A former NYPD sergeant was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect, causing a fatal crash.

Afrika Bambaataa, the influential rapper and DJ credited with shaping the foundations of hip hop, has died at the age of 67.

The centennial of pianist, NEA Jazz Master, composer, and arranger Randy Weston is a big deal that has already begun.

Long before she became a public figure, Rachel Robinson had been preparing for the work history rarely recorded.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani office released a long-anticipated preliminary racial equity plan and true cost of living measure report.

An Oneida County jury convicted former correction officer Jonah Levi last week for participating in the deadly beating of Messiah Nantwi.

The U.S. Supreme Court is now hearing a case that could redefine one of the most fundamental truths about America: who gets to belong.

Welterweight Joshua Whiteside was seconds away from getting knocked down and possibly knocked out in the first round of his BKFC debut.

The Bahamas and Antigua will vote in the coming weeks, following Barbados, which returned the incumbent labor party.

As the U.S. nears completion of its sixth week of assaults on Iran, Black veterans are grappling with the specter of another war.

New research released Tuesday shows that such financial gains for many Black-led nonprofits were short-lived, if they happened at all.

The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March but a deeper analysis shows troubling disparities for Black Americans.