The 17-year-old suspect behind the shooting spree at Chardon High School that left three students dead and two other students injured is scheduled to appear in court today.

A University of Alabama student and recent Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. initiate died Thursday, April 5 during a riverboat party hosted by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Famed actor and comedian Bill Cosby, known his role as the lovable Cliff Huxtable in the television series The Cosbys, recently spoke out on the Trayvon Martin case for the first time. He says Trayvon Martin would still be alive today if it wasn’t for George Zimmerman and his gun.

Florida A&M’s police chief has resigned amid controversy surrounding the Marching 100 member Robert Champion’s death as a result of hazing.

The family of an innocent bystander shot and killed by police last month is suing the city of Chicago.

Boyd was shot by off-duty police officer Dante Servin after he said someone pointed a gun at him. No weapon was recovered at the scene.

Pasadena police chief Philip Sanchez has invited the FBI to conduct an independent review of an unarmed college student’s shooting by police last month.

Former NBA Superstar Shaquille O’Neal sat down with GQ magazine to talk basketball. The conversation soon switched from basketball to black fraternities. O’Neal, a member of Omega Psi Phi, was asked if he could Orlando Magic Center Dwight Howard and Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh in his frat.

Travis Carver and Cherie Reed sat down with The Cleveland Plain Dealer to recount T.J. Lane and the deadly school shooting at Chardon High School.

Senseless killings continue to plague the United States. The Mississippi State University family is currently mourning the tragic shooting death of student John Sanderson in the school’s dormitory. The country is also mourning the death of Trayvon Martin,an unarmed 17-year-old boy shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman as he walked to his father’s fiancé’s house from a local store.

Nicki Minaj released her music video “Stupid H**” a while back. The video is infamous with 42,323,524 views, yet also has 228, 707 likes and 494,458 dislikes.But we noticed something very odd in the video beginning at 48 seconds. A Nicki Minaj Barbie doll flashes across the screen. The doll features Nicki Minaj with enlarged buttocks. We couldn’t help, but liken this to Sarah Baartman, the so-called “Hottentot Venus.”

Is there a genocide occurring in the black community? African Americans represent 12.6 percent of the nation’s population, but account for 50 percent of the murder victims. African American men are incarcerated in prison at alarming numbers. With African American men turning up either dead or incarcerated this leaves the African American family household irreparable.