Everyone who knows about B. Scott knows that he has a flair for dressing in glamorous, usually more-feminine, attire. But a California judge ruled Thursday that BET was entitled to make Scott change from his usual garb to something more “masculine” for last year’s BET Awards, TMZ reports. The network ended up pulling the personality…

Two seniors at a private Catholic high school in South Huntington, N.Y., were indefinitely suspended for wearing a Confederate flag draped around their shoulders, CBS New York reports. The students, who brought the flag to an after-hours sports event at the Long Island school, have prompted outrage, according to the report. “The African-American students who…

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota have uncovered a disquieting racial gap when it comes to exposure to air pollution, the MinnPost reports. Examining air-pollution exposure across racial, economic, educational and other relevant categories, researchers realized that race and income had the greatest impact on exposure, with people of color being…

Actor Columbus Short has been served divorce papers after allegedly threatening to kill his wife, Tuere Short, and then himself, TMZ reports. According to a restraining order that the entertainment news site got ahold of, on April 7 the actor went into Tuere’s room intoxicated, with a wine bottle in hand, acting as if he…

It seems that Vice President Joe Biden has retained selfie privileges with the president. The personable right-hand man celebrated joining the popular photo-sharing site Instagram by sharing, among his photos, a selfie with President Barack Obama. The two men are shown grinning in the back of what seems to be the presidential limo, presumably in…

Darren Sharper could find out on Thursday if an Arizona judge will grant him bail, just a day after authorities gave testimony saying they found semen matching the former NFL star’s DNA, USA Today reports. According to the report, the sample was found on the leggings of one of his alleged Arizona victims, with testing…

Air Force Capt. Nicolas Aquino’s future is on hold as he faces charges arising from entering his own house in Monterey County, Calif., KSBW reports.  Aquino, who is a student at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, got the news of his arrest when his school supervisor called him and told him he is barred…

An elderly bank robber who was homesick for prison is to be sentenced Thursday for the bank robbery he committed last year in the hopes of returning to prison life, the Associated Press reports. Walter Unbehaun, who dropped out of high school, spent most of his adult life in prison, and last year, bored, alone…

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. So the adage goes—and in the case of Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, it is painfully true. The 80-year-old legend was subjected to racist slurs and threats days after a controversial interview with USA Today. Last week Aaron spoke to the news site about the lack…

Western Washington University of Bellingham, Wash., is taking its goal for greater diversity to the next level, reportedly sending out a community questionnaire asking students, “How do we make sure that in future years ‘we are not as white as we are today?’” Campus Reform reports. According to the campus-news site, the WWU communications-and-marketing department’s…