Trooper Brian Encinia claimed in an affidavit that Bland was “combative and uncooperative” after he pulled her over and ordered her out of her car....

Say hello to the USNS John Lewis....

Because Slager’s trial date isn’t until October, lawyers argued that keeping him in jail was akin to punishing him for the crime without a conviction....

Race Watch 2016 examines the local races that matter, even if they aren’t in the news. In this first installment, we look at Florida State Attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit Angela Corey, famous...

Five of the cases involve police officers. One involves the man accused of killing church members in South Carolina. Most of the victims were unarmed. All were black....

Bill Cosby’s wife has been ordered to testify in a defamation suit filed against him....

A family previously involved in a showdown with the federal government has occupied a building at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon and is asking militia members to join them....

The newly released video points to racism in the U.S. against blacks and Muslims and urges them to join the jihadist movement....

When Natalie Cole scored her career-launching debut in 1975 with “This Will Be,” the No. 1 R&B and No. 6 pop hit, she found herself in good company. That same year, Patti LaBelle topped...

Meditate on these words as you celebrate New Year’s Eve....

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A predatory court system knocked Qiana Williams’ life into decades of disarray....

A law barring former prisoners from holding certain jobs during their lifetimes “sweeps unnecessarily broadly,” Pennsylvania judges determined....

A final goodbye to the celebrities and newsmakers who will never be forgotten....

There were many, but Loretta Lynch’s confirmation as attorney general was a pivotal moment in American history....

A warrant for the arrest of embattled entertainer Bill Cosby has been issued for the alleged drugging and rape of former Temple University employee Andrea Constand back in 2004....

WHO’s announcement comes for the country where the original Ebola chain of transmission began in 2013 and took 11,300 lives....

Embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce the “de-escalation” plan on Wednesday....

Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 17-year-old’s death....

He died at his home Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona....

America is teaching us not to expect justice for our deaths....

An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday....

“This is apparently how long it takes to engineer denying justice to a family.”...

A new CNN/ORC poll shows that nearly three-quarters of Americans expressed concern....

Some lawmakers say the money could be better spent, while others insist that the Confederate symbol deserves a proper place....