New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu wants to settle several long-standing civil rights claims against the city over several notorious episodes of police violence in the days after Hurricane Katrina 11 years ago.

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Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced earlier this week after the shooting of six unarmed people -- two of whom died -- on the Danziger Bridge days after Hurricane Katrina, CNN reports.

Mirror mirror on the wall, Prince is the shadiest of them all! Over the weekend, a social media beef, of sorts, developed between Lil’ Mo and Prince.  Here’s what happened, in a nutshell: Apparently, Prince shut down the Essence Music Festival both on-stage and off-stage.  He got rave reviews on his performance but he also […]