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Racist Filmed Beating a Black Woman Is Desperately Trying to Avoid a Hate Crime

Protesters have called for hate crime charges against the white man seen on video last month brutally beating a Black woman in Dallas, but the man’s attorney has dismissed those calls.

Trump's Border Threats Create Chaos

Donald Trump's flailings on immigration and the Mexican border continue to spiral into chaos. First, he threatened to close the border with Mexico. One week later, he walked that back. He declares a national emergency about the "invasion" of people seeking asylum from Central American countries, and then says he's stopped all aid to those countries, which can only worsen the conditions that cause people to leave.

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Jeff Bezos made $81,840 last year. He's still the richest person in the world

eff Bezos, the richest person in the world, has made the same $81,840 salary for two decades. He has never taken a stock award. Bezos doesn't need it -- he already owns 16% of the company, a stake worth more than $100 billion.

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Their church was burning. They linked arms and prayed

Ronald Milburn smelled the smoke four miles away as he drove to Greater Union Baptist Church.

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Ilhan Omar is a weapon for Republicans and a headache for Democrats

Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar got in elevator on Capitol Hill Tuesday as CNN's Sunlen Serfaty shouted a final question: Did the Minnesota Democrat believe President Trump was a white nationalist?

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Investigators Believe Fires at 3 Black Churches in Louisiana were Intentionally Set

Fires that consumed three historically black Louisiana churches in 10 days are believed to have been intentionally set, a local elected official said Tuesday.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar calls White House adviser Stephen Miller a 'white nationalist'

Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed a senior White House adviser as a "white nationalist" Monday on Twitter.

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Bibi forever? Supporters in Netanyahu's heartland think so

Israel is voting in an election on Tuesday that's gearing up to be as defining for the country as it is challenging for its prime minister.

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Nipsey Hussle's memorial will be open to fans

A "Celebration of Life" has been planned for Nipsey Hussle, and some of his fans will have the opportunity to attend.

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Eric Swalwell announces 2020 presidential bid

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Monday that he is running for president, telling "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert that he believes the United States is in "quicksand" where Americans feel they are "running in place and it is not adding up to anything."

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Trump pushed to close El Paso border, told admin officials to resume family separations and agents not to admit migrants

President Donald Trump has been pushing to reinstate broader family separation policies and sought to close the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, as his conflict with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen reached a boiling point.

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9 top administration officials who told Trump 'no' -- and what happened next

Two weeks before she was fired, Kirstjen Nielsen told President Donald Trump "no."

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Judge blocks policy forcing some asylum seekers to remain in Mexico

A federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration's policy of returning some asylum seekers to Mexico to await their immigration court hearing, delivering a major blow to the administration just a day after the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign.

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Obama's 'circular firing squad' remarks may not persuade 2020 Democrats

In Berlin, the city famous for once dividing itself in two with a wall, former President Barack Obama tackled the issue of division in politics and his worries for the Democratic Party's future: "Among progressives in the United States ... is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, 'Uh, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be.'" Obama argued, at an Obama Foundation event on Saturday, that party infighting usually leads to the weakening of a movement by "creating what's called a 'circular firing squad' where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues."

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Amy Klobuchar raises $5.2 million for White House bid, campaign says

Sen. Amy Klobuchar raised more than $5.2 million in the first seven weeks of her presidential bid, the Minnesota Democrat's campaign announced Monday.

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Half the women are gone from Trump's Cabinet

He's had three national security advisers, three chiefs of staff and three attorneys general and he hasn't even been in office for three years. One other result of the chaotic churn in President Donald Trump's Cabinet is that he has fewer women -- down to just three.

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Houston Parks Board's Fifth Annual Bayou Greenway Day Attracts Thousands of People to Mason Park

Mayor Sylvester Turner and city VIPs celebrated Bayou Greenways 2020

Houston Parks Board’s fifth annual Bayou Greenway Day was its most successful to date, garnering its highest community member attendance and its broadest participation of community and city event partners. Presented by Noble Energy, approximately 6,000 adults, teens, and children took part in the free festival at Mason Park along Brays Bayou Greenway.

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Brave girl calls 911 and saves babysitter's life

A 9-year-old southern Iowa girl was recently rewarded for her heroic efforts that potentially saved her babysitter's life.

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Man throws drill at courthouse to get arrested

One Clayton County man was determined to get arrested and even drew the attention of the United States Secret Service.

Bach, Beethoven & Barbecue Gala Pulls Out All of the Stops for Young Texas Artists’ 35th Anniversary

Quintessential celebration of classical music with a Texas twist raises $100K for the nonprofit

The Young Texas Artists (YTA) Bach, Beethoven & Barbecue gala on March 9 was jam packed with one phenomenal moment after another, including a performance by members of the iconic Kilgore College Rangerettes and a visit from Honored Guest Ron Losby, CEO of Steinway & Sons, who flew in from New York to celebrate the occasion of YTA’s 35th anniversary.