A Virginia police officer is now under review after using a Taser on a suspect who appeared to be compliant.

Hillary Clinton may now be in more hot water over her email controversy. The Justice Department just received a referral to open a criminal investigation into whether Clinton mishandled government information when she used her private email account as Secretary of the State, NBC reports. Following the New York Times report, the emails under investigation were […]

The investigation into the mysterious death of a Georgia teen found rolled in a gym mat two years ago received new life when federal marshals seized emails from the sheriff’s office this week, CNN reports. Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a Valdosta high school gym in January 2013, a death Lowndes County sheriff’s investigators ruled an […]

The seventh fire in 10 days to break out at a southern Black church may have been caused by lightning, the FBI announced Wednesday. Officials from the FBI have ruled out arson, CNN reports. The blaze at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville was the latest in a handful of fires to occur after […]

UPDATE: Letter sent to Ombudsman Commissioners including #RachelDolezal requesting a response to alleged misconduct. pic.twitter.com/IYqIP5tkuR — Patrick Erickson KHQ (@patrickerickson) June 17, 2015 An investigation completed Wednesday accuses Rachel Dolezal, the embattled ex-leader of the Spokane, Washington NAACP chapter, of acting inappropriately while serving as a volunteer on the Police Ombudsman Commission, according to KREM2. […]

  The mother of Bristol Palin’s boyfriend sent text messages discussing drug transactions less than a month after the young woman’s mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to court documents filed this week.

  The House ethics committee is expanding its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.