The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday will call on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from ‪Fisher v. University of Texas after he argued that blacks should attend slower-track schools, where they perform better. The longtime civil rights leader is scheduled to make the call Saturday during a rally at his National…

President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to call for tighter gun laws amid threats from “ISIS and other terrorist groups that are encouraging people—around the world and in the U.S.—to commit terrible acts of violence.” The president stopped short of calling last week’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., where 14 people were…

Chicago Police Department documents released Friday evening from the investigation into the shooting death of Laquan McDonald reveal that cops at the scene painted a dramatically different picture from what is shown in the dash-cam video, according to USA Today. The court-ordered release of the disturbing video of Laquan, 17, shows that the victim had been…

Freddie Gray’s spinal cord was “kinked” by the injury he suffered while riding in the back of a police van in April, Dr. Carol Allan testified Friday in Baltimore during the manslaughter trial of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors argue that Porter could have prevented Gray’s “death by buckling…

Acting Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante on Friday warned rank-and-file officers that it’s their responsibility to ensure that audio and video equipment is in working order before every tour of duty, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Disciplinary action will follow if equipment problems are not reported in a timely manner, the report says. “We have a good…