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A group of North Carolina cops allegedly turned racial profiling into a competition ... challenging each other to see who could pull over the most Black drivers.

According to WBTV, officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were caught exchanging racist messages in a group chat ... repeatedly using the n-word while discussing using force and firing guns at Black residents.

And the fallout has been massive ... more than half a dozen officers have reportedly either resigned or been recommended for firing.

Zach Hickerson called 911 after he and his brother Brian found Hayden Panettiere unresponsive in a South Carolina Airbnb ... and 911 audio features dispatchers telling him how to give Hayden CPR.

CBS News obtained the 911 call from Hayden's August 16 drug overdose in Greenville, South Carolina ... and the dispatcher guides Brian through life-saving measures ... going step-by-step.

Zach calls 911 and tells the dispatcher he'd just returned from church to find Hayden unresponsive and not breathing. He says Brian was asleep and woke up, but Hayden never stirred.

The deadly roller coaster accident at Six Flags Over Georgia didn't come as a huge shock to one man, who claims the ride was having safety issues months before the tragedy.

Entrepreneur Nick Specter-Vlacic says he rode the park's Goliath roller coaster a few months ago and remembers major delays while waiting in line ... claiming one of the trains kept getting pulled for testing because the restraints were opening.

Nick isn't convinced the park was caught off guard by Monday's fatal accident.

Chuck Lorre says his gut instinct to not cast Anna Faris in "Mom" was ultimately proven right ... based on how the show turned out.

The famed showrunner reveals in his new memoir, "Sitcom," that he had "initial reluctance" about putting Anna in the show's starring role.

Chuck writes ... "I initially said no. I wasn't sure Anna would be appropriate for this kind of material."

But Chuck says the way he "bungled" his relationship with Charlie Sheen caused him to reconsider, writing ... "Someone's personal life is none of my business. The mom in 'Mom' would be, and should be, Anna Faris."

"Ghost Adventures" star Zak Bagans is giving his Vegas museum a morbid update ... he's now displaying a letter Christa Pike sent to a pen pal from prison ... plus a lock of her hair.

Zak tells TMZ ... he started displaying Christa's hair and correspondence at his Haunted Museum on Sunday ... and they're inside a real jail cell outfitted with actual bars from a decommissioned prison.

He tells us ... "That is the only place that I feel is appropriate to display items like this. Pike did an absolutely brutal crime."

The family of the man killed on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia is warning people not to fall for bogus fundraisers popping up in his name ... declaring they don't need anyone's money.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem's family tells TMZ ... they have not authorized any GoFundMe pages or other crowdfunding efforts following his tragic death Monday ... and any pages claiming to raise money on their behalf are scams.

The family thanked the public for its support, but stressed it has no plans to launch a fundraiser. Hassan's mother may eventually establish a scholarship or fund in his honor ... but that announcement would come through her official representative.

RJ Mitte's sister is spreading the love her brother is receiving online ... resharing loving posts from others on her own social media.

Lacianne Carriere -- RJ's sister -- has posted several messages from people honoring RJ to her own Instagram ... sharing one in which someone called him a "big brother."

Another shows a smiling RJ at dinner with some pals ... with "Rest in Peace" written across it.

Lucian Piane, best known for his work on "RuPaul's Drag Race," had a bizarre run-in with police just hours before his death ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lucian was arrested Sunday after allegedly throwing a water bottle at a hotel manager at an Embassy Suites in Glendale, CA. He allegedly accused the manager of running a prostitution ring before hurling a water bottle at him.

We're told Glendale Police Department responded and arrested Lucian for assault around 6:45 PM.

Diddy is taking some serious hits behind bars ... the mogul suffered a nasty head injury after getting into a prison fight with a notorious Jamaican drug lord ... and TMZ has learned what sparked the showdown.

Check out the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Low Down," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous, and sometimes scandalous.

Kelly Clarkson's feud with a Brooklyn shop over a $15,000 singing bird has taken another turn ... with new surveillance video showing her fateful visit to the store.

Dr. Michael Kotlikoff -- the president of Cornell University -- is personally apologizing to Jane Doe for her experience at the Ivy League school ... and it sounds like he won't resign.

The New York Times sat down with Kotlikoff for a wide-ranging interview, and he said he was "personally sorry" for everything Doe says she experienced when she was enrolled at Cornell.

While he's deeply sorry, the interview also revealed just how in the dark Kotlikoff says he was about the original investigation into her sexual assault claims ... he says he didn't read hundreds of pages of confidential records put together during the Title IX investigation out of respect for students' privacy.

Aaron Paul is mourning the loss of his "Breaking Bad" costar RJ Mitte ... and he says he wishes he had known the late actor was hurting.

Aaron shared a video of RJ talking about the importance of mental health ... he grieved the loss of his friend in the caption.

AP wrote ... "RJ, You have always been an inspiration for so many. I am so sorry you were hurting my friend. I wish we knew."

Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson thinks she'd make a great commander-in-chief ... but he says there's no chance she's running for president -- no matter how insane the world gets.

We got Craig at LAX, and our photog asked him how crazy things would need to get for Michelle to feel like she needs to run for the White House.

Craig says there's no crazy threshold ... it ain't happening no matter what. So fans of the former First Lady shouldn't expect her to ride onto the 2028 debate stage like a knight in shining armor.

"Breaking Bad" star RJ Mitte will be remembered at a public celebration of life ... with the Texas community he helped transform coming together to honor the late actor.

The City of Brownsville announced the gathering will take place Friday at 10 AM at The Mitte: Arts and Cultural Center, where RJ spent years championing local arts and education.

The location is especially meaningful ... RJ served as president of the Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation and helped turn the former Brownsville Museum of Fine Art into a thriving cultural center.

Kelly Clarkson's battle with a Brooklyn curiosity shop over a $15,000 singing bird named Molly may have a new piece of evidence in the mix ... security footage from her visit to the store.

In the video, obtained by Pablo Torre, it captures the day Kelly stopped by the store to inquire about the mechanical bird that's now at the center of a full-blown online feud.

You can see Kelly enter the store and begin picking up various items ... before approaching the $15,000 bird in question, "Molly." She's then seen talking to an employee and pointing to Molly on the wall -- unfortunately the footage has no audio.

A jury hit Tyreek Hill with a mixed verdict in his high-profile civil battery trial in Miami, finding the star wideout liable on two counts of battery against his estranged wife ... and ordering him to pay $500K in damages.

But it wasn't all bad news for the 32-year-old free agent.

The six-person jury found Hill not liable on eight of the 10 counts, which included additional battery claims, assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against ex, Keeta Vaccaro.

She was also denied punitive damages.

The two battery counts Hill was found liable for stemmed from incidents in January 2024 and April 2025, the latter partially captured on a nanny cam.

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