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Girl Wins Funding on Shark Tank With Lemonade That Supports Cause  - Mikaila Ulmer's lemonade stand takes the traditional neighborhood business to the next level by using honey instead of sugar and also by supporting organizations that look to save bees from extinction. The 14-year-old's Beesweet Lemonade business won a $60,000 investment from Shark Tank investor and FUBU CEO Daymond John. (Photo: ABC/Michael Desmond)

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Woman Calls Out Steve Harvey for Making Fun of People With Special Needs - Steve Harvey recently made a joke on his live radio show about a woman in church who is "34 years old and got a mind of a 4-year-old." In response, a mother of a child with autism made an emotional video calling for all comedians to stop making fun of people with special needs. "I don't understand why comedians still use people with special needs as their go-to joke to get laughs," the woman said. "I have a child with autism....that's real. This is our life." (Photo: the Marvelous Dekeda via Youtube)

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Couple Sues Company for Racist Prank on Wedding Day - A photo booth is a fun addition to any wedding day to give guests a memorable and personable souvenir. But when attendees of one Black couple's special day printed their photos, the words 'Poor N***er Party' were shown at the bottom. The Fort Bend County, Texas, couple is suing the Premier Photography for the incident, according to ABC. (Photo: KTRK-TV/ABC 13, Houston Local News)

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University Expels Students for Racist Radio Broadcast - Bucknell University in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, expelled three students for using the n-word and saying, "black people should be dead" while on the air of a student radio station show, according to the Associated Press. An inmate at a nearby prison heard the broadcast and reported them to a prisoner advocacy group, who then reached out to the university. (Photo: Jeff Titcomb/Getty Images)

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Three Black Women Make History at NCAA Swimming Competition - Simone Manuel (pictured above), Lia Neal and Natalie Hinds made history when they placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the women's NCAA swimming championships. Manuel and Neal attend Stanford University, and Hinds is a student at the University of Florida. (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)

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Mayoral Candidate Dresses Up in Blackface, Apologizes - Bill Helton, Elk City, Oklahoma's commissioner, was under fire this week for dressing up in blackface. The commissioner, who is running to be the next mayor of Elk City, channeled one of his clients (he's a hairdresser) to create the character he calls Pollyester Kotton. “If they were offended, then I apologize because that was never my intent, never my heart, to set out to offend someone," he said. (Photo: HLN via Youtube)

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Father Shoots Son Over Orange Juice Argument - Eldridge Dukes is facing an attempted manslaughter charge for shooting his son after a debate over orange juice went too far. Dukes shot at his son at least three times, and the son faces non-life-threatening injuries. (Photo: Baton Rouge Police Department)

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Fort Lauderdale Officers Fired After Racist Texts Emerge - Four Fort Lauderdale police officers have been fired from the force after racist text messages were revealed. The messages included images of President Obama as well as a racially charged video.“The inappropriate racist behavior exhibited by those involved is unacceptable and reprehensible," Fort Lauderdale mayor Jack Seiler said. "It violates the trust we place in our law enforcement officers; it damages the bond we have established with our community; and it undermines the standards to which each and every City employee is held accountable.” (Photo: Michael Francis McElroy/Sun Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images)

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George Zimmerman Speaks Out - George Zimmerman had some choice words for President Barack Obama and the U.S. government in his first public statement since the Justice Department decided not to bring federal civil rights charges against him in the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. When asked if he had wished the events leading up to Trayvon's death had turned out differently, he said he does not feel "guilty for living."  (Photo: Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images)

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Ferguson Shooter Reportedly Said Cops Were Not the Target - Jeffrey Williams, who is charged with wounding two officers in Ferguson, Missouri, told an informant that the shots were not intended for the cops. The informant picked Williams up at his house and drove around St. Louis County to talk about the shooting. Williams's attorney thinks the informant talked to the wrong person. (Photo: AP Photo/St. Louis County Police Department)

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Racial Slurs Found at Texas A&M Apartment - A student returned to Texas A&M University from Spring Break to racial slurs written all over her apartment, KRIS TV reports. “I think the community ought to be hurt by this,” Corpus Christi Police Chief Floyd Simpson said in a press conference. “I think that we all ought to take it very seriously.”  (Photo: KRIS-TV)

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Twins Face 30 Years in Prison  - Two Georgia twins are facing 30 years in prison after they confess to jointly killing their mother. Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead were 16 years old when they repeatedly stabbed their mother and left her to die in her bathtub, after an argument started before the twins headed to school.(Photo: Rockdale County Jail)

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10-Year-Old Shot in Miami Drive-by - A 10-year-old was found dead in an apartment building hallway with a bullet wound to his head. Police have suspected that the boy is a victim of a drive-by in a Miami neighborhood where violent crimes have been on the rise.(Photo: aijohn784/Getty Images)

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