President Barack Obama arrived in Kenya at 8:02 p.m. local time (1:02 p.m. EDT) and kicked off his first presidential visit to his ancestral homeland by having dinner with numerous relatives shortly after his arrival.  The president, dressed in a suit and tie, was seated in the middle of two long tables filled with family…

Federal marshals obtained emails from the Lowndes County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office this week as part of a probe that has been going on for more than two years since the sheriff’s office said there was no foul play in the death of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson, CNN reports. According to the news site, U.S. marshals entered…

It’s been 10 days since Sandra Bland was found dead in her cell at a Waller County, Texas, jail, and still media—social and news alike—are searching for the answer as to what exactly happened to Bland. Throughout the outright demands for answers, suspicions have been incredibly high, given the number of officer-involved shootings and in-custody…

A Waller County, Texas, prosecutor confirmed Thursday that, according to preliminary autopsy results, Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system at the time of her death, which was also ruled a suicide by hanging, consistent with original police statements, CNN reports.  Prosecutor Warren Diepraam told reporters Thursday that Bland did not have any defensive injuries,…

It seems as if Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) thinks that President Barack Obama and fellow presidential contender Donald Trump are two peas in the same pod when it comes to class or a lack thereof. The junior Florida senator took a shot at business mogul Trump during a Fox & Friends appearance,…

A black former police commander has been named the interim police chief in Ferguson, the Missouri city that has had to grapple with stark racial disparities since the shooting death of Michael Brown, a black teenager, at the hands of a white police officer in August 2014. According to USA Today, the new chief, 50-year-old…

Dylann Storm Roof will face federal hate crime charges, NPR reports. The Justice Department intends to indict the 21-year-old on federal charges today. Roof, who is accused of murdering nine people, including state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, in a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., already faces nine murder counts…

A Trump employee has accused co-workers of targeting him with derogatory statements. He filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission racial-discrimination claim back in 2013 in an attempt to address the situation, the Daily Caller reports. He also filed a lawsuit in federal court earlier this year. Bryan Lambert, who is originally from Jamaica, claimed that…

President Barack Obama sat down with Jon Stewart Tuesday for one of the final tapings of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart featuring the iconic comedian at the helm.  With Stewart, Obama talked up several of his most recent accomplishments, including the Iran deal, poking fun at supporters of former Vice President Dick Cheney who…

A father of 13, who was recently engaged, was reportedly shot dead by a campus police officer near the University of Cincinnati on Sunday, the Daily Beast reports. According to the report, the UC officer, Ray Tensing, pulled over 43-year-old Sam Dubose about a mile from the university because he did not have a license…