Sabrina M. Dunigan, 34, was charged with five counts of endangering the life or health of a child.
LaSalle County Coroner has revealed Jelani Day’s cause of death — weeks after his body was discovered and identified by officials.
Melvin Van Peebles, the pioneering African-American auteur behind the 1970s films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, has died.
Suzzanne Douglas, a legendary actress who spent decades captivating audiences with iconic roles, has passed away.
Brenda Myers-Powell was pimped out, left for dead, then survived to fight for other girls.
A Black teen at Molines High School in Illinois was captured sitting in a locker room decorated with banana peels.
Evanston, Il will be the first city in the US to distribute reparations to repay Black residents for accumulated losses incurred by racism.
Police in Waukegan, Illinois, shot and killed an unarmed teenage Black man and critically injured his girlfriend on the night of Oct. 20.
Rapper G Herbo is using his fame and money to change his community so that those younger than him don't have the same experiences.
The man who fatally shot Haydia Pendleton while she was hanging out with friends at a park has been sentenced to 84 years in prison.
