The family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was gunned down by a police officer while on a playground, have filed amendments to their federal lawsuit, the Associated Press reports.          New attorneys representing the child’s family on Friday filed the updated federal lawsuit against the city, the officer who shot Tamir, another officer…

After a yearslong hiatus, R&B crooner D’Angelo returned to the limelight with a performance on Saturday Night Live yesterday, singing two singles from his 2014 CD release Black Messiah. It was his first performance on the late-night comedy show, reports Mediaite. The performance comes a few weeks before the kickoff of his Second Coming Tour…

Updated Sunday, Feb. 1, 7:12 p.m.: A source close to the family tells ET that her father, Bobby Brown; husband, Nick Gordon; and others have been told to prepare for the worst and that the longer Bobbi Kristina remains in the coma, the more likely it will be that she will not regain consciousness. In…

Retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin became an instant hit on social media earlier this week after a photo of him and dogs went viral, according to ABC News. Melvin, who retired from NASA last February, according to the space agency, appears in the traditional orange spacesuit worn by astronauts in their official photos, posing alongside his…

A lawyer for Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend, Brian Lucas, appeared on their behalf and entered pleas of not guilty to misdemeanor charges of lewd conduct, the Associated Press reports. The lawyer, Lou Shapiro, entered the pleas in court Tuesday, but neither Watts nor Lucas was present, the report says. Their case…

A Seattle police officer was assigned to desk duty this week after an uproar over a video showing an encounter between her and a 69-year-old man who refused to drop a golf club he was using as a cane, the Associated Press reports. Officer Cynthia Whitlatch ordered the man, William Wingate, to drop the golf…

The family of slain Bronx, N.Y., teen Ramarley Graham agreed Friday to accept $3.9 million from New York City to settle their wrongful death lawsuit, the NewYork Daily News reports. “This was a tragic case,” City Law Department spokesman Nick Paolucci told the News. “This was a tragic case. After evaluating all the facts, and…

Serena Williams won her 19th grand-slam title Saturday night, continuing her winning streak in six Australian Open finals and extending her decadelong command over Maria Sharapova with a 6-3, 7-6(5) victory despite a hacking cough, the Associated Press reports. Williams initially celebrated prematurely on her third match point, “letting her racket go before hearing a…

Scores of Boko Haram militant gunmen reportedly waged a predawn attack Sunday on a key city of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, engaging in a fierce battle with troops on the outskirts of the city, forcing residents to flee from their homes, according to the military, residents and other sources, CNN reports. The Islamic extremists reportedly…

Updated Sunday, Jan. 25, 6:35 p.m.: The Yale Police Department is conducting an internal investigation of an incident in which a New York Times columnist’s son was stopped by police, who were seeking a burglary suspect, according to the Yale Daily Mail. The paper says college students had described a tall, African-American male wearing a black…