A Georgia man whom police say shot and killed a pregnant woman appeared before a judge, who denied him bond on Monday, News4Jax reports.  Clinton Davis Jr., 30, is facing charges including murder and aggravated assault for the shooting death of Shanique Bellamy, 24, and her two children, ages 1 and 3, while they slept…

Two men described as white supremacists have been charged in Virginia with attempting to illegally buy weapons and explosives in a plot to attack synagogues and black churches, the Associated Press reports.  According to the report, Robert C. Doyle and Ronald Beasley Chaney III tried to buy an automatic weapon, explosives and a pistol with…

University of Missouri campus police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect on charges of making a “terrorist threat” to black students on campus via social media, the university announced on Wednesday, USA Today reports. The white suspect, identified as Hunter Park, was arrested at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, where he is a student.…

Black female service members from across the country have decided to share their unique experience in a new book, called Camouflaged Sisters, the Fort Hood Herald reports. With contributions from 14 women who reflect on their lives as either active-duty soldiers or veterans, the book shares the often-overlooked perspectives and voices of black women in the…

A Milwaukee police officer who was fired after he fatally shot a black man diagnosed with schizophrenia will not face federal civil rights charges, the Justice Department announced Tuesday, citing “insufficient evidence.”  Last December, local prosecutors also declined to press charges against former cop Christopher Manney in the shooting death of Dontre Hamilton. Hamilton, who…

A New York family is mourning the death of a little girl who was attacked by a pit bull over the weekend as police decide whether to bring criminal charges against the dog’s owner, the New York Post reports.  “Amiyah Kayla was a phenomenal little girl who has touched many lives with her presence, smiles…

A Connecticut middle school teacher was fired and could face charges after being caught on video violently pulling a chair from underneath a student, sending the child to the floor, WFSB reports.  A criminal investigation was launched against David Pfaff, who taught science at Bailey Middle School in West Haven, after a student shot cellphone…

A judge has granted a motion that allows the Kern County, Calif., district attorney to reconsider whether to push for the death penalty against Lawrence Phillips, a former football star accused of killing his prison cellmate, USA Today reports.  The district attorney’s office was initially looking for a maximum of life in prison without parole…

The gun used to kill a New York City police officer in East Harlem belonged to an ex-South Carolina state trooper who had reported the weapon stolen from his vehicle in 2011, four months after he had gotten it back from another theft, the New York Post reports.  New York City police detectives traveled to…

A Louisiana judge has ordered two officers charged in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy to be held on $1 million bond, a lawyer for the boy’s father told the Associated Press.  Mark Jeansonne, the attorney for Chris Few—who is still hospitalized after being shot in the head—said that police body-camera video shows that…