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Fredell Bryant was in his South Side Chicago home, where he’d lived for 40 years, when he heard a knock at the door around 6 a.m. Sunday. “We heard him ask ‘Who is it?’ at the door. No response,” Ron Dean, Bryant’s son-in-law, told NBC Chicago. “Then he said, ‘Who is it?’ real loud, nothing.…

Las Vegas police are still searching for answers after, they say, a woman deliberately drove her vehicle onto the sidewalk of a busy street known as the Strip on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring some 37 others. “We have determined that this is an intentional act,” Las Vegas Deputy Police Chief Brett Zimmerman…

On Friday a Florida sheriff’s deputy stopped a motorist for operating a moped with no tag, and within seconds, the traffic stop turned violent after the driver punched the deputy before pulling a gun and exchanging fire with the officer, authorities say. Video of the encounter between Indian River County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Lester and…

A 13-year-old Atlanta boy accidentally shot his mother in the neck after reportedly finding a gun in his South Fulton County, Ga., neighborhood, officials say. According to WSB-TV, police were called to the teen’s home after he reportedly fired a single shot, which struck his mother in the neck. The teen’s older brother told the…

Civil rights activist Ozell Sutton, who was one of the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marines Corps, died “peacefully” at St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta Saturday, his daughter Alta Sutton told the Associated Press. He was 90. Sutton told AP that her father celebrated his birthday a week ago. “He was…

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…