In a scene that rivals any action movie, a West Side street in Chicago teemed recently with youths engaged in an epic Roman candle shootout that was captured on video camera as streaks of white light illuminated and crackled in the night sky. The viral YouTube video posted on June 2 shows scads of young…

Updated Saturday, June 6, 2015, 7 p.m. EDT: President Obama fought back tears while delivering the emotional eulogy for Beau Biden, the 46-year-old son of Vice President Joe Biden. Earlier: President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy Saturday at a Catholic Mass for Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden and former attorney…

Before Dr. Seuss became a popular children’s author, he apparently worked as an illustrator of racist cartoons. Now one of the works is up for auction as his legacy take a major blow. In a 1929 illustration for Judge magazine, he depicted black people for sale with a racist sign in the image’s background, according…

Thirty-six-year-old Kevin Allen allegedly brandished a knife and charged at police during an altercation that led to his fatal shooting at a public library that took place in broad daylight in front of students who were there to study, according to The Guardian. Lyndhurst, N.J., Police Chief James O’Connor announced Saturday at a late-night news…

Joseph “Beau” Biden III, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday after a long battle with brain cancer, according to the Washington Post. Biden, 46, the oldest son of the vice president, had been admitted recently to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., the report says. “The entire Biden family…

A 36-year-old Lyndhurst, N.J., man was shot and killed Friday by police at the city’s public library during an altercation over unspecified charges, according to a report at NJ.com. Officers shot Kevin Allen on the second floor of the public library at about 1:35 p.m. and transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a measure this week that criminalizes female genital mutilationpha in one of his last official acts before yielding the country’s top office to Muhammadu Buhari, the International Business Times reports. This 2013 version of the bill sets out a maximum punishment of four years in prison and a 200,000 naira ($1,000) fine…

Black residents at an Irvine, Calif., rental complex are up in arms over two fliers urging them to keep their noise level down at night, according to CBS Los Angeles. The fliers, which have gone viral on social media, were posted in two elevators at the Toscana Apartment Homes and bore what purported to be…

A former guard at North Carolina State starred this week in his own version of the classic romantic movie Love & Basketball, according to Fox 8 TV. Alex “Superman” Johnson, a player for the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada, on Thursday was playing one-on-one with his girlfriend, Brey Dorsett, a…