What happened Monday night on a Detroit street during a traffic stop by police is still unclear, but a father has lost his son and he still doesn’t have any answers as to how he died.  Anthony Clark, 24, was pulled over by police for having tinted windows on his Dodge Charger, which is a…

Eleven Atlanta educators, including teachers, testing coordinators and administrators, were found guilty Wednesday of orchestrating one of the country’s biggest cheating scandals, one in which teachers falsified records and student test scores to show massive improvements in learning in order to earn money for their respective schools and themselves. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which…

A Texas man upset with his girlfriend who wanted a cut from a $500 winning scratch-off lottery ticket reportedly shot her and then turned the gun on himself, according to Fort Worth police who spoke with the Star-Telegram Tuesday. “We received information that the suspect had won $500 on a Texas lottery scratch-off ticket and that…

New Jersey State Police and Cumberland County officials have launched an investigation into the death of Phillip White, 32, who, according to witnesses, was beaten and kicked by police after he was cuffed and unconscious on the ground. According to NBC 10, Vineland, N.J., police arrested White around 11 a.m. Tuesday, and he died shortly…

A Texas mother who called police to report her daughter missing has been charged with endangering the child after authorities say she left the 7-year-old “hiding” in a trash bin. It all began Sunday morning when police received a call from 28-year-old Alicia Carroll, who claimed she had left her daughter with a caretaker who…

An African-American couple hired a photo booth and attendant for their 2012 Houston wedding in hopes that guests would take fun photos that would commemorate their special day. The photo captions were supposed to consist of the couple’s first names and the date. Instead, they say, some guests’ photo captions read, “Poor N—ger Party.” “Anybody…

In 2014 Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out against the lengthy sentences that people selling drugs received, and on Tuesday President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of some 22 federal prisoners, some of whom were serving life in prison for drug distribution, backing a shift by the White House to reduce harsh penalties for nonviolent…

Mumia Abu-Jamal, the activist imprisoned for the murder of a police officer, has been rushed to a hospital amid conflicting reports regarding his health. According to friends of Abu-Jamal who emailed The Root, the onetime Black Panther has been sick for months and hasn’t received proper care inside his Pennsylvania prison, causing him to be…

Floridian Anton Kraft, 52, is one of the strongest men in the world. He is 4 feet 4 inches tall and can lift four times his body weight, having bench-pressed over 500 pounds. China Bell, 43, is 6 feet 3 inches tall and a transgender woman. Together, the two are a couple, and have been…

A 35-year-old New York City mother walked into a bathroom inside a midtown-Manhattan burger spot and smothered her 20-month-old son and then refused to let restaurant workers attempt to revive the boy, according to police and witnesses who spoke to the New York Daily News. According to the newspaper, Latisha Fisher used her hand to…