• North Carolina Republican denies calling himself Black Nazi, vows to stay in governor's race

    (Reuters) -North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor promised to stay in the race on Thursday after CNN reported that he once called himself a "black NAZI!" and proposed bringing back slavery in comments posted on a pornography website. Mark Robinson, an African American who denied making the comments, is North Carolina's lieutenant governor and running for governor in the Nov. 5 election against Democratic candidate Josh Stein, the state's attorney general. North Carolina's gubernatorial campaign has implications for the presidential contest.

  • Florence Pugh Opens Up About Wanting To 'Protect' Zach Braff From Online Abuse

    The "Black Widow" actor had a lot to say about the scrutiny she and Braff, who is 21 years her senior, have endured over the course of their past relationship.

  • Social Media Reacts To CNN's Exposé On NC Republican Mark Robinson

    The GOP gubernatorial candidate allegedly called himself a "black NAZI" and said he liked transgender porn years ago, despite his recent anti-trans rhetoric.

  • U.S. launches civil rights probe into Mississippi sheriff's office that employed 'Goon Squad'

    The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi after several of its former officers known as the "Goon Squad" were prosecuted for torturing and sexually abusing two Black men. Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division, said the investigation will examine whether the Rankin County Sheriff's Department uses excessive force, routinely makes unlawful stops or searches, and whether it engages in racially discriminatory policing practices.

  • Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

    The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in the mouth, officials said Thursday. The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force and unlawful stops, searches and arrests, and whether it has used racially discriminatory policing practices, according to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke.

  • NAACP to spend $20 million mobilizing Black voters this fall

    The NAACP plans to spend $20 million encouraging Black Americans, a critical voting bloc in the presidential race, to turn out to vote across 12 states.