An Ohio judge this week ordered an assault victim to “pepper-spray” his alleged attacker in an open courtroom in his version of “eye for an eye” justice, according to New York’s WABC-TV. But relax; it wasn’t real pepper spray. It was saline solution—you know, like the mixture used for contact lenses. Here is what happened:…

Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., are investigating a possible hate crime aimed at an African-American family in Lindenhurst, according to PIX11. Ronica Copes, a resident of the Long Island suburban neighborhood, received the hate letter, written in bold capital letters, on Thursday, warning her family that they did not belong in the neighborhood because “Lindenhurst…

A Jacksonville, Fla., teen who went on a dream date to her high school prom earlier this month with Jaguars tackle Sen’Derrick Marks has passed away following a long bout with cancer, reports the Florida Times-Union. Khameyea Jennings, 18, died Thursday after a battle with liver cancer, which was diagnosed in 2013, said Cindy Hamilton,…

Protests erupted in Cleveland Saturday after a judge found a white officer not guilty in the deaths of two unarmed black motorists who were shot at 137 times by police after a high-speed chase in November 2012, according to NBC News. Cuyahoga County judge John P. O’Donnell on Saturday found Michael Brelo, 31, not guilty…

Just days after a former Virginia House delegate took a hit on social media for posing in an antebellum family portrait with the teenage mother of his child, Joe Morrissey announced plans to marry the 19-year-old African-American woman, reports Richmond Magazine. Morrissey, 57, who is white, last week publicly acknowledged fathering a child with the…

On Saturday a judge found Brelo, 31, who is white, not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, who were both black, according to NBC News. In the case, he stood on the hood of the couple’s vehicle and fired multiple shots through the windshield. Experts testified at the…

Nearly a month after gerontology experts named Jeralean Talley the world’s oldest person, USA Today reports, the Detroit-area woman is celebrating yet another milestone: her 116th birthday. Talley was born in Montrose, Ga., on May 23, 1899, and has lived in Michigan since 1935, the report says. Relatives tell the newspaper that she remains active and…

Disturbing police body-camera videos show a Fredericksburg, Va., police officer using a Taser and pepper spray on a motionless and silent driver who was having a medical emergency, according to WTOP News. The incident occurred on May 4 about 5 p.m. after three officers responded to multiple calls for a hit-and-run and driver traveling in…

Louis Johnson, bassist for the popular 1970s group the Brothers Johnson, whose “Strawberry Letter 23” and “I’ll Be Good to You” have become staples at family reunions and other parties, died Thursday, Rolling Stone reports. He was 60. In his heyday, Johnson, a native of Los Angeles who was a self-taught musician, was much in…

An 81-year-old grandmother was set to bid farewell to her daughter at her funeral Saturday. Instead, Iola Burress nearly became a casualty herself when she was among 36 people injured in shootings across the city this weekend, according to CBS Chicago. Burress was listed in critical but stable condition at Advocate Christ Hospital after the…