President Barack Obama has picked federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland to fill late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat, NPR reports. Garland, 63, who is currently the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was chosen over two other federal court judges. Speaking from the Rose Garden at the…

Both prosecutors who proved to be incompetent in the high-profile police shooting deaths of unarmed juveniles Laquan McDonald in Illinois and Tamir Rice in Ohio have lost their seats. Chicago State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, who faced heavy scrutiny for her “mishandling of police brutality investigations,” lost to challenger Kim Foxx, the New York Daily News reports.…

Motivational speaker Eric Thomas, who goes by “ET” and has been called the “hip-hop preacher,” is a viral sensation whose YouTube videos all garner around 250,000 views. Thomas’ personal struggles, including the absence of his biological father and having once been homeless, as well as his triumphs of graduating from college after 12 years and pursuing…

Hillary Clinton has emerged as the clear Democratic front-runner, sweeping Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois in Tuesday’s presidential primaries. A big Florida win for Donald Trump strengthened his grip on the Republican nomination and forced Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to end his bid after a devastating home-state loss. Clinton and Trump weren’t the only…

An Iowa City, Iowa, man who reportedly wore a surgical mask so as not to catch black people’s germs has been charged with a hate crime for fighting a man because he is black. According to CBS 2, police responded Sunday to a call about two men fighting. When they arrived, the victim told police…

Michael DeAndre Ford, 22, wanted to die Sunday afternoon, authorities charge. So, officials say, he videotaped a last will and testament and drove with his brothers—Elijah Ford, 18, and Malik Ford, 21—to the Prince George’s County police headquarters in Landover, Md., and opened fire on both the police station and passing cars. Authorities say that…

Albert Jeffries, who goes by Al-J, was only 4 months old when doctors diagnosed him with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that, according to doctors, meant he wasn’t going to make it. “His heart was barely squeezing,” Albert’s mom, Tina Turner, told Fox 8 in December. “That was the beginning of our journey. The doctor said…

Maryland authorities are calling an ambush on a Prince George’s County police station that left one officer dead an unprovoked attack, WTOP reports. According to the news station, the accused gunman opened fire around 4:30 p.m. Sunday on a police station in Landover, Md. Police Officer 1st Class Jacai Colson, 28, returned fire and was…

Chicago police believe that a series of gang-related shootings have led to several injuries as well as the death of one man’s brother and the death of a 9-year-old boy lured from a playground and executed in an alley. Now the father of the slain boy has been arrested after three people were shot in…

John McGraw, the Donald Trump supporter who was caught on video sucker punching a black man during a rally Wednesday in Fayetteville, N.C., was not only unrepentant but also told Inside Edition, “Next time we might have to kill him.” Multiple videos posted to social media show several angles of McGraw’s assault of 26-year-old Rakeem…