Around 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, as the St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church choir was singing, the Rev. William Schooler’s younger brother walked into his office and shot and killed him, police believe. According to WDTN, police arrested Daniel Gregory Schooler, who is now being held at the Montgomery County Jail, where he is…

A 24-year-old woman was caught at Kennedy Airport in New York City hiding a half-pound of cocaine in her vagina, authorities say. According to the New York Daily News, Shekira Thompson of Queens, N.Y., was returning from a trip to her native Jamaica when she was pulled out of line by U.S. Customs officers for…

A Massachusetts teen who followed his teacher into a school bathroom, then raped and killed her, was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 40 years. According to the Associated Press, Philip Chism, who was 14 at the time of the incident, was convicted in December 2013 in the death of Danvers…

The Library of Congress has taken civil rights activist Rosa Parks’ archive of letters, writings, personal notes and photographs and made the entire collection available online. According to the Associated Press, the collection of 10,000 items belonging to Parks was made available to the public Wednesday, and we have philanthropist Howard Buffett to thank. That’s…

Nine-year-old Edmund Lee is a great student. He’s a third-grader at Gateway Science Academy, a charter school in south St. Louis. He’s been a student there since kindergarten, and he wants to stay there, but an archaic law on the city’s books won’t allow him to attend the school anymore because he’s black. Everything was…

Multiple people were killed and several dozen injured after an employee at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., opened fire Thursday. According to several news sources, the shooter has been identified as Cedric Ford, 38. Police have not confirmed the suspect’s identity but said that authorities killed the shooter. “There could be as many as three…

A Black Lives Matter activist confronted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a fundraiser in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday. The protester, identified as Ashley Williams by the Huffington Post, paid $500 to attend the function while holding a sign that read, “We have to bring them to heel,” a reference to a speech Clinton made…

Five Brooklyn, N.Y., teens accused of raping an 18-year-old woman last month at gunpoint in a New York park have had the charges against them dismissed after prosecutors say the young woman recanted her story. In addition, prosecutors say, the story the teen boys told police when they were arrested—that the young lady’s father had…

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Carla Hayden to be the new librarian of Congress. If confirmed, she would become the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. According to The Hill, Hayden is the chief executive of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.  “Being the first female and the…

On November 18, 1991, 71-year-old Michael Shaw was assaulted and robbed. He would succumb to his injuries on n April 21, 1992. In 1992, now retired NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella questioned Vanessa Gathers. Gathers told police she had nothing to do with the crime. Five years later, Scarcella questioned Gathers again and coerced her into…