Paris Jackson wants $1,165,481.90 in legal fees after successfully challenging $625,000 in bonuses paid to attorneys working for Michael Jackson’s estate. John Branca, the executor Michael personally selected, argues that she should be paid for the work on which she prevailed and the benefit produced for the beneficiaries, not everything she has requested.

Lee now believes that some of these people and institutions worked together against her. Her story raises an important question: What happens when a regular worker’s dispute becomes too complex to handle alone, while the other side knows the system far better?

The biographical film Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, has made over $1 billion worldwide. It is now the highest-grossing biopic and music biopic ever and the biggest film in Lionsgate’s history. The movie opened in late April with $97 million in the U.S. and $217 million worldwide, making it the largest global debut for a musical biopic.

Each Thursday, Williams leads the Prison Poets class, gathering men with different sentences and stories. They meet in a bright gray room with chalk dust and a few empty bookshelves. Across the hall, behind thick glass, the sounds of prison industry continue as men sew uniforms for the same city that once had Williams’ name on its letterhead.

“We have created a magnificent livery for the Libertyliner 250 to celebrate 250 years of American Freedom and the first train in America to operate faster than 250 kilometers per hour,” said Scott R. Spencer, chief operating officer of AmeriStarRail.

According to multiple sources, Taft became fixated on Angela Gayle Meador, a Nashville-based recording artist, after discovering Meador’s tribute song to Johnny Depp during the widely publicized Depp v. Heard trial.

The Hawaii ruling followed findings of what the court described as “a pattern” of frivolous discovery tactics. Taft’s federal lawsuit was dismissed voluntarily after nearly two years of explosive allegations that ultimately never reached the merits.

A lawsuit filed by four members of the Cascio family has generated headlines around the world. But court records, public financial filings, and interviews with people close to the estate and Jackson family reveal a far more complicated story involving bankruptcy proceedings, tax liens, foreclosure litigation, an alleged unpaid $600,000 loan from Jackson himself, and a family that for decades stood among the superstar’s most vocal defenders.

In filings announced by the Stand With Karmelo Coalition, Anthony’s appellate attorneys submitted a verified motion seeking to recuse Judge John Roach from all remaining post-trial matters. They also filed a motion for a new trial that raises constitutional and legal questions they contend should be considered by a different judge.

Nationally, the Urban Institute projects that the legislation will reduce federal SNAP spending by $186 billion over the next decade and affect all 22.3 million families receiving SNAP benefits. Of those, 5.3 million families are expected to lose at least $25 a month, with an average monthly reduction of $146.

The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has become the highest-grossing biographical film in history, surpassing Oppenheimer after earning $977.4 million worldwide.

While Americans broadly view the anniversary as a time for unity, Black respondents were significantly more likely to say the country has yet to fulfill its promise of equality and justice.

A coalition led by the Society of Professional Journalists is urging the Trump administration to abandon a proposal that would allow federal agencies to require employees to sign nondisclosure agreements, warning that the measure could discourage whistleblowers, limit communication with journalists, and reduce public access to information about the workings of government.

“After the opening weekend, seeing the reaction around the world, on social media, and at the box office, we realized this was going to be something very special,” longtime Jackson attorney and estate co-executor John Branca told Black Press Media USA in an exclusive interview.

“What I hate about situations like this is people will tell Black folks, 'Don't overreact.' "That's not what he meant,” Charlamagne said. “But how come the mistakes always got to do with something that removes our rights?” He added, “Nobody ever accidentally says, you know what? I hope everybody gets free health care. I hope everybody gets free reparations.”

The Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in April and 3.8% over the previous 12 months, marking one of the strongest inflation readings in more than a year.

A country that once made it illegal to teach enslaved Black people to read is now arguing over whether Black history itself belongs in classrooms.

When it comes to Michael Jackson, America has buried him, resurrected him, accused him, acquitted him, mocked him, studied him, danced to him, stolen from him, and now once again made him the center of popular culture.

Sounding the alarm in 1998, Camille Cosby warned that the Voting Rights Act, which President Lyndon B. Johnson signed in 1965, was set to expire in 2007. Now, the high court has completed gutted the law.

A Gallup survey conducted April 1–15 found that 31% of Americans identify the high cost of living and inflation as the most important financial problem facing their families, making it the most frequently cited concern by a wide margin.