Update: 1/17/16 at 12:37pm. ESPN’s NFL Countdown reports that Demaryius Thomas’ mother will be in the stands in Denver today to see her son play for the first time in his professional football career. After her release from a halfway house in Atlanta, Katina Smith was allowed to travel to see the Broncos take on…

Five teenagers who were arrested and charged as adults in the alleged gang rape of an 18-year-old woman in a Brooklyn, N.Y., park have been released from jail. “Because we are determined to get to the truth about what happened in that park, we need more time to investigate this complex case and gather more…

Residents in Whitesboro, N.Y., voted overwhelmingly to keep the town emblem, which appears to depict a white man choking a Native American man. According to the New York Times, some residents have balked at the image for over four decades, but very little has been done—and that tradition continued after a viral push to remove…

Lawrence Phillips, the college football standout whose life was littered with highlight, jaw-dropping, on-the-field runs and checkered with off-the-field issues, was found dead in his cell at California’s Kern Valley State Prison early Wednesday, according to USA Today. Phillips’ death was being investigated as a suicide, according to a press release from the California Department…

Four people were arrested and charged with reportedly trying to rob an undercover officer in New York City, but surveillance footage of the incident obtained by the New York Daily News tells quite a different story. According to the newspaper, Jean Scott, 33; Peterson Duplan, 28; Ricardi Joseph, 29; and Samantha Dabel, 24, went to…

Michigan National Guard members are expected to arrive in Flint Wednesday after Gov. Rick Snyder, who declared a state of emergency, asked for federal help in distributing water to residents who still have contaminated tap water. “As we work to ensure that all Flint residents have access to clean and safe drinking water, we are…

A Cincinnati father is mourning after he mistakenly shot and killed his 14-year-old son because he believed that he was an intruder. According to the WCPO, Georta Mack’s father dropped him off at school early Tuesday morning, but the teen apparently sneaked back into the basement of his home, planning to skip school. Cincinnati Police…

Tonya Couch, the mother of “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, is reportedly not feeling her jail conditions at all. According to the Associated Press, Tonya Couch, who was arrested in Mexico after allegedly helping her son flee the country while he was on probation in a fatal drunken-driving case, has complained about the conditions of her…