Jimmy McMillan, the New Yorker who grew to fame as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High party, is set to run against current New York Mayor Bill de Blasio next year, the New York Daily News reports. “I’m putting my hat in the race to become the 110th Mayor of NYC early,”…

A Louisiana woman says that a New Orleans Family Dollar cashier refused her service because she is gay. According to the Times-Picayune, Melissa Langford, 34, says she overheard the cashier making derogatory statements about gay people. “My mind was blown. I couldn’t believe the things I was hearing this woman say,” Langford told the newspaper.…

Whoever called 911 to report that Prince was in dire need of medical assistance didn’t seem to know that he was at Paisley Park or the address or the city in which it is located. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, died Thursday at his Paisley Park compound in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen. A transcript…

Amy Inita Joyner-Francis didn’t believe in fighting. She was a quiet teen, who managed her Wilmington, Del., high school’s wrestling team and was focused on her studies. Nik Stryminski remembered an incident when Amy, 16, stopped an argument between himself and another student that was headed toward violence. “She wasn’t worried about herself. She was worried…

Minnesota police are investigating the death of 57-year-old music mastermind Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, who was found unresponsive inside his Paisley Park studios. Police responded to a call at the Chanhassen, Minn., studio around 9:43 a.m. Thursday and found Prince unresponsive inside an elevator, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office. First responders attempted…

A Tennessee mother is outraged after her 15-year-old daughter, who is four months pregnant, was attacked at school and reportedly kicked in the stomach. “I’ve talked to several administrators up here and I’ve told them what happened, and they’re like, ‘Oh, we’ll work it out’ or ‘We’ll get it fixed,’ and nothing has happened,” the…

Baltimore police are investigating the arrest of an 18-year-old who was pulled out of his home in an encounter that was captured on video and posted online. The video posted to social media shows Tionne Jones inside his home Saturday. He and two other occupants are arguing with an officer who has placed his hands…

Updated Wednesday, April 20, 2:10 p.m. EDT: Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Wednesday that charges have been filed against three people directly involved in the Flint water crisis that has led to a number of health problems for Flint residents. Schuette charged Mike Glasgow, 40, the city’s laboratory and water-quality supervisor; Mike Prysby, 53,…

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton moved one step closer to securing the slot as their respective parties’ nominee for president after both won resounding victories in New York’s primary Tuesday night. CNN reports that Tuesday night’s wins for both Trump and Clinton changed the pace of the 2016 campaign, which has seen both…

It’s been a year since Freddie Gray died. On April 12, 2015, Baltimore police dragged the 25-year-old into a police van like a broken tree branch. His legs weren’t working. They trailed behind him like kite tails. Inside the van, he would fall into a coma. He was taken to a trauma center, where he…