An eagerly anticipated moment came early in the Democratic presidential debate Saturday night. The moderators immediately asked Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont about the controversy surrounding his staffers’ breach of Hillary Clinton’s voter data. After a lengthy response, Sanders apologized to Clinton. She accepted. CNN described the opening scene as “a memorable start” that preceded…

An era is coming to an end at Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad will leave his post as director in July 2016, the Amsterdam News reports. Muhammad is stepping down after five years at one of the leading institutions focusing exclusively on the African-American experience and the African…

After being acquitted of assault, a Dover, Del., police officer caught on video kicking a suspect in the head is expected to return to the police force today on paid administrative leave, NBC News reports. Dover Police Chief Paul Bernat made the announcement Saturday regarding Cpl. Thomas Webster IV. He said that the department’s policy…

The civil court portion of the case involving the fatal police shooting of Walter Scott moves forward. Scott’s family filed documents asking a judge to approve its wrongful death settlement with North Charleston, S.C., CBS News reports. City officials agreed in October to settle the case for $6.5 million. Back in April, Officer Michael Slager,…

Family, friends and classmates are mourning a high school athlete this weekend who sacrificed his life to save three girls. Zaevion Dobson, 15, died during a shooting spree in Knoxville, Tenn., NBC News reports. The mayhem began Thursday night when shooters opened fire at a house, injuring Lisa Perry, 46, who was hit several times…

Donald Trump slammed Chief Justice John Roberts and named Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas as his favorite judge on the high court, the Associated Press reports. “Justice Roberts really let us [conservatives] down. What he did with Obamacare was disgraceful, and I think he did that because he wanted to be popular inside the…

Authorities said Nicholas Robertson was armed and turning toward sheriff’s deputies when they fired a hail of bullets, killing him in Lynwood, Calif., Saturday. But a mobile phone video appears to show him walking away, KTLA reports. According to the official account, the deputies were responding to calls about a man firing a gun. They…

The South Boston, Va., NAACP held its first march Saturday to demand justice for a black man who died in 2013 while in police custody, the Associated Press reports. A video released last month shows three officers shooting stun guns multiple times to arrest a handcuffed Linwood Lambert Jr., 46, as he runs toward a hospital…

A lawyer representing Mario Woods’ family showed a new video of Woods’ fatal police shooting and announced that he has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. On Dec. 2, at least five San Francisco police officers fired at Woods, who was a suspect in a stabbing. Woods, 26, allegedly wielded…