Clarence Thomas In Trouble For What??, Terrell Davis’ Viral Airline Arrest, Michael Jackson’s Mom Still Fighting For His Estate, Black Mayor Called N-Word During Council Meeting And More

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Clarence Thomas Might Finally Be In Trouble and All It Took Was To Find A $267K Check He Received To Buy An RV

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The corruption allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are only getting worse after a review discovered last week that the RV-loving, yacht-riding, jet-setting judge did not recuse himself from a 2004 health insurance case despite a clear conflict of interest. - Ryan Erik King Read More

Kenya Police Catch a Man They Believe Murdered 42 Women, But You’ll Never Believe Who They Say Was His First Kill

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After two years of investigating a murder spree that claimed the lives of 42 women, Kenyan law enforcement finally located and cuffed their “psychopathic serial killer” suspect. - Kalyn Womack Read More

Two White Minors and a Mother Charged With Drowning 8-Year-old Georgia Black Boy

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Though it was initially reported that 8-year-old Noah Bush simply wandered into a construction pit and drowned in May, his family was not willing to leave it to that and hired a private investigator to look deeper into the case. - Noah A. McGee Read More

Are We Feeling How United Airlines Responded to Terrell Davis’ Viral Arrest on Their Flight?

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United Airlines was under fire this week after infamous Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis shared a disturbing encounter he had on a recent flight. The airline company has since apologized but… is that enough? - Kalyn Womack Read More

You May Not Like What Judges Told Michael Jackson’s Mother Following Another Dispute Involving His Estate

Michael Jackson (R) leaves the Santa Barbara County Courthouse with his mother Katherine Jackson (L) in 2005 Image: Getty Images Justin Sullivan

This year marks 15 years without the King of Pop, and even after all this time, his family still can’t get it together. Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, has been fighting against her son’s estate controllers after they “secretly” sold half of the late singer’s music catalog worth $600 million to Sony Music Group back in February, according to BillBoard. - Phenix S Halley Read More

What?? The Outrageous Reason Burger King Fired a Whole Black Family

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When we hear the term “nepo babies” we often think about children of people in high-ranking or popular positions, but in the case of this Black woman in Mississippi, she was trying to get her children jobs at a fast-food restaurant. - Noah A. McGee Read More

WATCH: Kansas Man Repeatedly Blasts Black Mayor With N-Word During City Council Meeting

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An otherwise routine city council meeting in small-town Lawrence, Kan. on July 9 went all bad — and all racist — in the drop of an N-word. And it was all caught on video. - Phenix S Halley Read More

The Heartbreaking Reason a Mother Was Arrested for the Deaths Of Her 3-Year-Old Twins

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Los Angeles police officers arrested a suspect in connection to the deaths of two young children from an apparent fentanyl overdose. The saddest part: The prime suspect is the parent of the victims. - Kalyn Womack Read More

End of Days or Just Weird? Amid Heat wave, Snow is Recorded At Philadelphia Airport

A US Airways and a British Airways plane sit on the tarmac at Philadelphia International Airport February 17, 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All flights into and out of the airport were cancelled due to the severe winter storm Photo: Getty Images Don Murray

The National Weather Service recorded an interesting weather pattern over the weekend at Philadelphia International Airport; trace amounts of snow, in the middle of a heatwave in July. - Erin Marquis Read More

Hospitality Group Claps Back at Detroit Man Who Sued For Only Hiring Him Under a ‘White Name’

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Last week, a hospitality group was slammed with a racial discrimination lawsuit after a Black Detroit man alleged he was only accepted for a hotel position because he reapplied under a “white” name. In response, the company bit back with a serious rebuttal. - Kalyn Womack Read More

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