New study gives broader look into how police killings affect black Americans’ mental health A new study published today shows how police killings affect the mental health of black Americans even ...

The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center was fired Tuesday — not for killing the boy, but for lying on his job application.

This was the fate that befell 12-year-old Tamir Rice who was shot dead in a park in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun that police said they thought was real. The young boy's ...

There were also rallies and calls for change after Tamir Rice, Michael Brown and Eric Garner were killed by police. But this time seems different, with the response more sustained and widespread.

Revered New York Times columnist David Carr collapsed in his office and died Thursday night at age 58. Following an unlikely career arc, Carr "wriggled away from addiction," as the Times' obituary ...