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The ever-widening wealth gap between African Americans and whites just got wider.

According to a new study by the Urban Institute’s Opportunity and Ownership Project, white families averaged six times the wealth of black and Hispanic households ($632,000 versus $98,000 and $110,000, respectively)

The income gap, by comparison, is much smaller, according…

Kiera Wilmot, 16, is by all known accounts an excellent student with impeccable behavior. She is also — now — a marked woman who will be tried as an adult for discharging a weapon on school grounds in what was allegedly a bungled science experiment,” reports …

More information has come to light about the three University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth students arrested on Wednesday in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings.

Investigators say the trio took items from suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room in an attempted to cover for him. The items Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev and Robel…

J. Cole is in trouble with Tia Mowry.

There's a line in his song "Cole Summer" when he raps about Tia and her twin sister Tamera, saying, “If I had one wish, I would [sex] Tia and Tamera at the same time/ Putting name tags on their [breast] so I don’t get their names wrong/ Screaming game on." The track appears on his latest mixtape,…

If Rick Ross had better advisors, he might have kept his Reebok endorsement deal.

It took Rozay at least a week to issue a formal apology for the "date rape" lyrics in "U.O.E.N.O.," and that was enough to get him dropped. But the company's CEO, Uli Becker, says it didn't have to go that way. He was quoted at the Footwear News CEO summit today…

Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of Kris Kross was found dead in Atlanta Wednesday evening.  

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Fulton County Medical Examiner Office's said that Kelly was discovered unresponsive at his home. He pronounced dead at shortly after 8 p.m. local time.

The cause of death has not yet been determined,…

Nobody knows. Or at least nobody is talking. And police investigators are no closer to solving Johnson’s death today.

Johnson, a popular high school football player, was found dead on January 11. Johnson’s family deserves answers – and right now. It’s unconscionable that after three months, police have no suspects, have made no arrests, and can’t close this…

The Michael Jackson wrongful death trial began Monday, pitting Katherine Jackson against AEG Live.

Katherine and Michael's three children filed the civil suit in 2010, claiming that the concert company is responsible for the pop star's death, which came two weeks before his This Is It comeback concerts. Their asking for damages estimated in…

The military has demonstrated they're all for equal opportunity punishment. On Monday, the first female soldier to go to Canada in hopes of avoiding the Iraq War was sentenced to 10 months of confinement and given a bad conduct discharge.

Private First Class Kimberly Rivera of Fort Carson's Fourth Brigade Combat Team, Fourth Infantry Division, pleaded…

Chuck D is not happy with Kanye West and Jay-Z. 

Specifically, he believes that The Throne has desensitized people to the N-word, particularly with their song "[N-Word] in Paris." During a performance in France, after a white fan referred to him by the N-word, Chuck tweeted that Hova is a “very, very sharp, smart dude” but but that should…

If ever there was a time to be private, childbirth would be appropriate. Ain’t no body got time for that!

But Tamar Braxton wants to share the experience with her fans and followers via the next season of “Tamar & Vince.” Maybe this episode should be called, “Tamar” because she’s moving forward with the taping of those precious,…

A Garden Grove, California woman did Lorena Bobbitt one better -- or worse. Like Bobbitt, Catherine Kieu cut off her husband's penis, but rather than throw the detached member out of her car window -- where it could be found and reattached -- Kieu put it down the garbage disposal.

For her unthinkable deeds, Kieu was found guilty of torture and…

While most of the sports world has been supportive of Washington Wizard's center Jason Collins' decision to come out of the closet, not everyone is co-signing the historic move.

Among the first to question Collin's declaration was Miami Dolphins receiver Mike Wallace, who tweeted, “All these beautiful women in the world and guys want to mess with…

Double beef patty, special sauce? Not for Rapper Mack 10 ... who axed Big Macs (and pretty much all things cow) from his life ... and lost an incredible…

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A New Jersey mom is accused of convincing friends and even her own son that he had cancer in an effort to collect cash from duped well wishers.

Susan Stillwaggon, 35, was charged by Pennsauken police with theft…

Via My Fox Detroit:

A man lived with the decomposing corpse of a 72-year-old woman for about six months before court officers serving an eviction notice discovered her body moldering on a sofa in a Detroit-area trailer home, police said Friday. Dennis McCauley, 64, was…

According to NBC News:

At least four people were stabbed at an Albuquerque, N.M., church when a man went on a rampage during a Sunday service’s closing hymns, police said. Albuquerque Police Department officials say Lawrence Capener, 24, leaped over pews and lunged at members of the choir just before…

The Kardashian crew is currently in Greece filming for the upcoming season of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” and while Kim K has repeatedly insisted that she’ll be more low-profile in light of her pregnancy, her growing gut full of Yeezy seems to be making that wish virtually…