On Friday Baltimore ended July with 45 homicides, the largest number of killings the city has witnessed “in a single month in 43 years,” reports the Associated Press. The carnage, which comes three months after the death of Freddie Gray set the city ablaze in protests and riots, reflects a surge in violence in big…

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton slammed Republican candidate Jeb Bush on racial issues Friday during a speech at a National Urban League conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., contending that his campaign slogan, “Right to rise,” is an insult to people of color. The slogan fits the old Republican mantra of “self-reliance and hope,” notes…

Texas state Trooper Brian Encinia’s arrest of Sandra Bland, which was recorded on a police dashboard camera, apparently was not the first time Encinia lost his cool on the job. The Associated Press, which obtained his personnel file from the Texas Department of Public Safety through a Freedom of Information Act request, reports that he…

When former NFL wide receiver Bernard Berrian reviewed his home security tape after a burglary in April, he was surprised by what he saw, according to CBS Sports. What he saw was his former college teammate Therrian Fontenot burglarizing his home, writes the news outlet. The two played football together at California State University at…

As Sandra Bland was laid to rest on Saturday, mourners delivered powerful remembrances of the 28-year-old activist who reportedly died by suicide in a Texas jail after an arrest for a minor traffic infraction earlier this month. Her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, was the last to speak at the service, attended by hundreds at DuPage African…

Iran’s supreme leader allegedly tweeted a graphic Saturday that appears to show President Barack Obama holding a gun to his head, reports USA Today. The image surfaced just three days after the United States and other world powers reached a historic agreement with the country to limit Tehran’s nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions…

Speaking before an affectionate crowd Sunday in his father’s homeland of Nairobi, Kenya, President Barack Obama reflected on his heritage before departing for Ethiopia during his historic trip to Africa, according to NBC News. “I am proud to be the first American president to come to Kenya, and of course I’m the first Kenyan-American to…

A 27-year-old Drexel University graduate was on the phone with her mother this month when she was attacked, sexually assaulted and killed, allegedly by a recently fired maintenance man who had served time for killing his own father, according to NBC 10. James Harris, 56, was arrested and charged Friday with murder in the death…

As questions linger about the cause of her death, Sandra Bland’s family and friends gathered Saturday to bid farewell to the 28-year-old woman who moved to Texas this summer to start a fresh chapter in life but ended up dead. Her funeral took place at her hometown church, DuPage African Methodist Episcopal, in Lisle, Ill.,…

A change.org petition is calling for the removal of a 135-square-foot mural at the Baker County Courthouse in North Florida, saying it presents “a racially biased look at history” and should be removed from a building that is supposed to promote justice for all. The petition to the Baker County Board of Commissioners on Saturday…