A Muslim student was asked by her teacher last Monday if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack.

When Chicago community activist Andrew Holmes was sent a video of a child smoking marijuana, he quickly notified police.

A Georgia father was forced to go into full superhero mode after his fiancée’s Kia SUV was carjacked with his 8-year-old in the backseat, ABC News reports. Malcolm Millones was at a gas station in Fulton County when the terrifying incident occurred. After his fiancée went into the gas station to pay, the father says he turned away for a moment, […]

A Chicago family is in mourning after an infant was killed by her grandmother with a power saw on Monday, CNN reports. The child, believed to be between 7 and 9-months-old, was killed by her 52-year-old grandmother on Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. in the city’s Little Village area. Manuela Rodriguez reportedly slit the throat of baby […]

Cross Post Now, Nation

Marquis Govan makes a compelling argument for change in Ferguson. In an interview with CBS “Sunday Morning,” the 11-year-old shared how he thinks his community should move forward in the wake of Michael Brown’s killing at the hands of a Ferguson police officer. When asked by the CBS reporter why there aren’t many people of color on the […]

Crime

Seth Jackson, 29, of Wichita, Kansas has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 10-month-old foster child, a girl the family called Anna. Apparently, after picking Anna up from the babysitter’s, Jackson and his partner entered their home but forgot the little girl in the car. She sat there for approximately two hours […]

Live Well

While infant mortality fell for decades across the U.S., the situation only seems to be getting worse in Detroit. According to a recent report, 15 out of every 1,000 babies born in Detroit die. That’s more than any American city and a rate higher than in China, Mexico and Thailand. Experts say that staggering statistic is propelled […]

NewsOne Now

“Culture Queen” Jessica Smith joined Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” panel to discuss Black History Month and shared how parents can teach their children about their history through easy activities. Smith said one easy way a family can start is to create a family tree. “When you celebrate Black History Year, you start it […]

Danielle Busby (pictured) called 9-1-1, after slitting the throat of her 1-year-old toddler on Monday, reports the Dallas Morning News. SEE ALSO: Study: Chocolate Makes You Leaner Report: Trayvon Once Suspended For ‘Burglary Tool’ Police say that Busby slit her daughter’s throat across the larynx, but she missed cutting the child’s carotid artery, which could […]