Domestic Glance
Oprah Winfrey, fellow actors from the movie "Selma" and hundreds of others marched to recall one of the bloodiest chapters of the civil rights movement on Sunday, the eve of the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The remembrance comes after several incidents in which unarmed black men were killed by police in recent months, spurring protests and heightening tensions around the country. In Ferguson, Mo., where one fatal shooting caused weeks of violent protests, leading black members of Congress pressed for further reforms of the criminal justice system in the name of equality.
'Selma' stars including Oprah march in Alabama, honoring MLK
Two More Planets May Be Behind Pluto
It might soon be time to change all those grade-school dioramas of the solar system again: Astronomers think at least two more planets exist, reports Universe Today.
In two studies from the UK and Spain, scientists say the planets' existence is the only way to explain why objects are behaving as they are in the nether regions beyond Neptune (and recently demoted non-planet) Pluto, reports Smithsonian.
Anonymous donor gives families of slain NYPD officers large donation
An anonymous donor from Hong Kong has given the families of slain NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos $1 million.
Liu's father will get $100,000 a year for five years and Ramos' children now have a $500,000 education fund.
"In every tragedy, there are individuals who step forward and step up to the plate, and that's what this story is all about here today," said Michael Palladino, president of the NYPD's detectives union during a ceremony at union headquarters.
Prison program aims to produce business-savvy inmates
Standing in a prison chow hall, Richard Chavez Jr. outlines his past: violent felon, former gang member, the fourth member of his family to go to prison. Then his future: owner of a mobile counseling youth service that goes where the troubled kids are.
Arching a tattooed eyebrow, Chavez credits an innovative program run out of the Cleveland Correctional Facility, about 50 miles northeast of Houston, with helping him gather the skills to operate a business – from character-building and how to carry himself to writing a business plan and finding financing.
Cops Shot Blacks’ Mugshots as Practice
US police officers have been criticised for using mug shots of black suspects for target practice in Florida.
The images used by North Miami Beach Police were discovered by a female soldier who used the firing range after a police training session. Sgt Valerie Deant recognised her brother as one of the target images, according to NBC Miami.
Police Chief J Scott Dennis said that his officers had used poor judgment but denied racial profiling.
US supreme court agrees to hear cases on right to same-sex marriage nationwide
The supreme court on Friday announced it will review four same-sex marriage cases in this session, nearly two years after its landmark decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) set in course a string of swift victories for the marriage equality movement.
Advocates, opponents and lawmakers have been anxious for a once-and-for-all ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in the US after the supreme court struck down key parts of Doma in June 2013. Months later, the status of state same-sex marriage laws began changing on nearly a weekly basis.
The case will be argued in April and a decision is expected by late June.
Eric Holder Curbing Federal Government's Role In Civil Asset Forfeiture
Attorney General Eric Holder is curbing the federal government's role in a civil asset forfeiture program involving local and state law enforcement agencies.
Holder says federal agencies will no longer take possession of assets seized by local law enforcement, unless the property includes firearms or and other materials that concern public safety.
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