The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives late Friday announced a $10,000 reward for information about an explosion this week near the offices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., chapter of the NAACP, CBS News reports. Investigators also released a sketch of a person of interest in the Tuesday blast, which could…

George Zimmerman, the former volunteer neighborhood watchman who was acquitted in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, was arrested Friday in a domestic violence case, CNN reports. He was arrested about 10 p.m. in Lake Mary, Fla., near Orlando and charged with aggravated assault and domestic violence with a weapon, according to…

In typical Fox News fashion, a correspondent essentially equated bad guys with, well, the color of their skin in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo this week. Washington, D.C.-based Fox News correspondent Shannon Bream, who covers the Supreme Court, made the comments Wednesday during an appearance on Outnumbered. She…

In an effort to deter crime, an Oklahoma Republican lawmaker has drafted a measure to ban hoodies in public, following actions by several other states around the country, Oklahoma’s Channel 6 reports. Republican state Sen. Don Barrington has written a bill that would ban masks, hoodies and other face coverings that hide one’s identity in a…

After a long battle with cancer, longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott died Sunday, the sports cable station reported. He was 49. Scott joined ESPN in 1993 for the launch of ESPN2, quickly moving up the ranks as one of the network’s main SportsCenter anchors thanks to his rapid-fire delivery and unique phrasing to describe highlights,…

Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay thought he was practicing an important tenet of community policing when he obliged an activist’s request to take a picture holding an anti-racism sign at the city’s New Year’s Eve parade, MSNBC reports. The sign read, “I resolve to challenge racism @ work #EndWhiteSilence.” Instead of winning praise for addressing…

A police officer from suburban Detroit has been rehired against the wishes of her superiors, who fired her after she was caught on tape forcibly cutting a young hairdresser’s weave during an arrest, according to Raw Story, which cited a report by the Macomb Daily. Bernadette Najor was fired last year from the Warren Police…

A mentally ill Cleveland woman died in police custody nearly two months ago because she was physically restrained in a prone position, a coroner announced Friday, the Associated Press reports. A heart ailment and bipolar disorder also were found to have contributed to her death, the report says. As a result, the medical examiner in…

At Saturday’s wake for the second of two New York City police officers killed in a surprise attack last month by a lone gunman, Police Commissioner William Bratton is urging officers to refrain from making political statements aimed at the mayor, the Associated Press reports. “A hero’s funeral is about grieving, not grievance,” Bratton says…

Citing a ban on ethnic studies, the head of Arizona public schools says the Tucson Unified School District is violating state law and risks losing funding because it offers courses with an emphasis on ethnic issues, the Associated Press reports. Superintendent John Huppenthal announced Friday that he would seek sanctions against the district if it…