A rifle-wielding opponent of President Donald Trump opened fire on US lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game Wednesday, wounding a top Republican congressman and four others before he was fatally injured in a shootout with police. The 66-year-old gunman was identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, an ardent supporter of left-wing Senator … Read more
A rifle-wielding opponent of President Donald Trump opened fire on US lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game Wednesday, wounding a top Republican congressman and four others before he was fatally injured in a shootout with police. The 66-year-old gunman was identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, an ardent supporter of left-wing Senator … Read more
A white former police officer whose killing of an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop was captured on video has pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for 20 years. The plea from Michael Slager, 35, came five months after a jury deadlocked on state murder charges … Read more
CNN caught up with Tip “T. I.” Harris at the SXSW festival last month, where the Grammy-winning rapper and actor premiered his latest passion project, “Us or Else” — a short film that examines the relationship between police and the black community. “Police brutality is really just a tentacle to a larger problem — the … Read more
A 58-year-old man who started a massive fire in Los Angeles in anger over police killings of African-Americans was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday following a plea deal. Dawud Abdulwali admitted to starting the December 2014 blaze at the unfinished seven-storey downtown Da Vinci apartment complex, causing damages in excess of $100 … Read more
Late in the afternoon of April 29, 1992, the looting began in south Los Angeles, quickly escalating as motorists were dragged from their cars and vehicles set alight. In the downtown area a few miles away, an angry crowd began to build at the city police headquarters and, as day turned to night, protesters attacked … Read more
Uber relaunched in Taiwan with a limited version of its ride-hailing service Thursday, as the scandal-hit firm struggles to get back on the road in the nation after regulatory wrangling with the government. The ride-share smartphone app, which has faced a barrage of regulatory challenges around the world as well as a slew of recent … Read more
When Joseph Darkoh skipped town to escape federal heroin distribution charges 20 years ago, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said he went on the lam with distinction. Darkoh fled to Ghana, apparently serving as a village chief, they said. But the 68-year-old chief will only be in charge of a prison cell for the next two years, … Read more
New surveillance footage has emerged of the black teenager Michael Brown suggesting he had not in fact robbed a Ferguson, Missouri convenience store hours before he was shot by a white police officer. Brown’s 2014 death sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests, and ignited a national debate about race relations and law enforcement in the United … Read more
How hip-hop turned on Trump and settled for Clinton in 2016 When it comes to the hip-hop vote in 2016, Newton’s law of energy seems to apply: A campaign at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. The unbalanced force in this case, is Donald Trump, whose name for years … Read more