NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, about the settlement of the suit against the jail where her daughter died.
In addition to surveillance video, police say an "examination of [Joseph Michael Schreiber's] social media account also shows multiple anti-Islamic posts and comments."
Tyree King was pronounced dead 40 minutes after officers were sent to the scene of a reported armed robbery. Police say he had a BB pistol that resembled a handgun with a laser site.
The impersonation came about after police in Washington state couldn't identify a suspect who repeatedly sent threatening emails to a high school in the Seattle area.
A lawyer for the family of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail cell last year, says the deal includes changes to jail procedures. However, Texas officials said any deal was not yet final.
The number of claims for workplace retaliation filed at the EEOC have been on the rise and now make up nearly half of all complaints. Some experts in the field have faced it themselves.
Manning, a transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified data to WikiLeaks, says the U.S. Army has agreed to allow her to get medical treatment for her gender dysphoria.
The NCAA penalized the state of North Carolina for its new law that removed some protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The NCAA pulled tournament games out of the state for the next academic year.