About Bruce C.T. Wright

Bruce is based in New York City and mainly covers politics, culture, race and criminal justice. He previously worked at the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Boston Globe’s Boston.com, where he was a part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the Boston Marathon bombing and manhunt. Follow him @ BCTW on social media.

A man lent further credence to the allegations that R. Kelly is a child sex predator by testifying he met the singer in a McDonald's when he was a 17-year-old aspiring rapper and was eager to do "anything" to get into the music industry.

FEMA, the federal agency coordinating the government's response to Hurricane Ida, has denied the "rumor" that it is providing hotels for displaced survivors in Louisiana and is instead encouraging them to apply for "possible" help online.

Mercedes Morr, a popular Instagram model with millions of followers, has died from a suspected murder-suicide at her home in suburban Houston. Family and friends have been shutting rumors down about the nature of her death.

The report that Candace Owens had a "sudden illness" that prevented her from attending an event drew attention to the growing number of her fellow anti-vaxxers who are dying from COVID-19 after they downplayed the virus and vaccine.

A new report suggests that Rev. Jesse Jackson's wife is not making as speedy a recovery as her civil rights icon husband following the couple being hospitalized last weekend after they tested positive for COVID-19.

Bodycam video of NBA player Jaxson Hayes getting arrested in front of his home suggests LAPD officers may have employed a similar neck restraint that was used during the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year.

Republican Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar's staunch denial of being a white nationalist was met with doubt on social media, to put it mildly. The receipts were ready and plentiful.

R&B icon Raphael Saadiq was on the defensive after a photo he posted to his Instagram showing him sitting next to accused rapist Marilyn Manson during an event for Kanye West's new "Donda" album went viral for all the wrong reasons. 

Larry Elder, the Black, conservative radio talk show host-turned Republican running for political office in California, finds himself beset by confirmed allegations that he lied about his finances when declaring his candidacy.

Newly selected "Jeopardy!" host Mike Richards is stepping down as host before he even began after backlash from allegations he was a sexual harasser and outrage that actor LeVar Burton was snubbed and not chosen for the job.

After a new report found that 95% of eligible voters in Georgia are registered to vote, people are giving Stacey Abrams a fresh bouquet of flowers for helping to counter the state's "racist" election laws.

Day 2 of testimony during R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn continued with Jerhonda Pace attesting that the disgraced singer with whom she alleged to have a sexual relationship wanted the then-16-year-old to look younger.