The search for “Sandy” brought us face-to-face with another story that I couldn’t shake.

A simple request from my sister brought two childhood friends back together after decades apart.

Officer Wayne Isaacs was acquitted on murder and manslaughter charges in 2016.

The 23-year-old was shot five times in the back by a former Franklin County sheriff's deputy.

Within 30 minutes, Jada Elizabeth Johnson was shot and killed by a Fayetteville officer.

If convicted, Brian J. Cole Jr. could spend up to 20 years in federal prison.

Experts warn of the growing target of Black women in public office after President Donald Trump’s first administration set the groundwork.

Within 30 minutes, Jada Elizabeth Johnson was shot and killed by a Fayetteville officer.

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Experts warn of the growing target of Black women in public office after President Donald Trump’s first administration set the groundwork.

In the 13 states with clean slate legislation, over 5 million Black adults are eligible to clear their entire records, according to research by the Clean Slate Initiative.

The 84-year-old recovered from two bouts of COVID in 2021 and 2023 while battling a neurodegenerative disorder.

The 84-year-old recovered from two bouts of COVID in 2021 and 2023 while battling a neurodegenerative disorder.

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As the administrator awaits trial, the child’s mother remains in prison until May 2026.

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. denies in a statement to Capital B that there is a federal investigation.

Kofi Modibo Ajabu has served three decades of his 240-year sentence. His family and supporters say that is long enough.

The president's first administration set the groundwork for federal investigations against Black women leaders.

The Last Prisoner Project provides grants to currently and formerly incarcerated individuals strictly with cannabis convictions.

The Trump administration has deployed federal troops into four cities, and there are no signs of a slowdown.

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Nearly 70,000 immigrants from African countries live in the city, making up 5.2% of the population according to 2023 U.S. Census data.

Advocates are challenging compensation rules that leave Black and brown survivors behind.

For the first time in the majority-Black town’s history, residents on Tuesday get to participate directly in the democratic process.

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A judge will submit a written decision in Tyesha Long’s hearing next month.

Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and threat to take over the city’s police comes as crime reaches a 30-year low in the nation’s capital.

State Senate Bill A101 bans using a survivor’s inebriation as a defense in sex crime cases.

Brett Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor’s apartment. None of those bullets caused her death.

She gets to keep the Florida condo at the heart of her mortgage fraud case, but her felony perjury convictions stand.

Officials from the New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s Office said the 18-year-old died by hanging while in police custody.

Parents of an 18-year-old college student, who was fatally shot by an Alabama officer, want police body camera footage to be released.

Gun violence is a public health issue, not just a criminal one. That was the key message from speakers at Health Journalism 2025.

The Trump administration cannot cut off legal status and work permits for thousands of Haitian migrants this fall, a federal judge ruled.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, who turned a career as a music producer into a portfolio of businesses worth a billion dollars, has been found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering but convicted of prost...

His family is expected to have an independent autopsy performed to compare reports.

A judge could order Maxwell Anderson to spend the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced in August.