Nine Duke University students have occupied an administrative building on campus, demanding that three senior university officials resign after an incident in which a parking attendant was reportedly called a “stupid n—ger,” Gawker reports. The alleged incident unfolded Aug. 30, 2014, before a football game against Elon. The executive vice president of the school hit…

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article quoted Tony Hollis and identified him as president of the Mississippi County chapter of the NAACP. Since the story was first reported, WREG has posted an update indicating that “Tony Hollis told WREG he was the president of the Mississippi County Chapter of the NAACP. The chapter…

A man is facing 20 years to life in prison after being accused of stealing $31 worth of candy bars from a New Orleans Dollar General store in December, the New Orleans Advocate reports. On Thursday, 34-year-old Jacobia Grimes appeared in court for an arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the charges.  According to the…

A mom is accusing police in her town of Idaho Falls, Idaho, of assaulting her 12-year-old son after she called them to inform them that the child—who had been reported missing—had been found, KIDK reports.  Amy Olzak’s attorney sent a tort claim to the Idaho Falls Police Department last week, claiming that an officer used…

Two employees at a Lake Villa, Ill., residential treatment center for troubled youths are facing charges in the death of a 16-year-old resident after an altercation Wednesday night, CBS Chicago reports.  The resident, Shaquan Allen, was having behavioral issues at the Allendale Association residential treatment center as employees James Davis and Justin Serak were trying…

The city of Flint has notified the state of Michigan that it may sue over what it is calling the “grossly negligent oversight” that led to the lead contamination of the city’s drinking water, the Detroit Free Press reports.  According to the report, a spokesman for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said that the filing of…

Online dating stats show a clear racial bias in how black men and black women are viewed as romantic partners. In general, those two groups are the lowest rated in terms of attraction, as a 2014 OkCupid study demonstrated.  Concerned about this obvious inequity, Jordan Kunzika, Brian Gerrard and Justin Gerrard created the mobile app Bae: Before Anyone Else…

The children of Flint, Mich., are expected to be exposed to even more lead contamination over the next few months—not because of the city’s drinking water but because of the high levels of lead in the soil that they will inhale during the dry summer months, the Detroit Free Press reports.  Richard Sadler, an assistant…

The Chicago police union has hired the officer charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, the Associated Press reports.  Jason Van Dyke, the report notes, was hired by the Fraternal Order of Police to work as a janitor about three weeks ago.  Dean Angelo, president of the union, told…