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The mother of baby J'zyra Thompson and her boyfriend have been charged after the unsupervised toddler died from severe burns while playing in an oven with her siblings.

Officials in Chicago have released the dash-cam video footage of Laquan McDonald's shooting death at the hands of city police Officer Jason Van Dyke from October 2014. The video was released a day ahead of the court-ordered deadline and on the same day Van Dyke turned himself in to authorities.

Racial comments written in the snow on cars @CalvinCollege https://t.co/HVAieMOU36 pic.twitter.com/dpxeHdpBSw — WOOD TV8 (@WOODTV) November 23, 2015 Two unidentified students confessed to drawing swastikas…

A college student almost died last week when his e-cigarette blew up in his face, leaving him with severe burns and a broken neck.

"A group of White supremacists showed up at the protest, as they have done most nights," Miski Noor, a media contact for Black Lives Matter told the Star Tribune.

Starbucks will open 15 new locations in low to middle income neighborhoods within the next year including Ferguson, Missouri.

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As student protests gain momentum, criticism of them is simultaneously bubbling up around the country.

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A choir comprised of men from Atlanta's Central Night Shelter are making their way to the nation's capital in December to perform at the White House Open House Holiday Celebration.

A Bronx woman who stabbed her "childhood friend" repeatedly before cutting the pregnant woman's baby from her womb told police she acted in self defense. Police found that her account of the tragic murder was, in fact, a lie.

Dear Black girls everywhere in the world: Natural hair is beautiful and you are perfect the way you are.