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We've scoured the web, and these are the best deals you'll find at Macy's.

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The AnkerMake M5 3D Printer Kickstarter Only Has a Few Days to Go

Pre-order Anker's new 3D printer for as low as $599.

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Black Lives Matter Nonprofit Group Has $42 Million In Assets

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Tiffany Haddish Says Keeping it Real is Way Easier Than Being Fake

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Q&A: Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. On Black Mayors Post- Buffalo Massacre

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White Buffalo Shooter Feared Being Replaced By BI-POC

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Check out the best deals of the day for Tuesday, May 17, 2022

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Music

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Brandy Hilariously Claps Back at Jack Harlow for Not Knowing Ray J Is Her Brother

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Diddy Introduces New Artist Jozzy at the Billboard Music Awards

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Morgan Wallen’s Appearance at the 2022 Billboard Music Award Criticized Amid Buffalo Mass Shooting

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Remy Ma Celebrated With Street Sign on Bronx Walk of Fame

Entertainment

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Tiffany Haddish Says Keeping it Real is Way Easier Than Being Fake

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Tabitha Brown Launching Clothing Line at Target

Stephanie Holland

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Jesse Williams Responds to Leaked Nude Broadway Play Footage: 'I'm Not Really Worrying About That'

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YouTube and LeBron James' Springhill Company Set New Series Recipe for Change: Amplifying Black Women

Race Matters

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Black Buffalo Residents Want Biden To Call Out White Supremacy During Visit

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Liz Cheney Calls Out Other Republicans Over White Supremacy

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Black Caucus Chair States 'Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough' In Reference To Buffalo Shooting

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Draymond Green Declines Apology For Racist Tweet

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FSU Professor Maurice Johnson Uses Hip Hop as His Textbook

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NBA Player Makes Coffee for Tennis Players

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A Former NFL Head Coach Didn't Know Who Aaron Donald is

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Chicago Entrepreneurs are Making a Splash in the Craft Beer Market

Small Business Spotlight

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ATL-based Greenwood, the Gathering Spot Announce Merger

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Kevin Hart Wants You Grilling Plant-Based Burgers This Summer

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How The Black News Channel Fell Apart

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United Airlines' New Flight School Seeks Diversity in the Flight Deck

Criminal Justice

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“Worst Cooks in America” Winner Sentenced for Killing her Child

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Buffalo Shooting Suspect Targeted Black Neighborhoods and was Previously Investigated for Violent Threat

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Criminal Justice

Judge Accepts Derek Chauvin’s Plea Deal in Federal Civil Rights Case

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Criminal Justice

Thomas Raynard James Exonerated After 32 Years in Prison for Murder Conviction

News

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Black Lives Matter Nonprofit Group Has $42 Million In Assets

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Q&A: Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. On Black Mayors Post- Buffalo Massacre

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Co-Founder of Airbnb Donates $100 Million to the Obama Foundation to Fund Scholarships

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Biden Refers To White Supremacy As 'Poison' In Buffalo Speech

National Politics

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Breonna Taylor Case Looms over Louisville Mayoral Race

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Biden Administration Puts Together Action Plan To Boost Affordable Housing

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Activist and Lawmaker Attica Scott is in the Run for Congress

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Black Republican Disagrees that Abortion Helps Low-Income Black Women