The ex-Chicago police detective who shot and killed 22-year-old innocent bystander Rekia Boyd, is seeking to collect disability pay from the city because he says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from the 2012 shooting. Dante Servin, 48, could collect as much as $78,000 or 75 percent of his former $104,000 salary until his police pension kicks in.
LeBron James' coach revealed a doctor said he had the body of a 19-year-old.
Willie Morgan, who hails from Georgia, grows actual cotton in Harlem to teach children in his neighborhood about slavery.
Quietly, over the last few weeks, the New York team of agents and prosecutors in the Eric Garner case have been replaced by civil rights lawyers from Washington, who think that charges should be brought against the officer who placed the late Garner in a chokehold.
Although Perry's latest film, Boo! A Madea Halloween, came in at number one this weekend – soundly beating out Tom Cruise's action sequel, Jack Reacher – Perry says he still has issues getting screens in White neighborhoods.
The United Nations, which made cholera endemic to Haiti after its peacekeeping forces introduced the disease to the country in 2010, now has a plan to pay individual Haitians or communities $400 million from a proposed fund. The organization continues to deny legal responsibility for the outbreak.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu wants to settle several long-standing civil rights claims against the city over several notorious episodes of police violence in the days after Hurricane Katrina 11 years ago.
Money has been raised to replace a memorial sign that marks the place where 14-year-old Emmett Till's mutilated body was discovered in the Tallahatchie River in 1955.
More than 100 gathered on Thursday for an evening vigil outside the Chicago Police Department with renewed calls to terminate all of the officers involved.
The third and final 2016 debate between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton felt the most like a real debate. The candidates gave detailed answers regarding their views on everything from gun control and Roe v. Wade to immigration and defense.
Republican Candidate Donald Trump says he is bringing President Obama’s brother Malik Obama to the third and final debate in Las Vegas tonight.
A New York cop shot and killed a 66-year-old Black woman wielding a bat in the Bronx on Tuesday evening. Police say they will investigate why the officer used lethal force instead of his Taser.