Karla Lee, mother of slain Chicago 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, has taken to Instagram to defend herself against criticism from supporters after purchasing a car with…

The family of 11-year-old La’Darious Wylie is celebrating his life after he died saving his 7-year-old sister in a fatal hit-and-run in North Carolina.

On Monday, President Obama unveiled a series of initiatives to overhaul the criminal justice system. Here's how the reforms will help Blacks and other people of color.

Congregants are left reeling after their pastor suddenly died inside his church. Investigators are working to determine what happened A prominent Irvington, NJ pastor was…

Reuters reports that new research shows the number of police officers charged in fatal shootings in 2015 has reached its highest level in a decade.

Naomi King, the sister-in-law of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was viciously attacked outside of her Atlanta retirement home on Friday, WSB-TV Atlanta reports. King,…

California governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation for a new law designed to guard people of color against racial profiling at the hands of police…

The Department of Justice is preparing to release about 6,000 nonviolent inmates from federal prison at the end of the month.

UPDATED: Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:00 PM EST The shooter has been taken into custody, a Douglas County commissioner confirmed to CNN. The number of…

The twentieth anniversary of the O.J. Simpson trial is drawing near, and new details surrounding the disgraced athlete and the moments before and after his iconic…

A jury found Joseph Patterson guilty in the death of NFL running back Adrian Peterson‘s two-year-old son, ESPN reports. A South Dakota jury deliberated for…

A standoff between a wheelchair-bound man and Delaware police officers ended tragically when the disabled man was shot to death in a blast of gunfire on…