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Dale Caldwell, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill’s running mate during her historic 2025 gubernatorial campaign, has resigned after Sherrill demanded it. Sherrill has 45 days to name a replacement. In the interim, Acting State Comptroller Shiley Emehelu will serve as acting secretary of state. Caldwell submitted his resignation Friday afternoon,

Actress Jodie Turner-Smith and her brother, Richard Smith, are facing a lawsuit. Three women allege that Richard invited them to parties where they encountered narcotics, firearms and sexual activity. The women, identified in court filings as Jane Does, also allege Richard pressured them to use drugs and participate in nonconsensual

R&B singer Keke Wyatt was arrested in Georgia on September 20 and booked into the Henry County Jail. The charges included terroristic threats, simple assault and cruelty to children, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. Wyatt was released two days later after posting a $1,050 bond. A representative for

The Fifteen Percent Pledge, an organization founded to uplift Black brands, owes two white men more than $1 million. According to a complaint submitted in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the organization and its founder, designer Aurora James, are facing a lawsuit from The Gathery over

The Supreme Court has cleared the Trump administration to resume using an expanded federal database to help states check voter rolls for people who may not be eligible to vote because they are not U.S. citizens. In a 6-3 emergency ruling Friday, the justices paused a lower-court order that had

The Trump administration is closing long-running school desegregation cases. Civil rights advocates say the changes could affect how racial discrimination is addressed in schools. For decades, federal civil rights enforcement in American education recognized that discrimination could occur even when a school policy did not explicitly mention race. Under the

Every eldest daughter knows the job description, even though nobody ever handed it to her: keep the peace, watch over your siblings, keep it together. For Adia, the breakout star of Bassam Tariq’s “Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother,” that unspoken role wasn’t something she had to research. She’s lived

Cardi B has thought further ahead than most 33-year-olds, and what she found waiting there unsettled her. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, the rapper described the calculation that pushed her toward building businesses outside of music. Royalties, she realized, would leave her children in a position she did not want for

Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon will avoid a trial over her May protest at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office after reaching an agreement that allows her to resolve the criminal case without pleading guilty or admitting wrongdoing. Nixon, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, was arrested after staging a

The Mississippi DA is criticizing Ben Crump over claims about evidence recovered from Nolan Xavier Wells’ cellphone. She says that the information she released about the investigation was “true and accurate” and accuses Crump’s team of creating a “misleading public narrative.” The dispute comes days after a Mississippi grand jury