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A 25-year-old Virginia woman was fatally shot by Norfolk police Saturday after she reportedly made a threatening move toward officers while holding what turned out to be a fake handgun. According to the Associated Press, the Norfolk Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Division was conducting a surveillance when a fight broke out between India M.…

A Florida man wanted a BMW, so he walked into a Pompano Beach, Fla., car dealership and found the one he wanted—a $60,000 BMW X6—and then attempted to pay for it using his Electronic Benefits Transfer card and a credit card. When the dealership explained that it didn’t take EBT as a form of payment,…

Three Plantation, Fla., police officers were responding to noise complaints at a house where a spring break party was being held Saturday evening when shots rang out from inside the home. “The shooting was inside the house, and as soon as gunshots went off, people came pouring out of the house,” Detective Philip Toman told…

Conscious rapper and black Twitter denizen Talib Kweli mixed it up with Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and his fans on social media this weekend. Simmons, 66, reduced rap to “talking” in a recent Rolling Stone interview: “I’m looking forward to music coming back to lyrics and melody, instead of just talking,” he said. “A song, as…

Famed photographer Bob Adelman, whose portfolio captured many moving moments during the civil rights movement, died Saturday in Miami. He was 85 years old. “He was an amazing man with a passion for civil rights, a sweetheart of a guy,” Adelman’s attorney told the Miami Herald. Adelman’s most iconic work happened during the 1960s, documenting…

The Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., hosted its 14th annual HBCU College Festival last month and awarded students $2.1 million in scholarships through historically black colleges and universities. The all-day event, held Feb. 20 at a local high school, attracted students from Virginia and nearby Washington, D.C., but also from as far away…

As was the case in Chicago last week, thousands took to the streets of New York City on Saturday to protest Donald Trump, and dozens more shut down a highway in Arizona at the same time. The protests, though not officially linked, look like the new normal as groups join together against what many see as…

As the ’90s come back in full effect, including the infamous O.J. Simpson case, which is back in the news, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is chiming in as well. Gooding, who portrays the once-upon-a-time gridiron great in the popular FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson, said he suffered a “nervous breakdown” on the set…

Who could forget the cherubic face of the little boy in a vest who stood by President Barack Obama as he signed his landmark Affordable Care Act into law nearly six years ago? The child in the photo, Marcelas Owens, then an 11-year-old health care activist, has just turned 17 and has also recently come…

The artist who continues to delight us as Prince will release an “unconventional” autobiography next year, Rolling Stone reports. Publisher Spiegel & Grau describes the work as “an unconventional and poetic journey through his life and creative work” that will be written by the 57-year-old himself. Prince will reportedly be delving into stories about his…