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William Brock told investigators he shot Loletha Hall because he thought she was working with a man who called and threatened him and his family. Hall didn't threaten Brock and didn't have a weapon or assault him, according to the sheriff’s office and court documents.

DeRay Mckesson was sued by a police officer who was injured during a Baton Rouge protest sparked by the killing of a Black man.

In weeks, an 1864 law is set to drastically change the abortion landscape in the state, which currently allows the procedure in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The influential New York City DJ helped launch the careers of Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z.

Simpson earned fame through football and show business, but all that was forever changed when his ex-wife and her friend were brutally knifed to death in June 1994.

They are recommending the bridge be renamed after the late U.S. Rep. Parren J. Mitchell, the first Black Marylander to be elected to the House of Representatives.

In a new episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the “Star Wars” actor said he doesn’t “want to do anything based on this whole idea that you’re a Black person, you’re a white person and things of that nature. I’m an artist.”

Black professionals in industries like law, science and engineering make up roughly 9.1% of the workforce, compared to 7.1% of college faculty, according to a federal report.

Beyoncé’s latest album has also had the biggest debut of the year so far.

The team and its coaches were confronted twice by people who drove by them in trucks, shouting racial slurs.

McCartney reminds listeners that the somber 1968 hit was inspired by Black girls' activism during the civil rights movement.