Ariel Castro, the Cleveland kidnapper, was found hanging in his Ohio prison cell Tuesday night, according to CNN. He was sentenced in August to life plus 1,000 years for kidnapping and raping three women, as well as murder. Authorities found Castro, 52, hanging in his cell at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, about…

South African President Jacob Zuma’s office said on Sunday that Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since June, according to CNN. The former South African president will continue his recovery at home. “Madiba’s condition remains critical and is at times unstable,” President Jacob Zuma’s office said,…

Updated Sunday, Sept. 1, 6:07 p.m. EDT: Serena Williams defeated Sloane Stephens Sunday at the U.S. Open, “pulling away from the young American for a 6-4, 6-1 win to return to the U.S. Open quarterfinals,” the Associated Press reports. Stephens beat a hobbling Williams in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in January. But in the…

(The Root) — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, in his weekly YouTube address, challenges the Obama administration’s call for military intervention in Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons during the country’s civil war. He states pointedly that the Syrian government has nothing to gain by using chemical weapons against its citizens.…

Professor Cornel West, the radio personality and scholar, on Friday lashed out at organizers of Wednesday’s 50th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington, saying that it offered scant celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. and his accomplishments, according to Mediaite. He said the event merely highlighted “the coronation of the bona fide house Negro of…

MSNBC‘s Al Sharpton Friday slammed Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly for being disingenuous in his apology for incorrectly assuming that members of the Republican Party were not invited to speak at the 50th-anniversary celebration of the March on Washington. O’Reilly really struck a nerve with Sharpton when he said the apology was important because his viewers…

Dunkin’ Donuts executives have issued an apology after releasing an ad to promote the company’s new “charcoal donut” in Thailand, featuring a woman in “blackface” makeup, The Guardian reports. They also suspended the ad campaign, including a planned television spot. The advert, which was used to promote the donut giant’s “charcoal donut”, was called “bizarre…

What a week it’s been for Lamar Odom, the NBA player and TV personality. It started off with rumors that he was addicted to pain medication, CNN reports. On Friday morning, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Police say Odom, who refused all chemical tests, had been driving in a “serpentine…

Rick Wade, a former senior adviser in the Obama administration and deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Commerce Department, is considering a run against GOP South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Warren Bolton writes in The State. If Wade, who now heads a fledgling global-business-development firm, decides to step into the race, it would create…