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  • 2 Pa. Police Officers Shot; Search Underway for Suspect

    A search is underway for a suspect who shot two police officers in Pennsylvania early Thursday morning, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the shooting occurred at 4 a.m. Thursday in Canonsburg, 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. The conditions of the injured officers was not known; nor had their names been released. One…

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  • Thousands of Calif. High School Students Stage Walkout in Protest of Trump Presidency 

    California isn’t done denouncing Donald Trump’s win yet, with high school students across the state—some of whom probably were not eligible to vote in Tuesday’s presidential election—still insistent on having their voices heard, CBS San Francisco reports. According to the report, students at Berkeley, Bishop O’Dowd and Oakland Tech high schools all staged walkouts just…

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  • ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Joe Arpaio Loses Bid for 7th Term

    “America’s Toughest Sheriff” is no more. Arizona has voted Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of office, dismissing his bid for a seventh term following several legal problems involving racial profiling. Most recently, just a few weeks before the election, Arpaio was officially charged with criminal contempt of court for ignoring a judge’s order…

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  • Trial of Dylann Roof, Accused SC Church Shooter, Delayed Over Competency Issue 

    On Tuesday a federal judge said that he has ordered an evaluation into whether accused mass killer Dylann Roof was competent to stand trial for the shooting deaths of nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., last year, Reuters reports. According to the newswire, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel also postponed jury…

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  • Protests Erupt Across Calif. Following Donald Trump's Presidential Projection 

    Californians took to the streets early Wednesday morning after Donald Trump was projected to be the president-elect of the United States, ABC News reports. According to the report, although protesters gathered elsewhere in the nation, including in Washington, D.C., the West Coast seemed to have the most activity because of the late hour at which…

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  • Father of Slain Dallas Police Officer Is Suing Black Lives Matter for Inciting ‘War on Police’

    The father of one of the Dallas police officers who were killed back in July is reportedly suing Black Lives Matter and other groups, claiming that organizers incited a “war on police” that resulted in his son’s death, the Star-Telegram reports. According to the report, Enrique Zamarripa filed a 43-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court…

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  • 107-Year-Old Daughter of a Slave Ready to Cast Her Vote Once More 

    Donella Wilson, at 107 years old, has never missed a local or national election since she cast her first vote in the 1940s. And Wilson, who was born in South Carolina to parents who were former slaves, says she is ready to cast her vote one more time and perhaps make history once again. “I…

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  • Ga. Mom Faces Charges After Allegedly Forcing Son to Walk Naked in School Parking Lot 

    A Georgia mother is facing charges of child cruelty after police say she forced her 11-year-old son to walk naked through his elementary school parking lot Halloween morning as punishment, Fox 5 Atlanta reports. According to the report, Joyce Sweetheart Cole told her son that she would embarrass him in front of people if he…

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  • Ga. Brothers Plead Guilty to Parents' Brutal Attack, Get Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

    Two Georgia brothers pleaded guilty to a brutal attack on their parents late Monday afternoon, expressing remorse for their actions even as they were sentenced to 20 years in prison, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Christopher Ervin, the older brother, told the court and everyone in it that he had been in a bad place at…

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  • Jury Selection Postponed in Trial of Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof 

    Jury selection in the trial of accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof was postposed by a federal judge Monday, USA Today reports. According to the report, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel needed to privately hear a motion filed by Roof’s attorneys earlier that morning. The move came just moments after Roof entered the courtroom.…

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