Tag: TRAGEDY

A violent shooting erupted near the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, leaving 12 people injured, including six children as young as 11 years old. The chaos broke out around 8:00 PM on Saturday near the intersection of Perry and Manatee streets, following an intense physical altercation between multiple individuals.

For Bernice King, the unanswered questions surrounding Nolan Wells' death have a painful familiarity. They take her back 57 years to the death of her uncle and Martin Luther King Jr.'s only brother, the Rev. A.D. King, who was found dead in his swimming pool in July 1969. Both were strong swimmers with bruised foreheads and no water in their lungs.

Alphonso Smith Jr., the former NFL cornerback who became one of Wake Forest's most accomplished defensive players before playing for the Broncos and Lions, has died at age 40.

Carla Jeffery's family is denying reports that drugs played a role in the Disney Channel star's death, pushing back against online rumors as questions remain about what happened.

Martin Luther King Jr. described Birmingham as probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. The city earned the nickname Bombingham after at least 21 bombings targeted Black homes and churches in the eight years leading up to 1963. Yet none resulted in fatalities until September 15, 1963, when a bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls during Youth Day.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez's parents are asking prosecutors to pursue the harshest possible punishment against D4vd if he is convicted in their daughter's killing. The singer, whose legal name is David Burke, has been charged in connection with Celeste's death after her remains were discovered inside a Tesla registered to him at a Hollywood tow yard in September 2025.