Prince Joshua Avitto was laid to rest on Friday, with family members gathered together to celebrate the brief life of the 6-year-old, who was stabbed to death on Sunday in the elevator of a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project, the New York Post reports. According to the Post, P.J.’s father, Nicholas Avitto, has been walking the…

Video and photos of President Barack Obama getting in a workout at a Polish hotel gym have made the rounds on the Internet, but to make one thing absolutely clear, the Secret Service says the president was never in any danger, Fox News reports. According to the news site, a Secret Service spokesman said no…

Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen picked his targets based on his knowledge of their tight financial situation is what one female soldier claimed. McQueen, who ironically was a sexual assault prevention officer at Fort Hood, Texas, is facing charges including pandering, conspiracy, adultery and sexual assault for his alleged part in running a prostitution…

Editor’s note: Tweets that were previously attributed to the woman in this video were not genuine.  “You’re a n—ger!” This is allegedly what the woman said, pointedly and vehemently, to the man recording her from his car window as she called her husband to tell him to come and deal with him. Apparently the confrontation…

Police were called in on Monday to investigate a fully clothed mannequin hanging from a highway overpass a few miles outside of Kansas City, Mo., that was wearing a Barack Obama mask, Reuters reports. Interstate 70 was closed down for a short time as a bomb squad investigated the mannequin, which hung from a bridge…

Police arrested a Long Island, N.Y., man on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting V. Stiviano, who became the center of media attention following her recordings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling allegedly making racist comments about black people, which ultimately led to his lifelong ban from the NBA, Reuters reports. Dominick Dorio, a resident of…

Overjoyed, ecstatic. These words could be used to describe LeVar Burton’s current emotions, inefficient and near nondescriptive as they may be in comparison to the star’s real feelings in light of the success of his Kickstarter campaign to bring back the popular reading show Reading Rainbow as a digital app. “It’s still a bit overwhelming…

Police made a second arrest late last week in the assault on two transgender women earlier last month, GA Voice reports. Frederick Missick was arrested Friday, a day after the arrest of Luther Thomas in the same case, with both Atlanta residents being held on $2,500 bail and charged with disorderly conduct, according to Metropolitan…

A Michigan middle school teacher’s suspension for teaching his eighth-grade class about blackface has ended after almost two weeks. Alan Barron returned to his job at Monroe Middle School on Monday, CBS Detroit reports. Barron, 59, was showing his class a video about how white entertainers used to put on blackface to imitate black people.…

Two men allegedly assaulted V. Stiviano Sunday night as she left a restaurant in New York City’s Meatpacking District, CNN reports. Stiviano, famous for her recordings of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist rants against black people, which led to his lifetime ban from the NBA, was leaving a restaurant near the…