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These tiny pellets found in popular soaps and scrubs are polluting our oceans and lakes.

In a Saturday appearance on MSNBC, Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, told Melissa Harris-Perry the non-indictment of the Ohio officer who fatally shot her son made her "mad as hell."

Monique Pressley tells 'CBS This Morning' that Cosby is innocent and claims that the DA is out to get him.

Natalie Cole, legendary R&B singer and daughter of Nat King Cole, died at a Los Angeles hospital on New Years Day.

A day after Bill Cosby was arrested on charges of aggravated indecent assault, the 78-year-old broke his silence, tweeting a message of thanks to his 4.1 million Twitter followers.

President Obama is set to announce an executive action on gun sales at the top of the new year.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and interim Police Supt. John Escalante hopes their new five-step “de-escalation” approach will lessen crime.

Followers of Minister Louis Farrakhan protested in front of a Texas beauty supply store to encourage customers to support black businesses.

A woman’s quick thinking led to the arrest of a Georgia man who attempted to rape her Monday morning. According to WSB-TV, Robert Giles, 27, abducted the woman around 4 a.m. from Hapeville and brought her to a closed adult store 20 minutes away in Jonesboro. Before the sexual assault, Giles ordered the woman to call […]

Emanuel and Interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante on Wednesday are slated to announce a "'de-escalation' approach to handling potential conflicts and standoffs, including making sure every 'operational' on-duty officer is equipped with a Taser."

The World Health Organization declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday after it went 42 days--the amount of time in two incubation cycles for the disease--without any reports of new infections, notes the news outlet.

The family of Samueal Eaddy has filed a wrongful death suit after a Rikers Island officer failed to properly secure Eaddy's wheelchair when boarding a bus.