A fourth man has been arrested in connection to the murder of New Jersey middle school teacher Jonelle Melton
A state of emergency has been declared by President Barack Obama, where residents have been drinking toxic water
A NYPD sergeant has been stripped of her gun and badge and charged internally in the July 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner
Rapper Blac Youngsta says he was stopped and detained by police after he withdrew $200,00 from the bank.
The powerball has now been raised to $900 million reaching a record breaking drawing.
In ESSENCE’s first-ever “Black Girl Magic” February 2016 issue, the magazine presents three covers celebrating young black women
Trooper Brian T. Encinia, who arrested Sandra Bland, was indicted on perjury charges.
Scholar and author of the The Isis (Yssis) Papers has died. She was 80.
Chart-topping R&B singer Natalie Cole, who followed her legendary father into the music business has died.
Famed Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon has passed away. He was 83.
