A former New Orleans Saints player was shot and killed and his wife was wounded in what police are calling a case of road rage, reports NOLA.com. Defensive end Will Smith was fatally shot in the Lower Garden District of the city around 11:29 p.m. Saturday; his wife, Racquel Smith, was shot twice in the leg…

As a response to significant backlash and possible damage to his wife’s 2016 presidential campaign, former President Bill Clinton said that he regretted his words at a Philadelphia rally Thursday where protesters challenged him on his 1994 crime bill, and he went toe-to-toe with them from the stage. “We see all these rallies interrupted by…

Morris Brown College, which has fallen on some hard times in recent years, seems to be back on the mend with a three-year, $900,000 grant to stem HIV infections among young black adults, reports HBCU Digest. The site reports that this is the second such award for the college in the last two years. The…

A former Vanderbilt football player has been found guilty of raping an unconscious student and faces more than 20 years in prison. Cory Batey, 22, of Nashville, was found guilty of aggravated rape, two counts of attempted aggravated rape, facilitation of aggravated rape and three counts of aggravated sexual battery, according to the New York…

A 17-year-old living in a homeless shelter has been taken into custody in the death of a University of Texas freshman, according to CNN. After police circulated a surveillance video of a suspect, they took Meechaiel Criner into custody Friday evening in the death of 18-year-old Haruka Weiser. Criner was charged with first-degree murder, and bond…

A South Side Chicago pastor remains in his pulpit despite evidence that he behaved inappropriately and may have sexually molested a girl in his office over the course of several years, reports the Daily Beast. The Rev. George Waddles Sr., pastor of the 200-member Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church for the last 29 years, has…

Rep. Alma S. Adams of the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina this week introduced the HBCU Innovation Fund Act, or H.R. 4857, HBCU Buzz reports. The legislation would create the HBCU Innovation Fund, which would make $250 million in competitive grants available to historically black colleges and universities across the country and allow for the…

As March Madness ends, two teams have emerged as victors heading into the 2016 NCAA championship game: Villanova University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On Saturday, both teams played in top form at NRG Stadium in Houston, a 70,000-plus seat venue. Villanova handily destroyed a No. 2-seeded Oklahoma 95-51 in the…

The suit alleges that an officer said to Pontoon, “There is something right here between your legs.” Elijah Pontoon and Lakey Hicks, who have children together, filed the lawsuit last September. It was moved to federal court in November. According to the lawsuit, Pontoon and Hicks say they were illegally stopped by officers for driving…

In what is even more bad news for a beleaguered city (which also had a teachers strike this week), a new report from the Chicago Police Department confirms that murders in the city rose 72 percent, and shootings increased 88 percent, in the first three months of 2016 in comparison with last year. USA Today…