A courtroom erupted in cheers and sobs Friday after a jury convicted 25-year-old James C. Brown in the brutal deaths of four women, who were killed after meeting him through ads on an adult website, the Detroit Free Press reports. Statements like “my baby got justice,” and “they know” echoed throughout the courtroom as relatives…

In celebration of the fourth anniversary of Let’s Move! the first lady last week asked people of all ages to show her how they move through their everyday fitness routine, how they are making better food choices or how they are helping move their community toward new standards of health for our kids. She even…

Arthur D. Bishop looked good on paper, but apparently that was as far as it went. He was appointed last month by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to run the state’s Department of Children and Family Services, but stepped down Wednesday following a series of Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ reports that revealed a theft conviction and…

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was the stuff of modern-day legend, eluding law enforcement for nearly 13 years. But that ended Saturday, when he was arrested without incident at a hotel in Mexico’s Pacific beach town of Mazatlan, in his home state of Sinaloa, CNN reports. He was apprehended in a joint operation of…

When the University of Missouri’s hot NFL prospect Michael Sam announced recently that he was gay, it was all anyone wanted to talk to him about. Now, days after the announcement, it’s still all anyone wants to discuss. But he’s ready to talk football, according to the Huffington Post. “I wish you’d say, ‘Hey Michael…

In an effort to correct possible acts of bias that spanned three wars, President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Honor on 24 Army veterans in the aftermath of a congressionally mandated review, designed to ensure that eligible recipients were not bypassed due to prejudice, the Associated Press reports. The ceremony will honor veterans,…

Thirty-year-old Marcus Jeter of Bloomfield, N.J., was facing a five-year prison sentence until he was freed by evidence from a dashboard camera on the police cruiser of the very officers who falsified reports, according to ABC 7 New York. The video came to light after Jeter’s defense attorney, Steven Brown, requested all recorded evidence. Initially,…

Steve McQueen’s historical epic about slavery in America, 12 Years a Slave, swept the film categories at the NAACP Image Awards, earning four wins. At the 45th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday evening at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Lupita Nyong’o won for supporting actress, and in a separate ceremony Friday evening, McQueen won the Image Award for director…

While the n-word has slipped into common use in some circles, its days are numbered on the NFL gridiron. The agency that monitors diversity for the NFL says the league may institute a rule to penalize players 15 yards for using the word on the field, ABC News reports. John Wooten, head of the group,…