In June 2011, Darien Harris was an 18-year-old teenager when a video of a shooting at a BP gas station at 66th and Stony Island in Chicago revealed a shooter, who wasn’t identifiable, get out ...
A Snapchat video went viral over the weekend showing male teenagers who attend Homewood-Flossmoor High School, in the Chicago metropolitan area, wearing blackface, shouting profanities while driving, and harassing a female cashier at a McDonald’s ...
R. Kelly blamed a “learning disability” for preventing him from reading court documents in his alleged sexual misconduct case. Heather Williams accused the R&B singer of repeated sexual abuse when she was 16-years-old. The age ...
The Osundairo brothers, who were allegedly implicated in the attack on actor Jussie Smollett, have filed a lawsuit in Chicago against the “Empire” actor’s attorneys for defamation. Ola and Abel Osundairo are accusing Mark Geragos ...
The City of Chicago is suing Jussie Smollett after it allegedly spent more than $130,000 “in overtime costs during the investigation” of his January attack, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit read, in part: ...
Democrat Lori Lightfoot has made history as the first Black woman and the first openly gay person to be Chicago’s mayor. Lightfoot is only the second woman to lead the city. Chicago will be the ...
Two Black women, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, are set to make history in Chicago, regarding America’s third-largest city’s mayoral election. In the Chicago’s 182-year history, a Black woman has never held the highest political ...
Fourth-grader Jamari Dent attempted to take his own life last week after being continuously bullied by classmates and teachers. His younger sister found him and yelled for their mother, Tianna Black. “I ran to his ...
In four states Illinois, Florida, Texas, Virginiaattorneys reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent their clients, who are accused of being in the country illegally, an official Notice to Appear (NTA) in court on ...
UPDATE: Feb. 1, 2019 “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has released his first public comments about the incident: “Let me start by saying that I’m O.K.,” Smollett said in a statement released on Friday. “My body ...
