A weekend graduation pool party ended in tragedy after one teen was shot dead and four others were injured after a gunman opened fire, WSB-TV reports. According to the news station, some 200 people were at the party in Fayette County, Ga., Saturday when a DJ said that his daughter’s drink had been drugged. A…

Now-former Eutawville, S.C., Police Chief Richard Combs will once again face a jury and be retried on a murder charge in the May 2011 death of Bernard Bailey, an unarmed black man, The Guardian reports. The last time the case was deliberated, the trial lasted all of six days and jurors deliberated for about 12…

All charges against a University of Virginia student who was bloodied while being arrested by state liquor-control agents have been dropped, the Associated Press reports. Martese Johnson told reporters that he was “ecstatic” that his charges, which included resisting arrest without force and public intoxication or swearing, were dismissed. “I’ve always been passionate about social…

A legally blind Little Rock, Ark., resident is considering suing the city’s Police Department after, he says, he was injured when a Little Rock police officer slammed him to the ground, Fox 16 reports. Eric Wilson, who can see only shadows, had just gotten off work at the Lighthouse for the Blind on June 1,…

A  judge has found probable cause to charge Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, CNN reports. According to the report, after reviewing the facts of the November shooting that has spurred nationwide debate, Municipal Court Judge Ronald Adrine said that he thinks prosecutors should move forward with the charges…

Updated Friday, June 12, 12:35 p.m. EDT: The NAACP has responded to the backlash and media frenzy surrounding reports that one of its chapter presidents “disguised herself” as black for years. In a statement posted to its website, the organization stood firmly behind Spokane NAACP President Rachel Dolezal’s advocacy record, pointing out that a person’s…

A Virginia mother who showed up at a county sheriff’s office to face a charge of leaving her children in the car while she shopped had two counts of the same charge added to her list when she reportedly again left her children in the car while dealing with the initial charge, the Associated Press…

A Rikers Island guard is facing charges of conspiring with two other guards to lie about kicking an inmate to death in 2012, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors also announced two arrests and a guilty plea. According to the report, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that Brian Coll, a former guard…

The McKinney, Texas pool-party debacle has certainly prompted plenty of controversial views from citizens. Now one Texas schoolteacher has apologized after posting a status to Facebook declaring that she almost wanted segregation back because of the incident, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports. According to the news site, Karen Fitzgibbons, a teacher at Bennett Elementary School, part…

An 18-year-old inmate at New York City’s notorious penitentiary Rikers Island ended his life on Wednesday, the same day he was supposed to see a psychiatrist, internal jail documents note, according to the Associated Press. The young man, identified as Kenan Davis, was found lying on the floor, AP notes. He had been taken into…