Updated Tuesday, May 21, 9:58 a.m. EDT: After originally saying that 51 people had been killed in Monday’s tornadoes and that the number of dead might top 90, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner’s office now says that the official death toll is 24, NPR reports. Earlier:  After massive tornadoes hit the Oklahoma suburbs yesterday,…

Justin Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general, has earned the endorsement of the Washington Post in his race against Mark R. Herring. The 34-year-old Fairfax, a Washington, D.C., native and graduate of Duke University and Columbia Law School, is one to watch. Here’s why the Post is…

According to Deadspin, Billboard and Miguel have said the women who were the victims of this midperformance mishap are fine, so it’s safe to call the moment one of the highlights of Sunday night’s Billboard Awards. If nothing else, it will go down in awards-show (and clumsiness) history. Here’s the two women who bore the…

(The Root) — The Chatterati is The Root’s new tool that uses a unique algorithm to highlight the tweets of some of the most influential African-American Twitter users, displaying up-to-the-minute topics, retweets and hashtags driving the conversation among blacks on the social network. Here’s where you come in. We’d like you to share a message and…

According to E! News, “multiple sources” have confirmed that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are expecting their second child. That would do something to explain the whole doctor-ordered-rest thing from earlier this week: Rumors first began churning that the Grammy winner was with child when, earlier this month, she walked the red carpet at the Met Gala wearing a…

NBC News is reporting that at least 19 people, including a 10-year-old boy and girl, were injured Sunday in a shooting at a New Orleans Mother’s Day parade: A 10-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl were grazed by bullets but were in good condition, New Orleans Police spokesman Garry Flot said in a statement. A woman…

(The Root) — When Charles Ramsey heroically saved three missing women who were held captive in a Cleveland home this week, the Internet erupted: How could Amanda Berry, Georgina DeJesus and Michelle Knight be trapped for a decade without being noticed? How was Ramsey so brave that he was the one person who heard Berry’s…

The Amsterdam News is reporting, and the U.S. Embassy has confirmed, that Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, has been killed in Mexico. Unconfirmed reports say he died early Thursday morning from injuries sustained when he was thrown off a building or shot as he was being robbed in Tijuana. “I’m confirming, per U.S. Embassy,…