Investigators are searching for an 11-month-old baby, and have issued an Amber Alert, after the child’s mother was found dead and stuffed inside a refrigerator in a Southwest Houston apartment, KHOU 11 reports. The woman’s husband, Patrick Lambert, 38, is a person of interest in the case. Neither Lambert nor his baby son, Achilles, has…

A Florida man is in critical condition after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed, WESH 2 reports. According to authorities, deputies were responding to a stolen-vehicle report when they found two men getting inside the car, the news station notes. Authorities told the men to get out, but…

While most black adults believe that race played a major factor in the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases, their white counterparts are less inclined to believe so. In fact, a new national survey by the Pew Research Center and USA Today reveals that a majority of white America believes that race was “not a factor…

Clemson University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and its members are in hot water after hosting an offensive off-campus party over the weekend that they called “Clemson Cripmas,” WYFF News 4 reports.  The obviously gang-related party, a supposed nod to the Los Angeles gang, which is primarily African American, sparked the ire of students and the South…

Little Michael Cattron was at home Friday night watching cartoons when he died of an “apparently accidental” gunshot wound, police say, according to the Chicago Tribune. The 6-year-old boy was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon, with his family left trying to come to terms with what happened—another family member lost to a gun. Michael’s uncle was…

Berkeley, Calif., protests got out of hand once again on Sunday, marking the second straight night of unrest as demonstrators stood up against police brutality, sparked by recent events in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Sunday’s protest was initially calm and peaceful as it began at…

Samaria Rice, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by Cleveland police Nov. 22, is “looking for a conviction” for both of the officers who were on the scene at the time of her son’s death, ABC News reports. “Tamir was a bright child. He had a promising future. He was very…

Local prosecutors have declined to charge a Seattle police officer who punched and seriously injured a handcuffed, intoxicated woman, leading federal prosecutors to say that they will review the incident, the Seattle Times reports. Acting U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes’ office has said that it will look for any possible federal criminal civil rights violation,…

A Stone Mountain, Ga., mother is demanding better training at her 6-year-old son’s elementary school after she found him handcuffed for misbehaving, 11 Alive reports. “My husband got a call that something was going on with Patrick at school, and they needed us to come,” Lakaisha Reid told the news station. “We go into the…

Tamir Rice’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Cleveland and the two policemen involved in the 12-year-old boy’s tragic shooting death, Fox 8 reports. Rice’s family attorney said that the suit, filed on Friday, alleges that the Cleveland officers “confronted him in a surprise fashion” while he “was playing ……