Nearly a month after controversy erupted over Aaron McGruder’s departure from The Boondocks, the award-winning animated show is slated to return Monday for its fourth and final season, the Associated Press reports. The show will return after a four-year hiatus, airing Mondays at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Adult Swim, the AP reports. And despite McGruder’s…

Embattled hip-hop and R&B crooner Chris Brown is set to go on trial Monday on assault charges stemming from an altercation last year outside a hotel in Washington, D.C., according to Agence France-Presse. The 24-year-old Grammy Award-winning singer was dressed conservatively in a suit and tie Friday during an appearance before District of Columbia Superior…

A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center links people charged with the murders of almost 100 people to a single far-right website, according to the Guardian. The report, released Thursday, calls Stormfront.org the “largest hate site in the world” and “a magnet and breeding ground for the deadly and deranged,” the Guardian says.…

The parent organization of a University of Mississippi fraternity has closed the campus’ chapter, nearly two months after expelling three members charged with hanging a noose around the neck of the statue of the school’s first black student, the Associated Press reports. The university announced Thursday that the national office of Sigma Phi Epsilon, based…

An Arizona prosecutor has announced plans to pursue charges against Shanesha Taylor, the homeless woman who left her two children in a car during a job interview in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to AZCentral. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said Wednesday he will move forward with a felony child-abuse prosecution against the 35-year-old mother, the site…

When Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a Washington, D.C., arts patron, saw on the news that a local teenager would not be able to attend a prestigious summer Ivy League program because of the price, she was spurred to action. She called the station to say she would help Zach Wood, whose story aired on the station…

A Missouri man who was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 was told to await instructions on when and where to report to begin serving his 13-year prison sentence, but the instructions never arrived, the Associated Press reports. So Cornealious Anderson, 37, remained free for 13 years after his conviction, the report says. And during…

First lady Michelle Obama and cable television host and rapper Bow Wow joined 37 students from Chicago public high schools for a tour of Howard University, the Washington Post reports. The annual college visit is called Escape to the Mecca, a bow (pun intended) to the university’s nickname “the Mecca.” During the visit, Obama encouraged…

Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, who became the team’s all-time leader in career wins, was released from an Arizona jail Thursday after serving a one-day sentence for a DUI arrest last year, the Daily News reports. The 37-year-old was booked Wednesday into a detention facility by order of the West Mesa Justice Court and…