The second-degree-murder and manslaughter trial of Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man who shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Renisha McBride, has gone to the jurors, but not before the prosecution claimed that Wafer was the one who initiated the confrontation.   According to the Associated Press, a prosecutor used closing arguments Wednesday to emphasize that Wafer was…

A fake New York City Police Department ID card showing the Rev. Al Sharpton as the police commissioner has been passed around social media and, reportedly, even among NYPD cops, according to the New York Daily News. According to the Daily News, some cops have been upset by what has been perceived as Sharpton’s influence…

Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old woman, told jurors Monday that he “wasn’t going to cower” after hearing loud banging at his front door. During the seventh day of the trial for Wafer, who faces second-degree-murder charges for the killing of Renisha McBride, jurors heard testimony about the…

A graphic video of a New York City bodega shooting has made its way across the Web, showing what is now being reported as a rap-video filming turned bad. According to the New York Daily News, the shooting occurred Saturday around 1:15 a.m. after two men, whom witnesses described as friends, began arguing during a…

A California segment of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s tour took a bit(e) of a turn after a fan who had inappropriately touched a woman bit off part of her boyfriend’s finger after he came to her aid, police told the Pasadena Star-News. According to the Star-News, Roberto Alcaraz-Garnica of San Diego allegedly groped a woman…

President Barack Obama turned 53 on Monday, and the Associated Press notes that POTUS spent his birthday weekend playing golf with his childhood friends and then hit his Maryland hideaway, Camp David, for a little rest and relaxation. On Saturday Obama hit the greens at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a game of…

Houston police say that a group of men in a truck who smashed into a beauty store and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of expensive weaves and wigs may have also done the same type of smash-and-grab at a cellphone store later the same morning. Authorities told Click 2 Houston that the high-priced hair heist…

Dr. Kent Brantly, a doctor who contracted Ebola in Liberia during a Christian mission before being flown back to the U.S. this past week for treatment, appears to be “improving,” according to Dr. Thomas Frieden, who appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday. “It’s encouraging that he seems to be improving,” Frieden, director of…

Turns out that Stephen A. Smith’s apology for comments made about domestic violence and how women needed to make sure they don’t “provoke” an attack was not enough to prevent ESPN from handing out its own discipline. Late Tuesday evening, it was announced that the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” would be suspending Smith for a…

An Atlanta man says that tensions got so high between him and a white UPS driver that the driver fashioned a noose out of packing material and handed it to him during an office delivery. According to WSB-TV, David Mitchell said that during a routine workday, which included receiving packages as they come into the…