A black former Michigan State Police officer believes that race is the reason he was demoted after he reportedly left work early, while a white colleague who had two dogs from his K-9 unit die in his care got a second chance, Click on Detroit reports.  The now-retired trooper, who was not identified, is reportedly…

By now we know the Virginia couple whose adorable “bun in the oven” pregnancy announcement welcomed their son 16 weeks early after mom Dana Griffin-Graves’ condition became critical. It turns out, however, that the new mom took a calculated risk, ignoring doctors’ concerns about her own health and safety in order to give her son,…

To President Barack Obama, the Black Lives Matter creed-turned-movement makes sense. Speaking on a panel on criminal justice, held in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday, the president attempted to explain the difference between and relevancy of the BLM mantra versus the counter chants of “All lives matter.” “I think everybody understands all lives matter,”…

A Chicago family is demanding answers after their baby girl was left behind in a locked day care center Monday night, Fox 32 Chicago reports.  The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the incident that unfolded at All Things Are Possible for Kids day care center when Cornelius Jones realized that his…

A Florida musician who was fatally shot by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on a highway exit early Sunday morning was trying to run away and never fired the weapon he had on him, lawyers for the man’s family said on Thursday, Reuters reports.  Corey Jones, 31, who was on his…

A New York teen testified against his sister after a brutal beating that severely injured him and killed his older brother, The Guardian reports.  Christopher Leonard, 17, was hospitalized for several days after authorities say that he and his older brother, 19-year-old Lucas, were beaten by their parents, sister and other church members at the…

A man is in police custody after barricading himself into an Indianapolis home and setting it on fire, ABC 6 reports. The individual, identified as Matthew Russ, 25, allegedly stole his ex-girlfriend’s keys from her home, took her car and crashed it into a pole Monday morning.  Russ’ ex-girlfriend called the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department,…

Police Officer David Taylor was just doing his job, patrolling the International Rice Festival in Crowley, La., when an attendee brought to his attention a young child who had gotten lost in the crowd.  Taylor sprang into action, comforting the crying boy and putting him on his shoulders. “He was extremely upset. … I put…

Vice President Joe Biden will not be running for president for 2016.  In a much anticipated announcement made from the Rose Garden, accompanied by wife Jill Biden and President Barack Obama, Biden announced that the window for him to mount a successful campaign has closed and he will not be pursuing the Democratic nomination.  “As…

The Virginia couple whose baby announcement went viral after the wife surprised her husband after 17 years of trying have welcomed their son into the world 17 weeks early following complications, WRIC reports. Dana Griffin-Graves deliverered her baby boy, named Kaleb Arkell, on Tuesday at 24 weeks and one day. In a Facebook post to…