Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton goes into tonight’s Super Bowl match as a winner. On Saturday the NFL named him its most valuable player for the 2015 season, the Charlotte Observer reports. It was a nearly unanimous vote. Newton earned 48 of the 50 possible votes. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer and New England Patriots…

The white policeman who fatally shot 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and a neighbor claims that the incident traumatized him, and he has filed a $10 million lawsuit Friday against the teen’s estate, the Associated Press reports. In the lawsuit, Officer Robert Rialmo gives his version of the deadly Dec. 26 encounter at a two-family house in…

A Virginia man admitted to a judge that he planned to attack black churches and synagogues in hopes of triggering a race war. Robert Doyle pleaded guilty Friday to several charges related to that plot, NBC12.com reports. The FBI said it foiled the scheme, which involved two other suspects, in a sting operation. According to…

Beyoncé grabbed music’s center stage Saturday when she surprised her fans by releasing “Formation (Dirty),” a hot new single and accompanying music video. Queen Bey sends a powerful message about black culture and joins the hot-button conversation on race and policing. The New Orleans-set video features images of Beyoncé lying on top of a police car sinking…

The United Nations revealed six new alleged child-sex-abuse cases by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, the Associated Press reports. U.N. officials said at a press conference Friday that five girls and a boy accused European troops of abusing them. According to a statement from the U.N. human rights office, the youngest victim, a 7-year-old…