Multiple people were killed and several dozen injured after an employee at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., opened fire Thursday. According to several news sources, the shooter has been identified as Cedric Ford, 38. Police have not confirmed the suspect’s identity but said that authorities killed the shooter. “There could be as many as three…

A Black Lives Matter activist confronted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a fundraiser in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday. The protester, identified as Ashley Williams by the Huffington Post, paid $500 to attend the function while holding a sign that read, “We have to bring them to heel,” a reference to a speech Clinton made…

Five Brooklyn, N.Y., teens accused of raping an 18-year-old woman last month at gunpoint in a New York park have had the charges against them dismissed after prosecutors say the young woman recanted her story. In addition, prosecutors say, the story the teen boys told police when they were arrested—that the young lady’s father had…

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Carla Hayden to be the new librarian of Congress. If confirmed, she would become the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. According to The Hill, Hayden is the chief executive of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.  “Being the first female and the…

On November 18, 1991, 71-year-old Michael Shaw was assaulted and robbed. He would succumb to his injuries on n April 21, 1992. In 1992, now retired NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella questioned Vanessa Gathers. Gathers told police she had nothing to do with the crime. Five years later, Scarcella questioned Gathers again and coerced her into…

A Delaware police officer who was captured on police dash cam kicking a black man in the face as he bent to the ground has resigned. Police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, who was acquitted in the 2013 assault, has made his resignation effective immediately. Officials describe Webster’s resignation as a “negotiated separation,” the Associated Press…

Tiana Carruthers knew something wasn’t right Saturday evening in Kalamazoo, Mich., when alleged gunman Jason Dalton pulled up outside the Meadows Townhomes apartment complex. She immediately began ushering children, who were outside playing before Dalton approached, to safety. The 25-year-old mother saw Dalton approach 12-year-old Joi Coleman, authorities say. “Have you seen Mazie?” he reportedly…

A 90-year-old Baltimore woman and her 82-year-old brother were injured in a shooting while waiting for a bus around 1 p.m. Monday. “There are not any words to describe how ridiculous this is,” Baltimore Police Director T.J. Smith told WBAL. Police told the news station that the siblings were not the intended targets in the…

Twenty-three-year-old Danielle Jones is fighting for her life after authorities say a roommate she found on Craigslist beat her into a coma only a week after moving into her Miami apartment. According to ABC 10, police arrested Byron Mitchell, 35, who authorities say claimed to be a health-and-fitness business owner when he replied to Jones’ posting…