[caption id="attachment_3844" align="alignright" width="300"] South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius[/caption] Lawyers for jailed South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in December that prosecutors could appeal...
[caption id="attachment_3841" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chris Brown[/caption] NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — R&B star Chris Brown, notorious for brushes with the law including an assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna, ditched a performance Tuesday in Canada at the 11th hour after he was barred entry. "Unfortunately I will not...
[caption id="attachment_3838" align="alignleft" width="300"] 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed in February of 2012[/caption] WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A Florida man who was acquitted of murder in the racially charged shooting death of an unarmed black teenager will not face federal hate crime charges, US justice...
[caption id="attachment_3817" align="alignright" width="300"] Alaska Cannabis Club CEO Charlo Greene smokes a joint at the medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska. On Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, Alaska will become the third state in the nation to legalize marijuana. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)[/caption] JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska...
[caption id="attachment_3805" align="alignleft" width="300"] D.C.-based lawyer and creator of the viral #OscarsSoWhite hashtag April Reign is one of many critics boycotting the 2015 Academy Awards. (@ReignOfApril / Twitter)[/caption] Of everything published in the run up to this year's Academy Awards ceremony, diversity — or rather, a...