Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held court with black ministers on Monday, and they urged him to tone down his racial rhetoric, the Associated Press reports. After the meeting, Trump said that “most” of the pastors there endorsed him, according to The Hill. Controversy has surrounded the meeting at Trump’s headquarters in New York City.…

Ke’Arre M. Stewart, an Iraq War veteran, was one of the victims of Friday’s attack at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., KKTV reports. Stewart’s sister told KKTV that he was shot outside the building while talking on his cellphone. Although wounded, he called 911 and went back inside the clinic to warn others.…

One of the Minneapolis police officers under investigation for fatally shooting Jamar Clark was sued for excessive force, in a separate case, 10 days before the Clark shooting, the Star Tribune reports. Nathaniel Hanson alleges in his federal lawsuit that Officer Dustin Schwarze deployed a Taser three times at him during a 2011 traffic stop.…

Atlanta police have pieced together how 6-year-old Ja’Mecca Smith died Saturday morning. Authorities said on Sunday that she discovered a loaded gun between the cushions of a sofa at her home and somehow shot herself in the head, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The police also said they arrested her father, Demarqo Smith, who faces involuntary…

Donald Trump’s campaign announced last week that at least 100 black ministers and religious leaders would endorse him on Monday for president. But Sunday night, he abruptly canceled that press conference, the Associated Press reports. The sudden cancellation comes after several invited ministers said they were blindsided. Using social media, they acknowledged Trump’s invitation to…

After failing three previous times, Victor Mooney managed to complete his solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. He arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City on Friday and will celebrate his accomplishment at the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday, the Associated Press reports. But Monday’s ceremony will not just be a celebration of…

CJ Pearson, the 13-year-old YouTube star, has renounced conservatism, CNN reports. The teenager has used his online platform to criticize President Barack Obama’s policies and to promote conservative viewpoints. He has a huge audience of more than 100,000 Facebook followers and nearly 19,000 YouTube channel subscribers. On Friday, Pearson expressed several concerns to the network…

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson got a firsthand look at Syrian-refugee camps in Jordan and concluded on Saturday that conditions are adequate, the Associated Press reports. He suggested that the camps should be a long-term solution for the crisis and called on neighboring Middle Eastern countries to take in the overflow of migrants. “I did…

While whipping up racial controversy, Donald Trump shocked many when he announced that a coalition of 100 black ministers would endorse his candidacy on Monday after a meeting at his New York City headquarters. But some of those on the invitation list say they have no plans to back his presidential bid, CNN reports. Bishop…

Brown University unveiled a plan Friday to spend $100 million to address campus racism and diversity issues, the Providence Journal reports. The Ivy League university’s president, Christina Paxson, is calling on students, faculty and staff to comment on the 19-page proposal, which Brown would implement over a 10-year period. Titled “Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion,”…