As a nation awaits a grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Mo., police shooting case that has divided some Americans along racial lines, members of a Missouri-based Ku Klux Klan chapter have been distributing fliers that promise to use “lethal force” against “terrorists masquerading as ‘peaceful protesters,’’’ Vice News reports. The fliers, reportedly distributed by…

A 50-year-old man who has fathered 26 children with 20 different women has been ordered to pay child support to the mother of a 2-year-old boy in Arkansas,  the Smoking Gun reports, citing court documents. The man, Terry Turnage of Memphis, Tenn., was ordered this month to pay $60 per week to the mother of…

The deadly encounter between Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson and unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9 lasted less than two minutes, according to records obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The dispatch records, obtained under Missouri’s Sunshine Law, provide the best timeline yet for the events surrounding the shooting of Brown, the report…

Update: In a prerecorded appearance on NPR’s Weekend Edition, Bill Cosby was joined by his wife, Camille, to discuss a loan of his extensive collection of African-American art to the Smithsonian Museum. According to NPR, host Scott Simon, during the interview, offered Cosby the opportunity to address the allegations that have been swirling in the…

In a move that could bolster 34-year-old Marissa Alexander’s case, a judge ruled this week that evidence of prior alleged acts of domestic violence against other women by her estranged husband would be allowed at her December retrial, First Coast News reports. Circuit Judge James Daniel on Wednesday stipulated certain conditions in the ruling, including…

By all accounts the family of 17-year-old Jessica Lynn Brewster, a high school senior with a 4.0 grade-point average, had high expectations for her, and a pregnancy would be viewed as hampering her future. That is why, police allege, the Muskegon, Mich., teen hid her pregnancy from her mother. And when she gave birth last…

It was easy for people to witness former NBA star Dennis Rodman’s handiwork on the basketball court, but some of his latest’s achievements have not been so apparent. That could be one reason the former Chicago Bulls player decided to claim that he helped secure the sudden release of imprisoned American citizen Kenneth Bae from…

In an effort to help build stronger bonds between incarcerated fathers and their daughters, a Miami detention center last week hosted its first daddy-daughter dance, which brought tears, laughter and reconciliation. The Miami Herald reports that the Federal Detention Center Miami hosted the event on Nov. 4 as part of a re-entry program to help…

Lodging complaints over equipment and training standards for the Ebola virus, an estimated 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike against a major health care organization starting Nov. 11, Bloomberg News reports. The walkout would affect 21 hospitals and 65 clinics owned by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, said Charles Idelson, a spokesman…

Updated Saturday, Nov. 8, 12:15 p.m. EST: President Barack Obama Saturday nominated U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to replace outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. He described her as a “tough, fair and independent” lawyer. “Lynch has prosecuted ‘mobsters and lawyers and terrorists, and still has the reputation for being a charming people person,’” Obama said…