The death of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk has exposed sharp political and theological rifts, including within Black churches, as clergy debate how faith should respond to a figure celebrated by the right and criticized by others for incendiary rhetoric. Several pastors condemned efforts by conservative politicians to cast Kirk as a champion of Christian values […]
Boston officials have approved a $150,000 settlement for Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson, two Black men wrongly identified in the 1989 killing of Carol Stuart, a pregnant white woman whose husband, Charles Stuart, later emerged as the orchestrator of the crime. Under the agreement, Bennett will receive $100,000 and Swanson $50,000. Their wrongful implication, based […]
Wade Robson and James Safechuck are seeking $400 million in damages from Michael Jackson’s estate, according to court filings that surfaced amid a separate dispute between Paris Jackson and estate executors over mounting legal costs. Robson and Safechuck, who sued the estate in early 2025, had not publicly disclosed a damages figure until the sum […]
A federal judge in California has dismissed a $33 million lawsuit against Janice Smalls Combs, mother of Sean “Diddy” Combs, delivering a legal reprieve for the Combs family ahead of the music mogul’s sentencing. In an order issued Friday, Sept. 19, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson threw out plaintiff Deon “D1” Best’s federal racketeering claims […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorney Erica Wolff responded to the new lawsuit filed by former stylist Deonte Nash, calling him “another opportunist” and asserting the complaint “is riddled with falsehoods” that contradict the court record. “In court, the truth will prevail, as it did in his criminal trial: that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone—adult […]
