The elderly Washington, D.C., woman who went viral after being captured on video in February dancing gleefully with the Obamas is unable to get a government-issued photo ID, the Washington Post reports.  “I don’t think I’ll ever get that face card,” McLaurin told Milloy. “I was birthed by a midwife and the birthday put in…

First lady Michelle Obama will be celebrating her third annual College Signing Day at New York City’s Harlem Armory on Tuesday, with more than 4,000 high school students from across New York in attendance, according to the Whitehouse. As part of the first lady’s Reach Higher initiative, College Signing Day is another step in encouraging…

The slaughter of eight family members in Ohio is being called a “preplanned execution” as authorities look for leads in the horrific crime that has rocked the community, the Associated Press reports.  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in a news conference Sunday that the killing of seven adults and one teenage boy that took…

Lizette Parker, who was elected mayor of Teaneck, N.J., in 2014, making her the first African-American woman to become mayor in New Jersey’s Bergen County, died Sunday at the age of 44, the New York Post reports.  According to the report, Parker was hospitalized for respiratory issues and passed away at the Holy Name Medical…

The city of Cleveland will pay out $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice to settle the federal lawsuit that was filed over the 12-year-old’s 2014 shooting death at the hands of police, Cleveland.com reports.  The money of the settlement will come out in two payments, with the city paying $3 million this year…

A North Carolina mother is demanding a closer look at “zero tolerance” policies, especially with self-defense on the line, after her 12-year-old was suspended from school for pushing away a bully who was hitting him repeatedly in the head, Fox 46 reports.  Jaden Malone said no teachers were around when he was attacked in the…

A Clemson University student is accused of posting intimidating and harassing comments about student protests over diversity issues on the South Carolina school’s campus, WSPA reports.  Jamie Reece Moore, 21, was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a telephone after posting several threatening messages on the social media app Yik Yak regarding the ongoing…

A woman who was at the center of a leading Flint, Mich., contaminated-water lawsuit was one of two women who were found shot to death inside a townhouse in the city earlier this week, MLive reports.  Sasha Avonna Bell, the site notes, who says that her child was poisoned by lead in the water, was…

Dashcam footage released shows that sheriff’s deputies did not try to save three Florida teenagers who were drowning after driving into a cemetery pond in a stolen car last month, Raw Story reports.  Dominique Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died March 31 after a car chase with officers. The Pinellas County…

Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer had a happy reunion with her former middle school classmate Arthur Booth as Booth walked free after serving a brief jail sentence, the New York Daily News reports.  According to the report, last summer it was Glazer who recognized Booth after he appeared before her in bond court on burglary charges. …