ROCHESTER, Minn. — "I read the message and my first reaction was 'oh my God,'" said Tawonda Burks, a Rochester business owner and mother of five. Thousands of Black residents in at least 19 other states have received racist messages in the past few days ...

The FBI is investigating a series of racist text messages targeting black people across the country, including in Houston. The FBI is now involved in a multi-agency investigation into the disturbing trend.

"They feel like the political system or the landscape will change in the favor of that happening." The same messages were sent to black students at a Hopkins middle school, with the district sending out a statement that said in part: We recognize that the outcome of the election has and will continue to spark instances of