Protests erupted and Twitter was ablaze after early reports from St. Louis had an off-duty police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a teenager in south St. Louis Wednesday night. Conflicting reports have emerged since the shooting, but police claim that the teen was armed and fired at least three shots at the officer…

C.J. Spillman, the Dallas Cowboys special-teams player accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the team hotel last month, may have sexually assaulted another woman last year, the New York Daily News reports. According to the Daily News, Spillman, who was a member of the San Francisco 49ers at the time, allegedly “attempted to rape…

A group of Michael Brown protesters who took their rally outside a St. Louis stadium were met by angry Cardinals fans shouting, “Get a job” and “Let’s go, Darren,” in support of the Ferguson, Mo., police officer, Darren Wilson, who killed the unarmed teen, according to the New York Daily News. The racial confrontation was…

On Monday a 4-year-old Delaware girl was reportedly fishing around in her mother’s backpack when she stumbled on what she believed was candy. Police say the little girl took the “candy” to her day care center and began passing it out to other children. Workers at the Hickory Tree Child Care Center noticed some of…

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, currently facing child-abuse charges and banned from the team, is now the subject of a new set of allegations. According to a Minnesota Star-Tribune report released Monday, in 2011 Peterson reportedly participated in an “orgy” at a hotel, and Peterson’s All Day Foundation charity paid for the hotel room. …

A video has gone viral of a couple being arrested for obstruction during a traffic stop in which an Ohio police officer appears to give a series of conflicting stories as to the reason for the stop. On Wednesday, Kathryn Said, 30, of Taylor, Mich., and Andre Stockett, 34, of Huron, Ohio, were driving with…

Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old Oakland, Calif., teen who became the center of a national debate last year regarding end-of-life decision-making after doctors declared her legally dead when her family believed otherwise, is reportedly showing signs of life. According to CBS San Francisco, Jahi’s family is petitioning the courts to have an Alameda County judge declare…

A day after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell held a news conference to address the numerous accusations surrounding domestic violence and NFL players, the New York Daily News is reporting that a “Dallas Cowboys special-teams player was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the team’s hotel in Texas” and was still allowed to play. According…

During a conversation on Twitter Wednesday, someone using the handle @thesusannichols claimed at 9:45 a.m. that the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury that is deciding whether to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown Aug. 9 didn’t have enough evidence to warrant an arrest. “I know someone sitting on the grand jury…

Editor-in-Chief of The Root Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr.’s documentary series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross took home the Emmy for Outstanding Historical Program—Long Form at the 35th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Tuesday night at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. The documentary, which premiered in 2013 on…