A federal judge declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by the Central Park Five against Donald Trump, handing a legal setback to the sitting U.S. president who tried to end the case. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia ruled that Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown

A merengue icon, a baseball star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic were buried Thursday, as authorities called off the search for bodies with the death toll at 221. Mourners clad in black and white streamed into Santo Domingo’s National Theater, where

A federal judge said Thursday that she will prevent the Trump administration from ordering hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans with temporary legal status to leave the country later this month. The ruling is a significant, although perhaps temporary, setback for the administration as it dismantles Biden-era policies that

A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman more than $4 million in damages. The decision from the Los Angeles County jurors came after a three-week trial in Santa Monica, California. The 34-year-old

 China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week for other

Opening up about your feelings, emotions and struggles can be hard. It’s not easy to share mental health challenges as a man, especially for men of color. As an African American man myself, I’ve faced mental health battles in silence because I didn’t feel I had an outlet to share

From a blockbuster classic to a binge-worthy mini-series, “The Best Man” crew has and remains a key piece of Black culture. Now, they’re turning the page (literally) with a brand-new novel series that dives even deeper into the lives of the beloved friend group. Series creator Malcolm D. Lee is

On a mostly party-line basis, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced the SAVE Act, a bill that would establish new restrictions to voting. After years of court orders that have weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and a slew of contested state laws and voting maps, Black

While Quinta Brunson’s character, “Ms. Janine Teagues”, on her series “Abbott Elementary,” is integral to the beloved hit show, she isn’t beloved by everyone according to Brunson. The 35-year-old writer and producer opened up about the criticism the oddball second-grade schoolteacher has received, particularly from other Black women, during a

The day after police were called to the scene of a domestic dispute, Tyreek Hill’s wife, Keeta Hill, filed for divorce from the Miami Dolphins wide receiver. According to court documents and police reports obtained by multiple sources, including People magazine, the NY Post, and WPLG Local 10, the 29-year-old