New York City has reached a settlement with a man who was falsely convicted and imprisoned for almost 25 years in connection with a Brooklyn murder that took place while he was vacationing in Orlando, Fla., the Associated Press reports.  The city agreed to pay Jonathan Fleming $6.25 million, with Comptroller Scott Stringer saying that…

Black Americans will be able to trace their family roots further back than ever before—to the slavery era and, in some cases, to the countries of origin from which their ancestors were stolen—with the development of a new free online service that is digitizing old federal records for the first time, The Guardian reports. According…

In accordance with the newly reignited disapproval of the Confederate flag since the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal massacre in Charleston, S.C. last week, students at the University of Texas are signing a petition demanding that the school remove a statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, from campus grounds, KVUE-TV…

Verda Byrd recently found out after about seven decades of living as a black woman that she was born to white parents. Although some may view Byrd’s situation as vaguely similar to that of Rachel Dolezal’s recent outing as white by her parents after several years of her passing as black, Byrd is vehement that…

Walmart is adding its bottom line to the current national debate surrounding the use of the Confederate flag, telling CNN that all merchandise bearing the controversial symbol will be removed from its stores.  The announcement came hours after Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced her support for removing the flag from statehouse grounds. The…

The remains of a young boy missing since 2004 were found in the trunk of his mother’s car, Virginia State Police have confirmed, WVEC-TV reports. According to the reoprt, 44-year-old Tonya Slaton was pulled over in Hampton on Interstate 64 earlier this month for a traffic stop for expired tags. The trooper who pulled her…

President Barack Obama is scheduled to be in Charleston, S.C., Friday for the first time in eight years for the funeral of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator, the Post and Courier reports. The president will deliver his fellow Democrat’s eulogy, an official confirmed to the news site. Vice President Joe…

On Sunday officers found Darryl Hamilton, a former Major League Baseball player for five teams, dead inside a Pearland, Texas, home after a shooting in an apparent murder-suicide, police said, USA Today reports. Hamilton had sustained several gunshot wounds in a “dispute,” according to a police report cited by the news outlet. In another part…

South Carolina’s Sen. Lindsey Graham is expected to add his voice to the growing number of lawmakers demanding that the Confederate flag be removed from state grounds, CNN reports.  Graham, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, is expected to appear alongside Gov. Nikki Haley late Monday afternoon to make his announcement calling for the flag’s removal.…

A “joke” tweeted by the wife of Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom drew fierce backlash on Twitter, ultimately leading her to delete the post and then apologize, Haaretz reports.  “Do u know what Obama Coffee is? Black and weak,” Judy Nir-Mozes Shalom tweeted. According to the news report, Shalom quickly deleted the tweet, but not before…