Darien Long, the Atlanta mall cop who drew international praise for his YouTube videos which showed him tasering unruly patrons, was pink-slipped and arrested for battery this week, MyFoxAtlanta reports. RELATED: Mall Cop Tazes Mom In Front Of Her Children Long was cuffed Thursday after he allegedly tackled a Metro Mall patron. Long claimed that […]

An NYPD officer gave a powerful assist to a class-action lawsuit against stop and frisk Thursday, according to a New York Daily News article. RELATED: NYPD Cop: I’m Labeled A Rat Because I Spoke Out Against ‘Stop And Frisk’ Officer Pedro Serrano (pictured), who also testified in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday, secretly recorded deputy inspector […]

First Lady Michelle Obama has been given the distinctive honor of topping the best-dressed list of U.K.’s posh Sunday Times Style Magazine, reports NBC News. SEE ALSO: ‘Kid President’ Reveals NCAA Tournament Bracket The magazine celebrated the very prestigious distinction by creating a cover with the First Lady on a first-class stamp. In the picture, […]

Chinua Achebe (pictured) — perhaps the most-influential voice in the history of African literature — died after a short illness, robbing the world of a literary elder who brought the trials and tribulations of Nigeria to the world’s consciousness for the last half century. Tributes for the 82-year-old Achebe, a scholar, poet, and social critic, […]

Just over a week ago, the hip-hop musical phenom, Lil Wayne (pictured), was reportedly lying in an intensive care hospital bed for six days at Los Angeles’ Cedars Sinai Medical Center suffering from seizures. Now the rapper has reportedly sent TMZ a video, where he is seen appearing like the perfect picture of health. RELATED: […]

President Barack Obama has used the second term of his presidency to make a series of moves that have figured prominently in defining the African-American experience. After honoring Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks with a statue inside the U.S. Capitol building last month, President Obama will announce the designation of five monuments, two of which […]

Ex-NBA superstar Michael Jordan (pictured) might be all lovey-dovey with his fiance but he reportedly isn’t that blinded by love to not protect his $650-million fortune! Jordan reportedly had his legal eagles draw up a pre-nup, and according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, his fiancée, Yvette Prieto (pictured), signed on the dotted line. SEE ALSO: Star […]