A Tennessee missionary was killed over the weekend in Haiti when her car was intentionally blocked and gunmen opened fire, officials from the Estes Church of Christ and eyewitnesses claim, the Jackson Sun reports. Roberta Edwards, who was the administrator at Sonlight Ministries Children’s Home in Port-au-Prince, cared for 20 orphaned or unwanted children in…

A Texas parent is furious and says he intends to press charges of excessive force against a Round Rock, Texas, police school resource officer after watching video showing the officer slamming his 14-year-old son to the floor by his throat, KXAN reports.  “The police officer that was actually in this particular situation, he should have…

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a 29-year-old man who died while in police custody in a downtown Jackson jail, WAPT reports.  “We have had an incident occur here at the Jackson Jail, and we want to be as transparent as we can about it,” Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance…

A North Charleston, S.C., Waffle House customer will not be charged after fatally shooting a would-be robber over the weekend, police said, according to the New York Daily News.  “No one was hurt, which is the best part,” Waffle House Division Manager Brandon Rogers told the Post and Courier. “No one was injured—besides the suspect.” The…

A Memphis, Tenn., police officer was fatally shot multiple times Sunday, making him the second officer on the force to be shot dead in a little over two months, the Associated Press reports.  Officer Terence Olridge, 31, was taken to the hospital after being discovered in a home in the suburb of Cordova but later…

We’ve all been there. We’re in a foreign place and something goes wrong with our car, and we’re stuck searching for a way to fix it before any further issue can arise—without being half extorted for our money for an emergency repair. Well, now there’s an app for that. GreaseMonkey Mobile LLC is the brainchild of Stephan…

A California man was arraigned earlier this week on charges of murder and desecration of human remains after allegedly detailing to investigators how he killed his mother and how “good” he felt after the brutal slaying, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  Omar Mark Pettigen of Fremont was arraigned Tuesday at the Fremont Hall of Justice.…

A Catskill, N.Y., mom is furious after her crying fifth-grader detailed how a support-staff employee at Catskill Elementary School told the child and her black friends that they shouldn’t be sitting together because they looked like a black “gang in the hood,” the Catskill Daily Mail reports.  The employee who allegedly made the remarks has…

It’s never too early in October (or in the year, period), for a solid dose of blackface, apparently. According to the Los Angeles Times, a “Kanye Western”-themed frat party at UCLA is prompting student protests after some partygoers showed up wearing blackface—because of course they would. Cute theme name, not-so-cute theme attire.  The party, hosted…