Authorities are responding to an “active shooter” situation in San Bernardino, Calif., involving up to three suspects that has left at least 12 people dead and multiple injuries, NBC Los Angeles reports.  The shooting was reported inside a social center—the Inland Regional Center—that serves people with developmental disabilities, the report notes, according to the local…

Four Memphis, Tenn., police officers gave back a little when they surprised an 11-year-old boy with a new Xbox after his old one was stolen from his home.  According to the Memphis Police Department’s Facebook page, the child and his mother, who were not identified, returned home from church Sunday afternoon to find that their…

A majority-black jury will decide the fate of Baltimore City Police Officer William Porter, who was one of the officers indicted in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, on Wednesday, court officials announced that eight black jurors and four white jurors will determine whether Porter—who has been…

A Texas man who was charged in the gruesome death of a toddler who was found severely burned after her siblings put her inside an oven acknowledged that he and the children’s mother left them alone, but only for a short while, KHOU-TV reports. In an interview with the news station, Cornell Malone, 21, admitted…

A Kean University alum has been charged with making false threats against black students at the school last month and is facing one count of creating a false public alarm, the Associated Press reports.  Kayla-Simone McKelvey, a New Jersey resident and self-proclaimed activist, allegedly participated in a Nov. 17 rally concerning racial issues but then…

The lawyer for a white Chicago police officer who has been charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager insinuated on Wednesday that video of the shooting is unreliable, while insisting that his client feared for his life when he shot Laquan McDonald 16 times. Daniel Herbert appeared on CNN and…

A former Indianapolis Public Schools teacher and other former IPS officials are facing a lawsuit filed by a former student whom the teacher admitted to having sexually abused when the student was 16, the Indianapolis Star reports.  According to the report, the lawsuit accuses school officials of knowing about former educator Corey Greenwood’s predatory history…

St. Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey is in critical but stable condition after being shot twice in the head Tuesday night while in Florida with family, CBS reports.  According to the report, Bailey; his two children, ages 5 and 10; and a cousin had gone to pick up another cousin in Miami Gardens when…

A Houston mother and her boyfriend face four counts each of child-endangerment charges following the death of a 19-month-old who was found burned to death inside an oven. The child and her siblings had been left home alone, the New York Post reports.  Racqual Thompson, 25, and Cornell Malone, 21, remain in custody, with their…

Donald Trump’s adviser went on CNN’s New Day to defend his boss’s comments about a Black Lives Matter protester deserving to be roughed up at a recent Trump rally, Mediaite reports.  “The guy’s a professional agitator. Supposedly, rumors are out there on the Internet and social media, the guy has been tased, what, 30 times?…