A former Democratic prosecutor in St. Louis admitted she shouldn’t have used thousands of dollars in public funds to pay herself back after getting fined for mistakes while prosecuting a Republican governor, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Kim Gardner resigned under fire last year after being elected the city’s first Black circuit attorney

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black, for decades. Now, survivors of the program and their descendants want reparations. Thousands of people at Holmesburg Prison were exposed

A popular pizza chain in the Washington, D.C. area is facing backlash after launching a new dessert item earlier this week themed around former D.C. Mayor the late Marion Barry’s infamous narcotics arrest. A local franchise of &Pizza announced the addition of powdered, berry-filled pastry knots dubbed “Marion Berry Knots,”

Keke Palmer and SZA are co-stars in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film, “One of Them Days.” This week, the media company released the official trailer of the buddy comedy, which is scheduled to premiere early next year. Centered around best friends and roommates Dreux, played by Palmer, and Alyssa, played by

ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to lay out her campaign’s closing argument by returning to the site near the White House where Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 — hoping it will crystalize for voters the fight between defending democracy and sowing

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men serving life in prison for murder after chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 returned to court Thursday to ask a judge for a new trial. Attorneys for Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their former neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan began making a range

During her CNN town hall Wednesday night in Pennsylvania in a room of undecided voters, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went as far as to call her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, a “fascist.” When asked if the vice president agreed with Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, and

The Hallmark Channel, commonly known for its romantic comedy and holiday movies, is facing some legal trouble. This week, Variety reports that the media company is the subject of a new age discrimination lawsuit.  The suit filed against the studio alleges that Hallmark Executive VP of Programming Lisa Hamilton Daly

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to three people familiar with the matter. Harris’ presidential campaign has taken on Beyoncé’s 2016 track “Freedom” as its anthem, and the singer’s planned appearance brings a high-level of star

During Wednesday night’s CNN Town Hall with Kamala Harris, commentator Van Jones called out a notable double standard in coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris. On the heels of major news that Donald Trump was quoted admiring Hitler’s generals and was called “fascist” by his longest-serving chief of staff, Harris