A University of Alabama student and recent Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. initiate died Thursday, April 5 during a riverboat party hosted by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Rep Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a former black panther, was escorted from the House for donning a hoodie and dark sunglasses while giving a moving speech in support of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old slain teen murdered as he walking to his father’s fiancé’s home from getting snacks at a store.

A 21-year-old Jackson, Miss. man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of John Sanderson, a 21-year-old Mississippi State University student. Mason Perry Jones was arrested Monday on a capitol murder charge and the sale of a controlled substance after U.S. Marshals reportedly found him traveling on a bus in Memphis, Tenn.

A 4-year-old Cleveland boy has been reported missing. Raevon Ruffin reportedly was taken from his home at 1334 West 95th Street around 7:55pm.

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appeared on Piers Morgan talk show Thursday night and was asked to comment on the Trayvon Martin case.

In a 911 Call, Zimmerman referred to Trayvon Martin as a “fu–king coon” in 911 recording. As Zimmerman speaks with an emergency dispatcher, he refers to the teen as the derogatory term.

A teenage girl reportedly was on the phone with Trayvon Martin before his untimely demise. She recounts how Martin told her someone was following him.

White House press secretary Jay Carney commented on the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed boy killed by a neighborhood watchman, during a briefing this afternoon.

Authorities have released the 911 calls in the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting case. Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American Teen, was walking to his father’s home from a nearby 7-eleven when he was attacked by George Zimmerman, who deemed him “suspicious.”

T.J. Lane’s aunt spoke out in response to the Chardon High School Feb. 27 shooting that left three students dead and two others injured. Lane is charged three counts of aggravated murder.

Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain Miami-Dade teenager Trayvon Martin, held a news conference Sunday, March 11 at a Miami Gardens church for her son, who was murdered by a neighborhood watchman. George Zimmerman shot the 17-year-old Krop High School junior as he walked to his father’s fiancés home from buying Skittles and an Arizona drink. He first called police to report a “suspicious person in the area” before following the youth in his vehicle.