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American Idol’s Mandisa is known for her determinedly sunny disposition, but she recently weathered a dark depression. After losing her best friend to cancer, the 40-year-old Christian contemporary singer sequestered herself away, gaining 195 lbs. and even considered suicide. However, today she is in a happy, healthy place — and with the release of her new album, Out of the […]

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Obama says the hacks brought attention to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and issues within the Democratic National Committee.

Shainie Lindsay says her partner Reginald Thomas "didn’t want to die,” instead he called the police on himself, asking for help.

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The Alfred Olango shooting raises more questions about the nation's police. How should they respond to the mentally ill?

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Fourteen-year-old Bresha Meadows took the life of her father in July. She is currently behind bars on charges of aggravated murder. But Bresha’s family is calling her a “hero,” who saved them all from the verbally and physically abusive Jonathan Meadows. Police allege Bresha shot her father as he slept in their Warren, Ohio home, using the same gun with which […]

new report that took into account a two-year period of police-related fatalities revealed that half the individuals killed suffered from some form of disability.

African-Americans accounted for 35 percent of those shot by the city's police, while Latinos accounted for 57 percent killed by them.

After being diagnosed with schizophrenia, Romechia Simms allowed her son to die of hypothermia and dehydration while on a swing set. A judge is allowing Simms to seek medical treatment for her mental illness in lieu of prison.

Romechia Simms, the Maryland mother who was found pushing her dead son on a swing for two days earlier this year, has been charged with…

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According to a new study, the suicide rate amongst African-American children has almost doubled within the last two decades. The research, which was published in…

Chiara de Blasio, the daughter of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York First Lady Chirlaine McCray, has officially commenced her role as advocate…