In the early morning hours of July 11, 1958, sheriff’s deputies stormed into the home of Mildred and Richard Loving in Central Point, Virginia. Their crime? Being married. The Lovings, a Black woman and a white man, had traveled to Washington, D.C. to legally wed but returned to Virginia, where interracial marriage was still a…
In a bold move to retain film and television production within the state, California lawmakers have approved a sweeping $750 million expansion of the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. The newly approved incentives are designed to bolster in-state production, boost local economies, and keep jobs and content creation rooted in Los Angeles and…
In a legally and morally charged decision, the Trump administration deported eight foreign nationals held in Djibouti to South Sudan last Friday evening, despite their lawyers’ warnings that the men face a high risk of torture or death in the war-torn African nation. The move came just hours after U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy…
A New York judge has partially dismissed claims in a civil lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, prompting the embattled mogul’s legal team to declare a win amid his ongoing legal troubles. On July 8, New York State Supreme Court Justice Leslie Stroh ruled in favor of Combs’ motion to limit the scope of the lawsuit…
In the annals of American jurisprudence, few cases have generated the enduring controversy, political intrigue, and constitutional debate as the 1951 espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Convicted of conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, the Rosenbergs became the first—and only—American civilians executed for espionage during peacetime in U.S. history. Decades…
In a stunning on-air admission that has sent shockwaves through the meteorological and legal communities, John Morales, Founder and Lead Certified Consulting Meteorologist at ClimaData and Hurricane Specialist at NBC6, told viewers he can no longer guarantee the accuracy of hurricane season predictions due to federal government budget cuts. Morales, a trusted voice in South…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed House Bill 126 into law, launching a new era in student-athlete compensation that allows direct payments from universities to athletes for the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). The bill, which received overwhelming bipartisan support in both legislative chambers, goes into effect immediately and is being hailed…
What began as a victory for Air Force veteran Sauntore Thomas quickly turned into a harrowing ordeal. After winning a $99,000 racial discrimination settlement from his former employer, Thomas found himself at the center of another racially charged incident—this time, at the very bank where he tried to deposit his checks. In January 2020, Thomas,…
Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain behind bars until October 3, the date now officially set for his sentencing in the federal prostitution case that has rocked the music and entertainment world. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian confirmed the date on Tuesday, July 8, just days after Combs was found guilty on two counts of transporting…