The family of Anna Short Harrington, the woman who was the inspiration for much of the Aunt Jemima imagery, has filed a lawsuit against Pepsi…
After a dozen years in a tug-of-war with New York’s city government, five men — who as teenagers were unfairly ripped from their families…
The city of Miami is taking JPMorgan Chase & Co, the country’s biggest bank, to court based on major claims of housing discrimination against its residents…
The family of Kendrick Johnson recently filed a lawsuit against the funeral home that handled his remains, claiming they committed negligence and fraud. Johnson’s parents…
The University of Cincinnati has settled a lawsuit with the family of a man who died after campus police used a taser on him. Everett Howard‘s family says they’ll receive two million dollars from the school, which will also provide free tuition to Everett’s siblings. Howard died in 2011, after a confrontation at one of […]
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of New York City police officers who claim that they’ve been barred from receiving promotions to the department’s Intelligence Division because they’re black. SEE ALSO: Wikipedia Goes Dark For 24 Hours The black officers allege that there is a “secret […]
Former stars of the hit CBS series “Happy Days” Anson Williams, Don Most, Marion Ross and Erin Moran decided to sue the network in Los Angeles earlier this year, but on Wednesday a California judged dismissed their claims that CBS had wrongfully withheld payments for merchandising sales. The cast met their match as Los Angeles […]
A Black man is suing a popular New York nightspot for $500 million in damages, claiming he and his guests were racially discriminated against. Rainbell Owens is suing Flatiron bar and lounge 230 Fifth, claiming owner Steven Greenberg screamed and kicked him and his 15 other Black friends out of the establishment. According to reports, […]
NEW YORK — New York City parents are infuriated with NAACP Brooklyn chapter president Karen Boykin-Towns and her husband, calling them hypocrites for sending their daughter to a New England boarding school, after publicly denouncing charter schools in the city area. Boykin-Town’s husband, Darryl Towns, is the state housing commissioner and former Brooklyn state assemblyman […]
Soul singing legend Patti LaBelle is being sued over an alleged attack involving her security guards and a young man that occurred at Bush Intercontinental airport. The young man is claiming that he was viciously attacked by Labelle’s bodyguards for standing too close to her luggage. Houston’s local news station KTRK’s ABClocalgo.com covers this story […]
NEW YORK—A New York police officer is suing the department, claiming she was punished for rejecting her superior’s sexual advances after he texted her a photo of his penis. Officer Lisette Pedrosa said Lt. Salvatore Marchese began sexually harassing her in February 2010 when the two worked together at the 25th Precinct in East Harlem. […]
Caleb Davis and Whitney Richter were once madly in love. So in love that Davis decided to propose with a $17,000 engagement ring, but after Richter extended the engagement with a move to Texas just seven months after agreeing to marry Davis things took a major turn for the worse. Today, the couple is officially […]
