A 13-year-old Kansas City, Mo., boy was allegedly set on fire last Tuesday by two black teenagers who the boy thinks go to East High School, the same school he attended, according to KMBC.com.  The victim’s mother, Melissa Coon, said that her son was walking home from school when he was set upon by two…

New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly is defending his agency’s spying on Muslims, according to the Daily News. The NYPD has come under fire for spying on Muslim establishments like mosques, cafes and stores as well as Muslim college students. Various Muslim civil rights groups have blasted the department’s surveillance program. “For some,…

A brawl between students at a New York City high school and the NYPD was caught on video, according to DNA Info. The video, which was uploaded to WorldStarHipHop, runs for two minutes and shows students at Murry Bergtraum High School getting into a brawl with several NYPD officers. Murray Bergtraum is the most overcrowded…

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh issued an apology Saturday after a media firestorm erupted when he called student Sandra Fluke a “slut” on his radio show, according to the Los Angeles Times. Fluke, a law student at Georgetown University, has advocated in defense of health insurance plans that cover the cost of contraception. Fluke’s position…

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she believes Tea Party favorite Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) should be considered to be on the ballot for vice president in 2012. In an interview with Fox News, Palin talked about the low probability of joining into the Republican mix of candidates for vice president herself. But when the…

Oprah Winfrey has landed an interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter and several other members of the Houston family, according to the Los Angeles Times. Winfrey, who will air the exclusive interview on her OWN network in a special titled “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” will sit down with Whitney’s soon-to-be-19 daughter, Bobbi Kristina, as well as Patricia…

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney urged President Obama to support his individual health care mandate in 2009, according to Talking Points Memo. The individual health care mandate that Romney introduced as governor of Massachusetts is similar to the health care law to which he and Republicans have been opposed since it was enacted by President…

A Wisconsin state senator has proposed a law that would consider single parenthood a form of child abuse, according to the Huffington Post. Glenn Grothman presented the controversial bill at a Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services and Revenue public hearing in Wisconsin last week. Grothman, who is a staunch opponent of the social…

Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh continued his attacks on Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke on his radio show Friday night, according to the Daily News. After Limbaugh called Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” who is “having so much sex” she can’t pay for contraceptives, the law student said that she may consider legal action. President…

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a gay-marriage bill into law on Thursday, according to the Huffington Post. The legislation, which narrowly passed the Legislature last month, is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. “For a free and diverse people, for a people of many faiths, for a people committed to the principle of…