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Watch anti-gay pastor's pro-stoning rant: 'I'm going terrorize this country in the name of the Lord'

A Missouri pastor who recently made news when he was seen in a viral video praying to "cure" a man of his homosexual urges explained this week that his sermons were like "chemotherapy" for LGBT people.

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'F*ck CNN!': NYC protesters make their feelings known on the air

In an incident that demonstrates the potential perils of live news reporting, Tuesday night's edition of Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN featured several seconds of protesters shouting "F*ck CNN!" as they marched in New York City.

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Man sues after Wisc. police come to his home, arrest him for calling them racists on Facebook

A federal lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin man alleges that Arena police violated his civil rights by charging him for calling officers racists on Facebook.

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WATCH LIVE: Ferguson solidarity protests continue around the country

Demonstrations in solidarity with the family of slain Missouri teen Michael Brown continued on Tuesday night around the country.

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Houston pastor refuses to bury 93-year-old woman who didn't tithe enough while in a coma

A Houston pastor has come under fire for refusing to bury a 93-year-old woman who had been a member of his church for 50 years but had not tithed enough as her death neared.

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'Fanciful and not credible': CNN legal analyst destroys Darren Wilson's testimony

CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin ripped St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch for asking Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson "softball" questions during the cross examination of his testimony, which she called "fanciful and not credible."

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'Fox & Friends' comforts Darren Wilson's friend: 'What has been the toughest part' for him?

Fox & Friends spoke to a friend of Officer Darren Wilson's on Tuesday to find out what had been the "toughest part" of not being charged after killing unarmed teen Michael Brown.

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WATCH LIVE: Ongoing coverage of tensions in Ferguson after grand jury decision

St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced on Monday night that a grand jury decided there was no probable cause for indicting Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown.

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9-year-old girl walks in on mass killing and lives -- but pregnant mom, 4 others are gunned down

A 9-year-old girl and her 2-year-old brother are the only survivors of a mass killing in Cleveland over the weekend.

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Violent killings by Utah police outpace deaths by gangs, drug dealers and child abusers

If you live in Utah, you are more likely to be killed by police than gangs, drug dealers or child abusers.

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Michael Eric Dyson exposes Giuliani: It's 'the defense mechanism of white supremacy in your mind'

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) is more focused on "black on black" crimes than police violence against African-Americans because of the "defense mechanism of white supremacy at work" in his mind, according to Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson.

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Katrina Vanden Heuvel calls out Ben Carson: Stop 'pitting' poor whites against immigrants

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, on Sunday blasted the Republican Party's "know-nothing nativism anti-immigrant" ideology after Dr. Ben Carson criticized President Barack Obama's recent executive orders to reform the immigration system.

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Fox host mocks Ted Cruz's new govt. shutdown: 'It didn't work very well with Obamacare, sir'

Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday that his latest scheme to shut down part of the government would prevent Attorney General Eric Holder's replacement from being confirmed.

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