Allen McQueen of the Bronx, N.Y., was taking his 1-year-old daughter to play in the park when he was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, the New York Post reports. The 21-year-old dad, who was reportedly carrying the child when he was approached, attempted to shield the…

Authorities are trying to identify a man who strolled into a Bristow, Okla., Wal-Mart Saturday morning dressed as an armored-truck driver and walked out $75,000 richer, NBC New York reports. According to the report, Bristow Police Chief Wayne Williams said that his department has received some anonymous tips from northeast Oklahoma pertaining to the identity…

Disney is the most recent major company to distance itself from Bill Cosby following the unsealing of court documents in which the once-beloved TV dad reportedly admitted to buying drugs to give to women for the purpose of sex. According to the Orlando Sentinel, a Walt Disney World spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday evening that the…

A Maryland boy has succumbed to injuries after reportedly being brutally beaten by his mother’s boyfriend for eating a slice of birthday cake without permission, according to the Frederick News-Post. The 9-year-old, from Hagerstown, was beaten to the point of unconsciousness and died over the weekend at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.…

A Brooklyn teen is being dubbed a hero after stopping to help residents in a three-story apartment building escape a deadly early-morning fire in the New York City borough’s Flatbush neighborhood, the New York Post reports. Taliq Thomas, 16, was walking home from a friend’s house around the time of the fire, which reportedly started…

Tuesday’s vote was essentially a vote of formality, a required one that will, one way or another, bring to an end the debate surrounding the Confederate battle flag flying on South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds in Columbia. State senators voted 36-3 on Tuesday to remove the flag from its position on Statehouse grounds and move it…

DaJuawn Wallace was taught to ensure that he was in a safe, well-lit area before pulling over his car for a presumed traffic stop. Now the Detroit native, a student at Saginaw Valley State University, is facing a felony charge of fleeing and eluding for putting that lesson into practice, MLive reports. It was around…

New Orleans police have arrested a suspect in the death of a 20-year-old woman who is confirmed to have been the niece of jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, the Associated Press reports. Will Reed, 20, was arrested during a traffic stop over the weekend and charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Milan Arriola,…

The Silent Sam statue, depicting a Confederate soldier, on the grounds of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been spray-painted with various messages, including “Black Lives Matter,” “KKK” and “murderer,” WRAL reports.  The statue is one of the latest to be defaced in a recent spree targeting Confederate monuments in light of…

Serena Williams once again showed up against big sister Venus Williams at Wimbledon, beating her in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals and extending her career victories over her older sister to 15-11, the Associated Press reports. “It’s hard to feel excited about [beating] someone you root for all the time no matter…