Baltimore’s Board of Estimates has approved the $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, who sustained a fatal injury while in police custody, which sparked outrage across the city, NPR reports. According to the report, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who sits on the board, said that the settlement will help the city “avoid continuing…

The body parts that have been recovered from the lagoon in Chicago’s Garfield Park over the Labor Day weekend belong to an African-American child thought to be between 2 and 3 years old, medical examiners announced on Monday, according to CBS Chicago. According to the report, authorities recovered the body parts of a child, including…

The city of Baltimore has agreed to a proposed $6.4 million wrongful death settlement in the case of Freddie Gray, who died in April from an injury sustained while he was in police custody, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, officials could announce the details of the proposed deal as early as Tuesday,…

A South Carolina prosecutor will pursue capital punishment in the case of accused murderer Dylann Roof, WCSC reports.  The state’s 9th Judicial Circuit solicitor, Scarlett Wilson, said on Thursday that the state will seek the death penalty against Roof, who is accused of murdering nine worshippers, including a state senator, in the tragic June massacre…

At a Wednesday hearing in the case of the slaying of Freddie Gray, the first since six police officers were criminally charged in Gray’s death, protesters showed up outside the Baltimore City Circuit Court to voice their concerns, the Associated Press reports. Sheriff’s deputies patrolled the streets around the courthouse as protesters carried signs reading,…

ABC News reports it received a fax from a man claiming to be alleged gunman Bryce Williams, legal name Vester Lee Flanagan II, in the form of a 23-page document titled a “Suicide Note for Friends and Family,” shortly after two reporters were shot and killed. According to ABC, the author wrote that the recent Charleston, S.C.,…

Iconic civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson, who almost died while helping to lead the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., during “Bloody Sunday” in 1965, has passed away at the age of 104, her son, Bruce Boynton, confirmed to the Associated Press. Boynton Robinson was among the many individuals fighting for civil rights who…

Updated Wednesday, Aug. 26, 10:45 a.m. EDT: Authorities have identified the suspected shooter accused of killing two WDBJ7 employees early Wednesday morning, CNN reports.  “We do not know the motive. We do not know who the killer is,” WDBJ7 General Manager Jeff Marks said. “We do know the Franklin County sheriff … they are working…

Blackout for Human Rights, a collective of actors, artists and activists speaking out for justice, will be holding a one-day film festival, the first Blackout Music & Film Festival, in downtown Los Angeles Saturday. The festival, which organizers plan to host annually, will boast special film screenings, art installations, panel discussions and live musical performances…

“I don’t want to die in your cell.” Those were some of the last words Ohio mom Ralkina Jones spoke to Cleveland Heights police officers, a mere 15 hours or so before she was found dead in a jail cell, Cleveland.com reports. Jones, who died July 26, can be seen on body-camera footage talking candidly…