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Court Renews NYC Ban on Police Restraints

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Jamie Foxx to Star in Upcoming Action Film Tin Soldier

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Deion Sanders Claps Back At Nick Saban Over NIL Comments

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Former New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Considers Making A Run For Congress

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Lil Nas X to be Honored by Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Kendrick Lamar Shooting Documentary in Accra, Ghana, According to Reports

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Bill That Limits Use of Song Lyrics in Court Approved by New York State Senate

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New York City to Honor The Notorious B.I.G for His 50th Birthday

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Rihanna Reportedly Welcomes Baby Boy Into the World

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Netflix Announces More Layoffs, This Time to BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Verticals [UPDATED]

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Amber Heard Accused of Stealing Words From Rihanna's Chris Brown Interview During Most Recent Testimony

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

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Four Teachers Say They Were Fired from Private School for Calling out Racism

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Black Missouri High School Student Faced Racial Taunts, Threatened With Lynching, According to Lawsuit

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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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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

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Google-Sponsored Survey Reveals What Black Women Want at Work

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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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Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Killing of George Floyd

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Remembering the Victims of the Buffalo Shooting

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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

News

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Law Enforcement

Court Renews NYC Ban on Police Restraints

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DHS Warns of Violence When Roe V. Wade Decision is Handed Down

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Senate Republicans Introduce Bill To Stop Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plans

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Law Enforcement

911 Dispatcher who Hung Up on Buffalo Shooting Call Is in Big Trouble

National Politics

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Former New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Considers Making A Run For Congress

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Black Lives Matter Tries To Explain The Millions And That Mansion

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Former Rep. Corrine Brown Ends Charity Fraud Case With Guilty Plea

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Summer Lee Clinging To Lead In Historic PA Congressional Race