ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against rapper Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his recusal, citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86. Buxtun died May 18 of Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, California,

DENVER (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis said Monday he was “humiliated” after being handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight, then later apologized to by law enforcement, over the weekend. Davis, who previously played for the Denver Broncos, wrote in an Instagram post that he

Democratic Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett slammed Republicans for suggesting Democrats were to blame for the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Plaskett, a former House impeachment manager in a case against Trump, also called out the Republican presidential nominee for telling his supporters to “fight, fight, fight” just moments after

Take your vision of the future, multiply it by a few light-years, and you have a glimpse into the possibilities in the mind and career of Ariel Ekblaw. She’s the founding director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative and co-founder and CEO of Aurelia Institute, a nonprofit education and research

Pets became a mainstay in home offices during the pandemic, offering a refreshing sense of levity during the business day. When the world switched to remote work, 23 million households in America added a pet to their family, and pets’ roles were elevated to the coworkers we never knew we

Amid continued calls for peace and calm following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, leaders and experts have expressed concern for retaliatory actions, particularly among extremist groups and the safety of Black and brown communities leading up to and during Election Day. “It’s been documented over the last

When Cynthia Collazo Pacheco was a 5-year-old girl growing up in Puerto Rico, she begged for a perm. After being called names like “monkey” in school, she’d come to think of her natural Afro-textured hair as a problem. But even a perm didn’t fully resolve the hate. “I would receive a lot

More evidence has been found to back up long-held beliefs that lifestyle can greatly impact a person’s risk of certain cancers. A new American Cancer Society study published last week estimates that 40% of new cancer cases and 44% of cancer deaths in people 30 and over could be prevented

Meagan Good is speaking out after a video went viral of actor Michael Ealy picking her up for a hug while seemingly ignoring her boyfriend, Jonathan Majors.  In the video, which has been viewed over 16 million times on X (Twitter), Good’s “Think Like a Man” co-star, Ealy, is shown