Billionaire Kraft, others face formal charges in Florida prostitution probe
Florida prosecutors are preparing to file formal charges against more than two dozen men, including Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, for soliciting prostitution at massage parlors, authorities said on Monda…
Singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
Grammy-winning R&B star R. Kelly appeared in a Chicago courtroom on Monday to plead not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted three teenage girls and a woman in alleged incidents dating back to 1998.
U.S. Supreme Court nixes equal pay ruling due to judge’s death
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of a woman’s equal pay claim against a California county because the judge who authored the decision died before it was actually issued.
Singer R. Kelly due back in court Monday on sexual assault charges
Grammy-winning R&B star R. Kelly was due to appear again in a Chicago court on Monday where a judge will likely be assigned to his trial on charges that he sexually assaulted three teenage girls and a woman, a sheriff’s spokesman said.
Oscars not so white? Academy Awards winners see big shift
A black superhero action flick. A film about an indigenous maid in Mexico. A portrayal of a gay, immigrant rock star. Spike Lee’s first Oscar.
Two bodies recovered after Amazon cargo plane crashes into Texas bay
Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that nosedived into a bay outside Houston on Saturday, and a search was ongoing for a third victim, authorities said.
California man who spent 39 years in prison gets $21 million for wrongful conviction
A California man who was wrongfully convicted for killing an ex-girlfriend and her son four decades ago has reached a $21 million settlement with the city of Simi Valley, officials said.
Trading places: Unauthorized immigrant arrested after seeking detained son’s release
The U.S. immigration agents who arrested Armando outside his Ohio home last fall would have had little trouble finding him: He had provided his address and fingerprints weeks earlier in a bid to get his 15-year old son out of government custody.
Alabama newspaper at center of KKK outrage gets black female editor
A small town Alabama newspaper that drew condemnation for an editorial this month calling for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” has named an African-American woman as its new editor and publisher, the paper said in a statement.
U.S.-born scholar of Japanese literature Donald Keene dies at 96
Donald Keene, a scholar of Japanese literature who became the first foreigner to receive the country’s highest cultural award, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Sunday.
