A Texas woman who says she unintentionally voted illegally was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in prison for violating the terms of her release for a felony conviction. In March, she had been sentenced to five years for the actual voting. The federal judge’s ruling comes after Crystal Mason voted with a provisional ballot in the 2016 election at the urging of her mother. Mason had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2011 after pleading guilty to tax fraud, and at the ti

Colin Kaepernick’s case that the NFL’s owners are colluding against him can move forward. Today arbitrator Stephen Burbank announced his ruling that the case will not be dismissed, as the NFL had requested. “On August 28, 2018, the System Arbitrator denied the NFL’s request that he dismiss Colin Kaepernick’s complaint alleging that his inability to secure a player contract since becoming a free agent in March 2017 has been due to an agreement among team owners and the NFL tha

(CNN) Standing near the spot where her son was gunned down, Michael Brown's mother, Lezley McSpadden, announced she is running for city council in Ferguson, Missouri. "Almost four years ago to this day, I ran down this very street, and my son was covered in a sheet. It broke me, you know. It brought me down to my knees and made me feel crippled, as if I could do nothing else anymore," McSpadden said Friday during a news conference. "I learned to walk again," she said, "and th

While NBA players like Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan publicly raise awareness for mental health concerns, ESPN.com's Jackie MacMullanreported that some team owners want access to the full range of players' medical records: "The union insists that mental health treatment be confidential, but some NBA owners, who in some cases are paying their players hundreds of millions of dollars, want access to the files of their 'investments.' "Confidentiality, says Love, has to be non-nego

A.J. Johnson, a former University of Tennessee linebacker who was found not guilty of aggravated rape charges last month, is getting a chance at an NFL career with the Denver Broncos. “A.J. hasn’t had the opportunity to play football for the last three years while resolving a serious legal matter,” Broncos General Manager John Elway said in a statement released by the team. “We’ve had several conversations with him since he’s been cleared and have become very familiar with hi

(CNN) Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title "the Queen of Soul," has died, a source close to the family said Thursday. She was 76. Franklin died at her home surrounded by family and friends, the source said. Her death comes three days after a source close to Franklin told CNN's Don Lemon that the singer was in hospice care. Franklin had been reported to be in failing health for years and appeared frail in recent ph

Jineea Butler, a Republican congressional candidate for New York’s 13th District, is in the process of trying to create a new hip-hop based political party, and she’s asked LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes to be party leaders. Butler is also the founder of the Hip Hop Union and said both legendary rappers would be able to get younger people excited about the political process. At this time, however, neither LL or Busta have responded. “We’re looking for somebody that can energize t

Mike Evans is staying true to his word to "help a lot of people" after signing an extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier this year. He donated $11,000 to the family of Gregory Hill, who was shot and killed by a St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office deputy in 2014. Hill's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and after a two-week trial in May, a jury ruled in favor of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, saying Hill was 99 percent responsible for his death and the depa

Over the past few years things have changed a bit for Benet. The singer was once married to movie star and Hollywood A-Lister Halle Berry. However, the couple split and ended their marriage after being together for 3 years. Jay-Z famously called out Benet on his "Kill Jay-Z" record from his album "4:44." "You almost went Eric Benét/ Let the baddest girl in the world get away/ I don't even know what else to say/n#gga, never go Eric Benet," rapped Jay-Z. Benet would later respo

Controversial school psychologist Dr. Umar Johnson’s upcoming speaking engagement in the Bahamas(in June) was seemingly his first public event since the beginning of the year, when Pennsylvania challenged him – unsuccessfully, apparently – on the authenticity of his professional credentials. But it would seem all of that was behind the Philadelphia-based Hotep huckster, who was set to deliver the keynote speech in the Bahamas on Saturday “for a special event designed to encou

Google has reinstated the YouTube channel of Houston rapper William James Dennis—better known as Willie D and a founding member of the Geto Boys—after it was possibly taken down by mistake. The channel Willie D Live, which features a mix of social commentary, court footage, and videos of police, was taken down by YouTube on July 26. Dennis said at a news conference Monday that he believes it was his July 2 video titled "Maxine Waters responds to death threats: 'If you shoot a

Randy Moss made a powerful statement at his Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday night in Canton, Ohio, without saying a word. Moss, the legendary Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots wide receiver, donned a tie throughout the evening bearing the names of African American men, women and children who were killed in police shootings or died in custody. "What I wanted to be able to express with my tie is to let these families know that they're not alone," Moss said on

A man has been hailed a hero after he died in Rivers state while rescuing victims of a boat accident. 36-year-old Joe Blankson, a contractor who supplies diesel, single-handedly rescued 13 people when a boat capsized along the Abonnema-Bakana waterways in Degema, Rivers state, on Saturday, July 28, 2018. The boat was conveying 25 passengers from Abonnema wharf to Bakana before the accident happened around Iborama. Fishermen around the area rescued some people while Blankson s

President Donald Trump took a shot at Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James in a tweet Friday night. James was interviewed by CNN's Don Lemon on Monday, after his LeBron James Family Foundation and the Akron (Ohio) Public Schools launched a new elementary school for at-risk children in his hometown. In the interview, James discussed the impact of sports and how it brings people together. He said he felt Trump was "using sports to kinda divide us." "Sports has never been someth

This is the second year Kaepernick’s name has been scrubbed from a track in the NFL video game. The latest version of Madden includes a reference to Colin Kaepernick in a song — only the song was censored to remove his name. The former 49ers quarterback is also no longer featured in the video game, although he was listed as a free agent in Madden 18. “Big Bank,” one of the songs featured on this year’s Madden, includes the line “You boys all cap, I’m more Colin Kaepernick.” H