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Crime

Chicago is relentless in pinning the "Empire" star.

What appeared to be a run of the mill prostitution sting was greeted by some doubt on social media with posts suggesting that now-former Jackson State President William Bynum Jr. may have been set up.

Nation

A family has questions after a University of North Texas student was killed.

The NYPD was on full alert after several of its officers were shot at by one man in a role reversal of the type of violent treatment that Black people have been receiving from police in America.

William Bynum Jr., who was the president of Jackson State University, an HBCU in Mississippi, has resigned after he and more than a dozen other people were arrested for their roles in a prostitution scandal.

Good News

The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness recently made history by opening Dane County’s first health and wellness center designed for Black women.

Good News

12-year-old entrepreneur Jonah Larson has used his crochet company to drive social impact.

Good News

A documentary about Willie O’Ree, the first Black man to play in the NHL, is coming to ESPN.

Good News

NASA has named a spacecraft after Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. who was the first Black astronaut.

Good News

NBA player Bradley Beal hosted a Howard University tour for 50 high school students.

Good News

Harlem’s Schomburg Center has opened Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis’ archives to the public.

Crime

A Florida firefighter has been jailed, but still has his job, after shooting and unarmed Black man.