Ferguson protesters looking for justice in the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown clashed with St. Louis Rams fans outside the Edward Jones Dome Sunday evening after the Rams upset the visiting Seattle Seahawks. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, protesters were calling for the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson when several fans started chanting…

Earlier this year, a police officer forced a Georgia teen on the ground at gunpoint in his parents’ driveway for a seat belt violation. Last week, attorneys for high school senior Montre Merritt announced a federal lawsuit alleging brutality, wrongful arrest and racial profiling. They are seeking $12.5 million from the city of Waycross and…

Recent attacks in Nigeria after a reported ceasefire and negotiation was reached with Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the abduction of 200 schoolgirls from a northeastern-Nigerian village, have dashed the hopes of some parents who were hoping to see their daughters, who have been missing since April. According to Reuters,…

The Alabama minister who confessed to his congregation that he has AIDS and knew of his status as he slept with married church members on Thursday was temporarily banned by a judge from acting as a pastor, the Associated Press reports. Deacons and trustees of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church earlier this week sought an…

Michael Dunn, the Florida man found guilty earlier this month of first-degree murder in the shooting death of unarmed teen Jordan Davis over loud music, has been sentenced to life without parole, according to NBC News. Dunn, 47, had previously been convicted on three counts of second-degree attempted murder after he shot into a vehicle…

One of Vice President Joe Biden’s sons, Hunter Biden, has been discharged from the Navy after reportedly testing positive for cocaine, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, Biden, 44, joined the Navy Reserves last year and because of his age had to go through a commission that required him to submit to…

A Baltimore City teacher has been placed on administrative leave, and a female student has been charged with assault, after a classroom incident involving a cellphone turned violent and the bulk of it was caught on tape. According to WBAL, the fight began at Carver Vocational High School in West Baltimore on Friday after the…

While the Ebola narrative continues to unfold, the nephew of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with the disease on U.S. soil, has penned a narrative of his own. “He was a man of color with no health insurance and no means to pay for treatment, so within hours he was released,”…

Amara Bangura arrived in Norwich, England, two weeks ago from Sierra Leone. He was excited to be in the city and looked forward to attending college there—except, he claims, he couldn’t find a place to stay because people were worried that he might have Ebola. He shows no signs of the deadly disease and says…

Vonderrit Myers Jr., the St. Louis teen shot and killed during a stop by an off-duty police officer moonlighting as a security guard, had gun residue on his shooting hand, according to police, confirming earlier police statements that the teen was armed during the incident that ended with the officer firing his weapon some 17…