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A comprehensive report released by the U.S. Department of Justice in January 2025 has for the first time officially classified the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a “coordinated, military-style attack” against the Black residents of Greenwood. This determination raises significant questions about legal accountability, the role of law enforcement, and ongoing efforts toward reparations. The…
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Shaurn Thomas went from a wrongly convicted teen serving life in prison to a millionaire walking free. But instead of building a peaceful life, he threw it all away in a stunning twist that has shocked even seasoned followers of true crime. At 16 years old, Thomas was arrested for a 1990 Philadelphia murder he…
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard pivotal arguments this week in a case that could reshape how executive orders are challenged in federal court—and potentially redefine the power of individual federal judges across the country. At the heart of the debate: whether nationwide injunctions—court orders that block a law or policy across the entire U.S.—should be…
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In an educative legal update shared via Instagram, Georgia attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey is urging the public to take notice of a newly enacted federal law that makes it a crime to post or share non-consensual intimate content online — including images and videos generated by artificial intelligence. The law, widely known as the Take…
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A 39-year-old Utah man was fatally shot during a “No Kings” demonstration in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday night, raising serious legal and public safety questions about the role of armed civilians at public protests. Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, described by police as an “innocent bystander,” died at a hospital after being struck by…
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The federal sex crimes trial against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has taken a procedural twist following the dismissal of a seated juror due to what the court deemed a troubling lack of candor. On Monday, June 16, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian formally removed Juror No. 6 from the high-profile case after a series…
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Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, currently serving a 30-year federal prison sentence for racketeering, sex trafficking, and child pornography offenses, is now seeking a presidential pardon from President Donald J. Trump, according to a June 12 statement from his attorney Beau B. Brindley, Esq. Brindley revealed that Kelly’s legal team is in contact with unnamed…
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In a controversial move, the Trump administration has revived a long-dormant 85-year-old immigration law, using it to criminally charge undocumented immigrants for failing to register with the federal government — a requirement that most immigration attorneys say hasn’t been enforced in over seven decades. The Alien Registration Act of 1940, originally passed during World War…
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NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit linked to his endorsement of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to court filings and reports. The case is part of ongoing litigation that has ensnared several celebrity endorsers of the crypto platform, including Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, and…
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Fast-food giant McDonald’s Corporation has reached a confidential settlement in a $10 billion racial discrimination lawsuit brought by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), resolving years of litigation that accused the company of systematically excluding Black-owned media from its core advertising budgets. Filed in May 2021, the federal lawsuit alleged that McDonald’s maintained a discriminatory,…
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