In an admission that came after a week of protests demanding information about what happened during the arrest of Freddie Gray by police officers in Baltimore, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts on Friday said that mistakes were made, including a failure to provide Gray with timely medical treatment, CNN reports. Batts made the observation amid…

A 27-year-old Baltimore man who was critically injured a week ago during a brutal arrest has died from his injuries, family and a hospital spokeswoman told the Baltimore Sun on Sunday. Freddie Gray, who was placed in a medically induced coma with a broken spine at Shock Trauma, died just hours after a protest against…

A dispute involving several women at a popular clothing store in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square mall on Friday erupted into a brawl that was recorded by other shoppers in videos that went viral, according to NBC Philadelphia. It was unclear what sparked the fight among at least five women who slapped, threw punches and yanked hair…

R&B producer and singer Teddy Riley helped introduce Johnny Kemp to the world in 1988 with the hit single “Just Got Paid.” On Friday EURweb reported that Riley bid farewell to his friend and collaborator during a concert as part of this weekend’s Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage 2015, the report says. Kemp, who died…

Brenda Stewart felt a pang of sadness when she heard about the bittersweet reunion of a woman and her mother, who was told in 1964 that the newborn girl had actually died. She was struck not just by the tale’s inherent sadness but also because she believes the same thing happened to her about the…

The lawyer for a Tulsa, Okla., reserve deputy who fatally shot a man he meant to strike with a Taser released documents on Saturday that allegedly verify some of his training as a law-enforcement officer, according to CNN. The documents show that Robert Bates, 73, charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Eric Harris…

Two St. Louis police officers shot and killed a 23-year-old man after he allegedly charged at them brandishing a knife, Police Chief Jon Belmar said in a statement early Saturday, according to NBC News. In an effort to quell protests in a state beset by complaints of brutality, police posted what they said was body-cam…

In an apparent publicity stunt gone wrong, the owner of a struggling deli in Flemington, N.J., says that business deteriorated further last month after he posted a sign encouraging people to, well, celebrate their white heritage. Jim Boggess, owner of Jimbo’s Deli, says that the sign was supposed to be, you know, “a white thing…

Chicago Public Schools Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett on Friday began a paid leave of absence amid a wide-ranging federal investigation of her inner circle of advisers and a $20.5 million no-bid contract awarded to an education consulting firm that once employed her, according to ABC 7. “In light of the federal investigation and its impact on…