Harry Belafonte and the Martin Luther King Jr. estate have settled a lawsuit on terms that allow Belafonte to keep several documents he acquired during his friendship with the civil rights leader, the Associated Press reports. The singer sued the estate in Manhattan federal court in October to establish rights to certain documents, The Root…

A 73-year-old man accused of killing three people at Jewish facilities near Kansas City is a former Ku Klux Klan leader, NBC News reports, citing law enforcement officials. Frazier Glenn Cross Jr. of Aurora, Mo., allegedly shot and killed a 14-year-old Eagle Scout and his grandfather in a parking lot at the Jewish Community Center…

By now, the nation is familiar with the Chicago’s outsize homicide rate. But it was laid bare in startling detail on a 4-foot-by-6-foot piece of fabric as part of a project called “Untitled (Homicide Quilt),” a quilted map of Chicago with the names of each of the city’s homicide victims from last year stitched into…

A man wearing a Superman hoodie helped save a baby from an East Dallas apartment fire, according to NBCDFW. Tori Phillips, a big fan of the superhero, reportedly urged a couple trapped in their apartment to toss their little one to the safety of his arms. Although hesitant at first, they eventually dropped the infant…

A 29-year-old man and his fiancée were among those killed last week in a fiery bus crash on a California freeway, according to KTLA 5. The incident occurred when a bus carrying dozens of California high school seniors was struck by a FedEx tractor trailer about 100 miles north of Sacramento on Thursday night, authorities…

The hip-hop duo Outkast reunited onstage Friday after a nearly 10-year break, performing before a packed crowd at the Coachella music festival in Indio, Calif. They were joined by guests, including Janelle Monáe and Future. It was the group’s first appearance in a string of shows throughout the year. Songs included hits such as “Hey Ya!,” “Ms.…

A student from Kennedy High School in Montgomery County, Md., convinced dozens of classmates to sing John Legend’s “All of Me” to the girl he wanted to ask to the prom. The girl seemed overcome with joy, at one point weeping. It’s safe to say, she probably said yes.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Friday denied via Twitter any allegations of misconduct by him this month at a South Florida hotel residence. Kaepernick, 49ers wide receiver Quinton Patton and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette have been in Miami working out at Bommarito Performance Systems since the second week of February, The…

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Friday watched A Raisin in the Sun at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where the stage masterpiece debuted more than 50 years ago, the Associated Press reports. They received a round of applause as they took their seats during the wildly popular production, which stars Denzel Washington,…

Jermaine Jones on Friday joined 10 black former American Idol contestants in a racial discrimination lawsuit, citing his disqualification from season 11 for having outstanding arrest warrants in New Jersey, ABC News reports. “I was and continue to be appreciative of the opportunity to perform as a Top 10 contestant during Season 11 of ‘American…