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A retired U.S. Army Reserve captain outraged that he was fired by the Department of Labor Statistics shot and killed a 53-year-old security guard at a federal building in New York City on Friday, according to the New York Daily News. Idrissa Camara, a native of Ivory Coast, was shot at close range by Kevin…

The St. Louis prosecutor said Friday that her office is conducting an investigation into the death of Mansur Ball-Bey, a teenager shot in the back during an encounter with two St. Louis police officers this week, reports St. Louis Today. Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce announced that her office will conduct an investigation into the shooting…

Basketball legend Michael Jordan won on a different court Friday night. A federal jury ordered the owners of a defunct supermarket chain to pay the former Chicago Bulls player $8.9 million for using his identity without his permission in a 2009 advertisement, reports the Chicago Tribune. “It was all just about protecting my name and…

More than 1,000 black activists, artists, scholars and organizations released a statement that expresses “black solidarity” with the Palestinian struggle against Israel, Salon reports. Some of the high-profile signatories include Angela Davis, Cornel West, death row inmate and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, and hip-hop artist Talib Kweli. The statement draws a connection between the Palestinian struggle for…

The two New Jersey police officers who fatally shot Jerame Reid will not face criminal charges. A grand jury cleared them Wednesday in the December 2014 shooting, which was captured on their patrol car’s dashboard camera, AP reports. What began as a traffic stop for running through a stop sign escalated when Bridgeton Officer Braheme…

Mansur Ball-Bey, 18, was was shot and killed by St. Louis police officers Wednesday, reportedly died from a single gunshot wound to the back, according to an autopsy, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson urged patience to those who may conclude that the bullet’s location disproves the initial police report…

Leah Still is now among a celebrated list of sports champions like Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan who have appeared on their own Wheaties cereal box, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Her proud father, football player Devon Still, posted a photo of the cover on Instagram. The 5-year-old girl has faced ups and downs in her…

Jamyla Bolden was in bed Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., doing her homework, when bullets pierced her Ferguson, Mo., home. Her mother was shot in the leg during the shooting and has since been released from the hospital; 9-year-old Jamyla didn’t make it. “I never in a million years thought that I’d be laying my daughter…

On Tuesday, Divine Vaniah Chambliss, 31, was watching his 2-year-old son in their Hoover, Ala., home when he lay down to take a nap. Police believe the child found his father’s gun and began playing with it. When Chambliss’ wife returned home around 3 p.m., she found her husband in bed, unresponsive, according to AL.com.…