A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder on Tuesday after a newly surfaced video showed him fatally shooting an unarmed black man in the back as he ran away, The Post Courier reports. The North Charleston officer, 33-year-old Michael T. Slager, maintains he feared for his life during the Saturday traffic stop in […]
Russell Westbrook proved to be the 2015 All-Star Game MVP on the court, but turns out the Oklahoma City Thunder star is a savior outside the arena as well. Westbrook, who received a new car along with his All-Star accolade, decided to surprise a single mother of two whose vehicle was not in very good shape. […]
Members of the Justice League NYC were joined by New York City politicians, civil rights leaders, and activists as they presented plans of action against racial injustices at a press conference Monday for the upcoming #March2Justice. Created under Harry Belafonte’s organization The Gathering of Justice, director Carmen Perez spoke on the march, which will span over five states from April 13 […]
President Barack Obama’s negotiating skills were put to the test Monday as he tried to convince screaming children that, well, “bees are good.” As he read Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are on the South Lawn during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, kids began to scream as bees, not bunnies stole the […]
A Dublin, Georgia administrator says officials have “addressed” concerns over a teacher’s comment to students that “any parent who supports [Obama] is not a Christian,” according to NBC affiliate WMGT. Dublin City Schools Superintendent Chuck Ledbetter told the television news station that “we’re always going to address our issues and learn and move forward and […]
Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of a southern Maryland father and his seven children, according to The New York Times. The father, Rodney Eric Todd, 36, reportedly connected a generator for heat after the family’s electricity was shut off over an outstanding bill at their home in Princess Anne, Maryland, the report […]
Legendary blues musician B.B. King has been hospitalized after suffering from dehydration related to diabetes. King has had Type II diabetes for over two decades. Last year, the 89-year-old had to cancel eight shows due to his illness. Although he remains hospitalized, his daughter Claudette released a statement saying that he is doing “much better.” […]
In a groundbreaking court ruling, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice says a 26-year-old nurse can serve her estranged husband with divorce papers in a Facebook message, the New York Daily News reports. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper writes in a ruling that Ellanora Baidoo, a Brooklyn nurse, may use Facebook to serve divorce papers […]
