Supporters of Black Lives Matter interrupted a Hillary Clinton rally in Atlanta Friday, breaking out into chants of “Black lives matter” and also singing the popular anthem by Janelle Monáe and Wondaland, “Hell You Talmbout,” which is dedicated to the movement.  NBC News reports that while the Democratic presidential hopeful was talking about civil rights and…

An elderly international jewelry thief was arrested, but later released on bond, after allegedly lifting a pair of earrings from Saks Fifth Avenue, ABC News reports. Doris Payne, 85, was arrested Oct. 23 at the Saks at the Phipps Plaza Mall in Atlanta before being released on a $2,500 bond. Payne was reportedly caught on…

A black Multnomah County, Ore., sheriff’s deputy is filing a discrimination lawsuit against a local restaurant after, he says, he was made to prepay for his meal even though white customers were not asked to do the same, The Oregonian reports.  Brian Eason has filed a $100,000 discrimination suit against a Vancouver, Wash., Elmer’s Restaurant…

The Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., police officer who fatally shot a stranded motorist earlier this month may not have been qualified for the undercover surveillance assignment that he was supposedly conducting, Yahoo! News reports.  Corey Jones, 31, a church musician and public housing inspector, was waiting for a tow truck after his car broke down…

A Louisiana man finally decided to cash in hundreds of thousands of pennies that he’d been saving for more than half his life, raking in more than $5,000 total, the News-Star reports.  As the report tells it, Otha Anders started more than 45 years ago when he found a penny on the ground and decided…

A call log from Corey Jones’ company cellphone shows that the 31-year-old church musician called roadside assistance just minutes before he was fatally shot by a plainclothes Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., officer Oct. 18, ABC News reports. According to the report, the call began round 3:10 a.m. and lasted just under an hour. ABC did…

One U.S. citizen is trying to claim refugee status in Canada, citing instances of police brutality against black people in his examples argued before Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board in Vancouver, CBC News reports.  According to the report, Kyle Lydell Canty crossed over the American-Canadian border in September, telling border agents that he was there…

An Indiana Vectren Corp. meter reader had to be taken to the hospital after she was allegedly assaulted by a woman while doing her job, the Evansville Courier & Press reports.  WFIE reports that meter reader April Miller-Johnson, 54, was released from the hospital Thursday and was recovering at home after being found by local…

The widow of a Dallas jogger stabbed to death in a random attack earlier this month reportedly took her own life in the wake of her husband’s murder, police say, according to NBC News.  A mere week before taking her own life, Patti Stevens, 54, spoke to the Dallas Morning News about her husband. “Dave…

Former NBA player Glen Rice Jr. was shot during an argument outside an Atlanta restaurant and ended up being charged with possession after police found a bag with a half-pound of marijuana in it, the Huffington Post reports.  Rice, the son of former NBA All-Star Glen Rice Sr., reportedly got into an argument with a…