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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical medical experiments performed on mostly Black inmates at its Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s through the 1970s. The move comes after community activists and families of some of those inmates raised the need for a formal apology. It also follows a […]

Chaz Beasley can still remember the first time he was pulled over by law enforcement.  He was young, driving his cousin home in his 1997 Ford Contour — maybe just a little too fast, he said — when the cops pulled up behind him.  “The police never told us why we were stopped. They just […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a “court-enforceable settlement agreement” Friday to revamp policing in the city where George Floyd was murdered by an officer nearly three years ago. The agency issued a blistering report last year after an investigation found the police department had engaged […]

With Congress deadlocked over how to address racism and excessive use of force, President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on policing Wednesday, the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

Disney has confirmed that Splash Mountain will close at Disney World in January.

Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of a former Lonoke County deputy who was charged with manslaughter after shooting and killing a teen during a traffic stop.

The NBA’s social justice coalition announced Tuesday that no games will be played on Election Day, Nov. 8, to encourage people to vote. The league will officially announce its schedule on Wednesday, but revealed its decision not to host games on Election Day a day earlier. It added that the decision “came out of the […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian apologized Monday for not staying on the field to sing “The Eyes of Texas” after the Longhorns’ loss to Oklahoma State and promised it would “never happen again.” Controversy surrounding the postgame tradition erupted in 2020 when some players objected to singing it because of racist elements […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department should “offer a sincere, public apology” for its violent response to people demonstrating after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a panel of officers, citizens and accountability experts concluded in a report released Tuesday. In its fourth and final review of the Seattle police response to the […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jury deliberations are set to begin Wednesday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers. The officers were there when Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd, but did not intervene, even as Floyd was dying. The defense argues the officers received poor training and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis could pay tens of millions of dollars in a wrongful death lawsuit for Tyre Nichols and the mayor said he doesn’t know where the money will come from. Other cities have settled recent high-profile police death lawsuits as much as $27 million in Minneapolis in the case of George Floyd and […]