, three Green Party members and a Libertarian. The…

A British woman who was arrested and assaulted by an officer in 2012 after being accused of shoplifting has died in a prison cell in a separate incident. According to The Independent, on Jan. 11, while in jail for reasons authorities have not confirmed, 32-year-old Sarah Reed was found “‘unresponsive” at HMP Holloway, a prison…

Tennessee police officers used a Taser on and arrested a middle school cleaning woman after mistaking her for a robber, authorities said. According to the Chattanooga Times Free-Press, on Jan. 11, officers were patrolling the area around Ooltewah Middle School in Collegedale, Tenn., when they saw an open door. Police said they went inside, where they encountered 36-year-old…