COLUMBUS, Ohio — Slavery is still technically legal in Ohio, under one condition. After an effort by the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus to strip the language of slavery from the constitution in 2016, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tattoo artists in Nashville are using their skills in ink to help in the fight against racial injustice by covering up racist tattoos for free. Colby Hunter of Sage & Serpent Tattoo ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two police officers have been suspended without pay after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest at Niagara Square. The incident happened ...
MIAMI (AP) — A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police officer was suspended after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground during Sunday protests. Video showed Officer Steven Pohorence walking ...
A mural of George Floyd in Salt Lake City, Utah, had black tar thrown on it over the weekend. This is the second time the mural has been defaced, a week after the first vandalism. Police confirmed ...
NEW YORK -- Police took a man into custody after a 92-year-old woman was shoved and hit her head in an apparent random attack in Manhattan earlier this month. Rashid Brimmage was arrested Tuesday ...
NEW YORK CITY — A shark washed up on Rockaway Beach in Queens on Monday afternoon, just days before the scheduled reopening of New York City beaches for swimming. The shark appears to have been ...
A Facebook post of a 7-year-old Tulsa boy praying for a Tulsa police officer is going viral. Trey Elliott's mother, Brittany Elliott, shared a post on her Facebook page on June 1 that showed Trey ...
Like so many other companies, the Lego Group took a stance on racism and police brutality last week. But when the company temporarily halted the digital marketing of more than 30 police-themed toys, ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The mayor of Buffalo announced Thursday afternoon that the city's police department would no longer be using chokeholds in its policing. Mayor Byron Brown made the announcement in ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two of the 57 officers who resigned from a volunteer assignment team on Friday said they did not resign from their roles on the team as a "show of support" for officers who have been ...
On Friday, Clemson University trustees voted to rename its honors college. Effective immediately, it'll now be known as Clemson University Honors College, university officials said in a press release.