A task force established by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel after an outcry over police shootings has found that the Chicago Police Department has a history of using excessive force against minorities, perpetuates a code of silence and has “no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color,” according to a…

The artwork of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who burst onto the art scene in the early 1980s and died of a drug overdose in 1988 at age 27, has commanded a hefty price tag since his death. Christie’s auction house will offer Basquiat’s Untitled, 1982 as part of its postwar- and contemporary-art sale May…

Updated Monday, April 11, 1 p.m. EDT: Baton Rouge police have arrested Earnest Felton, 22, in connection with a shooting that left two Southern University students dead and injured a man Sunday morning. Felton has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon. Felton’s bond has been set at $90,000 according…

Video of a Beaumont, Texas, high school teacher repeatedly slapping a student and calling him an “idiot ass” went viral and has led to the woman’s arrest, authorities say. According to NBC News, a nine-second video posted on Twitter appears to show Ozen High School teacher Mary Hastings hitting a student some five times while…

Gallatin, Tenn., police released graphic body-cam footage that shows an officer fatally shooting a woman who police claim had already attacked a Sumner County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputy with an ax. According to a preliminary investigation, Laronda Sweatt, 40, allegedly attacked Sumner County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Gary Pickard after he and several members of the local…

For most of Al Sanders’ life, he collected comic books, and over time, that collection amassed into some 5,000 rare and vintage editions that span the superhero spectrum from Iron Man and X-Men to Batman and Luke Cage, Hero for Hire. “I’ve got them all in 10 boxes, and the boxes in theory hold 500…

Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha has filed a $50 million suit against the city of New York and five New York City police officers claiming charges of false arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment during a 2015 incident in which he suffered a broken leg. According to ESPN, Sefolosha and Hawks teammate Pero Antic…

Six-year-old Madison Pruitt is battling a rare muscular cancer, but that hasn’t stopped her from dreaming. For as long as she can remember, she has wanted to be a Chicago police officer. On Wednesday, she was all set to make a visit to police in the city’s 6th District, but Madison wasn’t feeling well enough…

An Ohio judge has found that there is probable cause to prosecute the 911 caller who claimed that John Crawford III was pointing a gun at people inside a Wal-Mart store in August 2014. Ronald Ritchie “created the incident that resulted in the death of not only John Crawford but another shopper by the name…

Witnesses beat a Texas youth pastor whom they allegedly caught sexually assaulting a 6-year-old he’d reportedly lured behind an apartment building. Police arrested Willie Lee Bell Jr., 29, a children’s minister at First United Methodist Church in Cedar Hill, on Thursday, Fox 4 News reports. According to the news station, Bell’s recent arrest was not…