A Memphis, Tenn., man was arrested Sunday morning after bringing multiple weapons into Bellevue Baptist Church during the Easter Sunday service, Fox 13 reports.  The Memphis Police Department said that 31-year-old Marcus Donald brought “a loaded 40-caliber Beretta in the pocket of his pants and a 300 Blackout assault rifle in a backpack” to the…

Police are searching for the person who gunned down a 15-year-old boy while he was waiting for a train at the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast Washington, D.C., on Saturday, NBC Washington reports.  According to the report, authorities were called to the station around 4:15 p.m. after shots rang out. The boy, identified as Davonte…

The JetBlue flight attendant and former sprinter who reportedly outran cops after she was caught with almost 70 pounds of cocaine at Los Angeles International Airport appeared in federal court in New York City on Thursday, Reuters reports.  Marsha Reynolds, 31, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. A U.S. magistrate judge…

The NoVo Foundation, which supports initiatives that focus on girls and women, announced Wednesday that it will be making a seven-year, $90 million commitment in order to combat the systemic and institutional inequalities that young women and girls of color face in the United States.  The foundation, which was created by Warren Buffett’s son Peter…

A former University of Mississippi student pleaded guilty Thursday to hanging a noose around the historic statue of the school’s first black student, the Associated Press reports.  According to the report, a federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield waived indictment and pleaded guilty to an unspecified criminal charge. Edenfield was supposed to plead…

At least 22 worshippers were killed in a mosque attack on the outskirts of the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Al-Jazeera reports. According to the report, one female suicide bomber blew herself up inside the mosque March 16, while a second female bomber detonated her equipment as survivors tried to run away from the carnage.  Abdul…

A young Chicago man is facing charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm after accidentally shooting a 14-year-old girl in her home, ABC 7 Chicago reports.  The 17-year-old reportedly turned himself in Wednesday after community activist Andrew Holmes spoke to the young man’s grandmother and convinced him to go to the police.  “I let him…

Two Northern California high school girls have been arrested and charged with felony vandalism and committing a hate crime after reportedly vandalizing a car that belonged to a coach at Yosemite High School, the Sierra Star reports.  “Initial media coverage of the incident may have scared the suspects into contacting the victim to try and…

A Morehouse senior prepping for his own graduation is also a 2016 international Rhodes Scholar, adding yet another amazing achievement to his inspiring story. Prince Abudu is no ordinary Morehouse student, having grown up on a small farm in Chegutu, Zimbabwe, where his mother did everything to help her academically gifted son get ahead, including…

Nine correctional officers at Rikers Island were set to go on trial Wednesday for the horrific beating of an inmate and the cover-up that followed at the controversy-plagued jail complex in New York City, Reuters reports.  Prosecutors have accused 10 guards in the July 2012 attack that left Jahmal Lightfoot with two fractured eye sockets…