Two brothers and a woman were arrested early Sunday on charges of shooting and killing two Hattiesburg, Miss., police officers during a routine traffic stop that took place just hours earlier, according to the Chicago Tribune. Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, have each been charged with two counts of capital murder, and Banks’…

After months of alleged squabbling among family members as Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, remains hospitalized, lawyers for her father, Bobby, as well as for her grandmother Cissy Houston and aunt Pat Houston, issued a statement Friday about who will oversee the medical care of the 22-year-old, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Bobby Brown and Pat…

In the wake of a scandal over racist and homophobic text messages that rocked the San Francisco Police Department, the city’s prosecutors have dismissed at least eight criminal cases out of concerns about bias among 14 officers, reports the Associated Press. District attorney’s spokesman Max Szabo told the news agency Friday that the department did…

Charles Craddock of Cleveland is studying mechanics at a local community college, and he needs a steady job to help pay his tuition, ABC News reports. So it was a godsend when the 20-year-old landed a job recently as a food-service associate at Cedar Point amusement park, which describes itself as the “roller coaster capital…

In a court motion filed Friday, lawyers for six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray called for the charges to be dismissed and/or for State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby to be removed from the case, according to Time magazine. The papers filed in Baltimore City District Court list multiple concerns, CNN…

What began as a joke for Edgar Antillon, the Latino owner of a barbecue restaurant in Milliken, Colo., has become, well, a thing that shows America’s race problem is not limited to policing. NBC News is reporting that Antillon plans to host “White Appreciation Day” on June 11 at his Rubbin’ Buttz restaurant, offering white…

Just a week on the job, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday unveiled a $20 million pilot program to expand the use of police body cameras for “transparency” amid nationwide protests over law-enforcement treatment of suspects, according to NBC News. “Body-worn cameras hold tremendous promise for enhancing transparency, promoting accountability, and advancing public safety…

Eighteen women who were told decades ago by officials of a St. Louis hospital that their newborns had died now wonder if the infants were stolen at birth, reports the Associated Press. The questions come after the dramatic reunion last month between Zella Jackson Price and her biological daughter Melanie Gilmore after nearly 50 years.…

In what was dubbed “the fight of the century,” Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, claiming a $180 million payday, the Associated Press reports. Mayweather remained unbeaten in 48 fights in the welterweight title fight, reinforcing his legacy as the best of his generation and winning…

After falling ill while on tour last fall, legendary blues musician B.B. King on Friday acknowledged that he was in hospice care at his home in Las Vegas, reports the Associated Press. King, 89, was treated Thursday at a hospital near his home in Las Vegas for complications of high blood pressure and diabetes, according…