In an effort to combat the growing violence in the city, Baltimore officials are announcing plans to hold a round of “Public Safety Forums” to get residents’ feedback on ways to stop the violence.
Calling it “disgusting,” the father of slain Ferguson teenager Michael Brown is criticizing a provocative art exhibit depicting his son’s death, hosted by a Chicago gallery and produced by a white female artist.
On Tuesday, President Obama proclaimed victory with his announcement of a nuclear deal with the Mullahs in Iran, saying that he has now made sure that Iran cannot make a nuclear bomb. Jurist, author, and political commentator Alan Dershowitz, though, is thoroughly skeptical that Obama’s deal is anything like a victory.
A Florida woman was arrested and charged with battery after assaulting her girlfriend with a sex toy in the presences of police, NBC St. Petersburg reports.
Macy’s Department stores is closing down its iconic downtown Pittsburgh location after selling off the building that, for over 100 years, served as the flagship store for the now defunct Kaufmann’s chain.
A Miami cop is under investigation for having acted in a porn film with a convicted sex offender, authorities report.
For several years, the number of new African-American recruits joining the Philadelphia Police Department has been declining, and now some blacks in Philly, who have recently tried and failed to join the department, are starting to wonder if the city is purposefully denying blacks entry to the department.
The producer of ESPN’s ESPY awards show admits that honoring the former Bruce Jenner with the Arthur Ashe Courage in Sports Award came not through any vote but a decision she made in consultation with her staff.
By 5 PM on Sunday this weekend, 28 had been shot and 6 killed in Chicago’s gang violence. Victims included a 12-year-old boy and a baby.
Authorities report that several officers in River Forest, a suburb of Chicago, were “ambushed” by an armed assailant while assisting with a fire call for paramedics responding to a woman in distress.
After twenty years on the air, Ira Glass has negotiated full ownership of his long-running PBS radio show, “This American Life” and it’s podcast spinoff “Serial.”
A state prosecutor in Woburn, Massachusetts has announced that she is seeking to try convicted Boston Marathon bombing terrorist Dzhokhar Tsnaraev for his part in the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer.
Seven-year-old Amari Brown of Humbolt Park was was murdered on Saturday, July Fourth when his gangster father was hunted down by enemies.
A new study aiming to determine which NFL team boasts the “best” fans awards the Dallas Cowboys the top spot.
A loophole has been discovered in a plastic bag ban law Hawaii lawmakers touted as “historic,” which strangely allows plastic bags to be used despite the intentions of the prohibition.
After complaints from some parents that kids were receiving Minions toys with voice recordings of a character swearing, fast food giant McDonald’s is now assuring customers that this is not the case.
Parents across Oregon are critical of a new Medicaid program that would pay out state aid to help teenagers as young as 15 get a sex change operation without parental consent.
Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose has been given the green light to appear on the field with the other Cincy greats during this year’s All-Star Game festivities at Great American Ball Park. He also hopes to meet the new commissioner about a renewed relationship with Major League Baseball sometime in the near future, reports say.
The three navigation points above Palm Beach International Airport that were named after Donald Trump will be renamed, according to a statement Wednesday released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Immediately after a mob of African-Americans were caught on video beating a white man unconscious on July fourth, Cincinnati police said that they did not think the attack was a “hate crime.” But, four days later, Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell has reversed that determination and is asking Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters to pursue hate crime charges in the attack.
NBC News is reporting that George W. Bush charged a disabled veterans group $100,000 to attend a charity event in Houston in 2012.
The Benton County, Arkansas, Sheriff’s department has arrested a man on charges of child pornography after investigators found the illegal images on his computer.
Low-level criminals in New York City won’t need to pay bail any more with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new “supervised release” program unveiled this week.
So many citizens of the Tar Heel state have rushed to order their Confederate flag license plates that the North Carolina DMV has run out of the tags, officials report. Department of Motor Vehicles spokesman Mike Charbonneau reported that in
An Indian immigrant from Pennsylvania who ran an India-based phone scam that fooled Americans into thinking the Internal Revenue Service was coming after them was sentenced to 14 years in jail on Wednesday.
