A former police officer in Austin, Texas, has been charged with capital murder and was extradited from Indonesia, the Associated Press reports, according to an unsealed federal affidavit. VonTrey Jamal Clark arrived at an Austin airport Wednesday night and was booked into the Bastrop County Jail on capital-murder charges for the shooting death of his…

When Kanisha Allen and her family traveled to Rollins Lake in Nevada County, Calif., for a little camping trip, they thought it would be a fun, family time. However, the Sacramento, Calif., family ended up becoming victims of what they’re calling a hate crime and are hoping that charges will be pressed against their assailants.…

Melvin Russell, 28, the son of Baltimore Lt. Col. Melvin Russell, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the stabbing death of his roommate, the Baltimore Sun reports. His father heads the department’s Community Collaboration Unit, which has been leading neighborhood outreach efforts, the news site notes. According to the report, the younger Russell is facing…

Last Wednesday was just another day at work for Cpl. Che Atkinson of the Prince George’s County, Md., Police Department. He was sitting at a desk filling out some paperwork when a front-desk officer came up to him saying that there was a homeless woman at the station with her baby. The woman told Atkinson…

At a Wednesday hearing in the case of the slaying of Freddie Gray, the first since six police officers were criminally charged in Gray’s death, protesters showed up outside the Baltimore City Circuit Court to voice their concerns, the Associated Press reports. Sheriff’s deputies patrolled the streets around the courthouse as protesters carried signs reading,…

Editor’s note: This article contains video footage that some may find disturbing. A video obtained by Texas news station KSAT 12 appears to show that a 41-year-old suspect killed by deputies had his hands up before he was fatally shot. Authorities say that Gilbert Flores, who died shortly after the Friday shooting, was resisting arrest…

A Palm Bay, Fla., homeowner was enraged when his lawn serviceman pointed out a hateful slur burned into his front lawn for all to see, WESH 2 reports. It is believed that the vandals used some sort of chemical to burn the 3-foot letters spelling out the word “n—ger” on Courtney Gordon’s front lawn. Gordon…

In the past year, numerous unarmed black men, women and children have lost their lives as a result of police brutality, increasing tensions around the country to volatile levels and exposing a festering wound that has yet to heal. Now PBS NewsHour has launched a yearlong series aimed at tackling diversity, the divisions that have…

President Barack Obama will be taping an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls, a popular outdoor-adventure show, while visiting Alaska, NBCUniversal announced Monday. As the NBC press release notes, Obama will be “the first U.S. president to receive a crash course in survival techniques from Bear Grylls” in the episode, which will air later…

A Utah man says he has been harassed by neighbors because of his race, including having been called racial slurs and other issues since moving into the neighborhood, ABC 4 Utah reports.  It all started when Sam Smith tried to buy a home in his Taylorsville neighborhood about 13 years ago. Smith says he spent the…