The Minneapolis school board paid for a series of books that it hoped would be part of a new reading curriculum for kids. But many teachers were shocked to find books rife with stereotypes, including a drawing of a black girl called “Lazy Lucy” and Kenyans being described as being able to “run very fast.”…

Patrick Tomkins, 43, was arrested at his Iowa home Sunday after he reportedly approached several African-American girls at a school playground and began calling them racial slurs, asking if they wanted to fight and holding himself. According to the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Tomkins told police that Saturday’s reported incident at Prescott Elementary School took place…

Former tennis superstar James Blake was standing outside his New York hotel Wednesday afternoon waiting for a car to take him to the U.S. Open when, he says, a white undercover cop slammed him to the ground. Blake, 35, once known for his blistering forehand and relentless play, told the New York Daily News that…

An Oregon police chief who was placed on administrative leave amid a racial controversy has resigned. He had reportedly made racist remarks on learning that a black woman threatened to file a discrimination lawsuit. According to KOIN 6, Clatskanie Police Chief Marvin Hoover had been on administrative leave since August after Officer Dustin Alex Stone,…

A Gaffney, S.C., house that may have been used as an illegal day care is under investigation after a photo surfaced on social media showing what appears to be a teen’s big toe inside a 7-month-old’s mouth. According to ABC 13, the photo, which originally appeared on Snapchat, was being passed around social media and…

Carey Gabay, 43, a lawyer advising the administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was clinging to life after a gunman fired several shots into a crowd gathered early Monday morning before the start of the West Indian Day Parade in New York City. According to the New York Daily News, Gabay was shot in the…

A North Carolina teen is being charged as an adult and facing 10 years in prison for having and sharing naked photos of his girlfriend. In case you missed that, Cormega Copening, 17, is being charged as an adult and facing a decade in prison for possessing naked photos of himself and his 16-year-old girlfriend,…

On Monday, Marcus Abrams, 17, had just left his job at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul and was standing on a subway platform with two friends when, he says, Metro Transit Police officers approached him. Abrams, who has autism, told KARE 11 that he was wearing his headphones and couldn’t hear everything that…

Five Rutgers University football players have been arrested and charged in connection with several campus-area home invasions and assaults, according to a statement announced Friday by New Jersey prosecutors. Sophomore defensive back Andre Boggs, 20, has been charged with burglary while armed and conspiracy to commit an armed robbery. According to NJ.com, authorities believe that…

Christian Taylor, 19, who was fatally shot in August by a white Texas rookie police officer at a Dallas-area car dealership, reportedly had traces of synthetic psychedelic drugs and marijuana in his system, a combination that can cause hallucinations, according to the autopsy report, viewed by Reuters. Video of the Aug. 7 incident showed Taylor…