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,”…

The millennial generation is less tolerant of offensive language directed at minorities. A Pew report released on Friday said that 40 percent of Americans ages 18 to 34 support the idea of the government limiting hate speech targeting minorities, Newsweek reports. By contrast, older generations tend to support free speech at higher rates. Only 27…

University of Kansas officials placed a white professor on paid leave after her students filed a complaint over her use of the n-word during a lecture on racism, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. Professor Andrea Quenette, 33, said that school officials notified her on Friday about the formal complaint. Her supervisors agreed to her request for…

Protesters encamped at a Minneapolis police station demanded the prosecution of the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, the Associated Press reports. Mel Reeves, a longtime Minneapolis civil rights activist, told AP on Saturday night that witness statements are enough to get the process started. He said the officers…