A University of South Carolina student has been suspended after a photo surfaced on social media of her listing “n—gers,” among other things, as a reason the school’s Internet connection works improperly, President Harris Pastides said Friday, according to The State. The student, an unnamed white female, is captured in a photo writing the list…

At a time when tens of thousands of American students are getting turned away from their first-, second- and even third-choice college picks, Harold Ekeh, of Long Island, N.Y., has an enviable quandary: deciding which of the eight Ivy League colleges he will attend next year, according to CBS New York. For all his hard…

Imprisoned former Black Panther and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was recently rushed to the hospital in diabetic shock, is still in need of urgent medical care and treatment, his friends and supporters said in an email to The Root. He has been sick with dangerously high blood-sugar levels for months and hasn’t received proper…

The unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive emails sent by the former court clerk of Ferguson, Mo., and two former supervisors in the Ferguson Police Department were released Thursday to the Washington Post. The emails, released in response to a public-records request, were sent and received by Mary Ann Twitty, who was Ferguson’s court…

San Francisco’s police chief on Friday said that he plans to recommend that seven officers be fired after an investigation into racist and homophobic text messages, according to the Associated Press. Chief Greg Suhr has asked a police oversight committee to approve firing the officers. Six others face disciplinary actions that include reassignment to positions…

In a sign of modern-day parenting, Deion Sanders took to social media this week to put his son in line and maybe even brag a little to their Twitter followers about the youth’s $1 million trust fund. On Thursday Deion Sanders Jr., a sophomore at Southern Methodist University, tweeted to his 66,100 followers: Gotta get…

A prosecutor in Nashville, Tenn., was fired after reports emerged that he had demanded that women involved in some plea negotiations undergo sterilization, the Associated Press reports. Brian Holmgren, a former Davidson County assistant district attorney, told AP on Wednesday that he had been fired. He declined to say why he was dismissed, and officials…

Former James Bond actor Roger Moore found himself backpedalling from comments in which he balked at the notion of Idris Elba portraying the superspy, according to the New York Daily News. The 87-year-old actor, who portrayed Bond in seven films, reportedly made the comments during a recent Paris Match interview, according to the news outlet.…

The manager of popular Chicago rapper Lil Durk was shot and killed early Friday as he sat in a parked car on Chicago’s South Side, just hours after meeting with Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah about the athlete’s anti-violence initiative, according to Homicide Watch Chicago. The incident occurred when Uchenna Agina—known as Chino Dolla and…