Try as Republican leaders might to foreground as many minority party members as they can find, the lack of racial diversity in the GOP is evident, and at least one prominent Republican lawmaker is becoming increasingly concerned.

Rap mogul Chris Lighty, the much-beloved manager of artists like Diddy, 50 Cent, and Mariah Carey, died this morning in New York City from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to police. Lighty, who had founded the Violator record label and management company, was reportedly in the middle of an argument with his estranged wife, Veronica, who filed for divorce last year. Police say Lighty walked out of his Bronx apartment and, moments later, a gunshot was heard. Lighty was found dead with a handgun sitting next to him.

We've heard a lot from the liberal press and so-called "fact checkers" — more like "fact chokers," am I right? — about the supposed "misleading statements" and "hypocrisies" and "outright lies" in Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's big convention speech last night. But why won't the mainstream media report on the many different things Ryan said that were inarguably true? We've put the Gawker Fact Checking Team on the case and collected all seven of Ryan's true statements right here:

The black CNN camerawoman at the center of a racist assault at the Republican National Convention spoke out for the first time today to provide new details about the incident she says wasn't all that surprising.

In the wake of three members of Russian feminist collective Pussy Riot being sentenced to two years in prison for "hooliganism," most of the protests in support of the women have been peaceful. But in a suspicious new killing, that peace may have come to a halt.

A series of limited-edition Andy Warhol-inspired Campbell's Soup cans will go on sale at Target this Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Warhol's iconic 32 Campbell's Soup Cans.

Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan addressed the RNC tonight. There wasn't any lipstick on his teeth, but he did possibly bend the truth a little.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at the RNC tonight.

Governor Perry, is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Ryan Gosling has been given the green light to turn a screenplay he wrote into a major motion picture, and he's tapped Christina Hendricks to star in it.

Hollywood's world-famous Chateau Marmont has played second home to a host of notably rowdy celebrity guests since it opened to the deep-pocketed public in 1927, but leave it to Lindsay Lohan to be the first among them to get the boot.

Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger, a gay couple from Virginia, are suing United/Continental Airlines for "intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and negligence" after airline employees allegedly removed a dildo from their luggage, covered it in "greasy foul-smelling" lubricant, taped it to the top of the bag, and then sent it around the baggage carousel for all to see.

A Montana man was struck and killed while attempting to convince passing motorists on Highway 93 that he was Bigfoot.

Prince Harry, to whose hand-covered dong and star-covered buttcrack nearly the entire world attempted to masturbate last week, isn't out of the "documented naked pool-playing in Vegas" woods yet. According to Radar, there is video:

Long before the appalling national conversation about her hair, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas faced racism and bullying from her fellow gymnasts in Virginia.

116-year-old Besse Cooper celebrated another birthday as the world's oldest living person today.

Meet Tom Smith, the Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania. Smith has never had to deal with a situation as difficult as his daughter being impregnated by a rapist. But he's had to deal with, in his words, "something similar": his daughter becoming pregnant after consensual sex with a man to whom she wasn't married.

Inspired by a similar protest in Liberia nearly a decade ago, an opposition coalition of civil rights groups in Togo has issued a call for a week-long sex strike aimed at pushing out the country's president, whose family has ruled the tiny West African nation for nearly fifty years.

According to this four-paragraph Associated Press story that raises more questions than it answers, four soldiers based in Georgia hatched an "anarchist" plot to assassinate Barack Obama and take control of Fort Stewart, and then allegedly killed a fellow soldier to keep their plans secret.

Former pizza slinger and (allegedly) prolific sexual harasser Herman Cain spoke at an event in Tampa tonight. The New York Times described the event as an "an alternate unity rally in a church made up mostly of Tea Party supporters," which sounds both fascinating and horrific. Cain's speech to the "several hundred" - how far you've fallen, Herman – people in attendance was about what you'd expect. The highlights: