A trial date has been set for Jan. 23, 2017, in the civil lawsuit filed by Sandra Bland’s family against Waller County, Texas; the Texas Department of Public Safety; Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia, who arrested Bland; and two other jailers who were in contact with Bland before her death, ABC 13 reports. Bland made…

The Ohio parents of a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide are suing the teen’s school, claiming that school administration knew she was the target of racial bullying and did nothing to stop it. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cindy and Marc Olsen adopted Emilie from China when she was 9 months old. The Olsens claim in…

Fort Worth, Texas, authorities are beginning to wonder if Ethan Couch, the “affluenza” teen who was found guilty of drunken-driving charges in an incident that left four people dead in 2013, may have fled the country. Couch, 18, missed a check-in with his parole officer earlier this month and has been missing ever since. A…

During the second quarter of Tuesday night’s game featuring the Boston Celtics hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James looked up at the big screen and was moved to action. The Celtics were honoring Aaron Miller, a Boston-area high school student who overcame brain damage and being told he might never walk or talk again to…

A Baltimore jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, the first of six officers to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray, forcing Judge Barry Williams to declare a mistrial. According to CNN, jurors told the judge Tuesday that they were unable to reach a unanimous…

Updated Wednesday, Dec. 16, 3:45 p.m. EST: A Baltimore jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, the first of six officers set to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray, forcing Judge Barry Williams to declare a mistrial. According to CNN, jurors told the judge Tuesday…

Two Tennessee high school students were arrested and spent two days in jail for wearing sagging pants to school. According to the Huffington Post, four students at Bolivar Central High School were charged with indecent exposure for reportedly wearing sagging pants to school in November, and two of the students were jailed for the offense…

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that U.S. high school graduation rates reached record highs in the 2013-14 school year, with 82 percent of teens graduating. African-American and Latino students are also continuing to close the graduation gap with their white counterparts. According to the Education Department, there was a 17-point percentage gap in…

Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer is in hot water with white men after a CNN interview in which she championed diversity and talked about an experience meeting with a supplier who had no representation of women or people of color. “It has to start with top leadership,” Brewer said regarding the way she promotes diversity…

On Dec. 3, Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo was ejected from a game by referee Bill Kennedy. Rondo refused to leave the court immediately after being ejected and instead followed Kennedy to the far sideline, where he reportedly called the 18-year veteran a gay slur. Rondo was quoted as saying, “You’re a motherf—king f—got.…