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In the Spirit of Trying to Resurrect Her Advertisers, Fox News Host Apologizes to Parkland, Fla., Student. Hrmmm
Life sure comes at you fast on Holy Week, huh, Laura Ingraham? The Fox News host found herself in a bind after a tweet in which she accused David Hogg—one of the most prominent student-activists to emerge in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting—of whining about being rejected from some colleges he had…
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3 Heroic British Schoolboys to Be Honored for Saving Man Attempting to Commit Suicide
Three black British schoolboys will soon receive a national service award for their role in helping save the life of a man who tried to kill himself by jumping off a bridge in Waltham Cross, England, last year. As the Hertfordshire Mercury reports, Devonte Cafferkey, 13, and Sammy Farah, 14, spotted a man sitting with…
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Missing Teen Told Neighbor His Adoptive Parents Were Withholding Food in Week Leading Up to Deadly Car Crash
Authorities are still trying to piece together what happened when an SUV packed with a family of eight drove off a California cliff last weekend. The bodies of two women and their three adopted children were found in the car, which was discovered Monday. Their three other adopted children are missing and presumed dead. As…
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Black Students at Stoneman Douglas High Want Gun-Violence Solutions to Address Police Violence
On Wednesday afternoon, black students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., assembled to draw attention to their growing safety concerns since returning to class—concerns they say may not necessarily be shared or highlighted by their white classmates, who have received the bulk of the national media’s attention following the deadly shooting that…
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Alleged Parkland, Fla., Shooter Has Received Sexual Photos, Fan Mail and Hundreds of Dollars in Donations While Awaiting Trial: Report
Broward County, Fla., Public Defender Howard Finkelstein says in his 40 years as a public defender, he has never seen anyone receive as much mail as Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people last month in Parkland, Fla. As the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports, Cruz has been receiving scores of mail from…
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School Says Story That Principal Cut Off Student’s Locs Is ‘Total Fabrication’; Won’t Discipline Staff
After a mother in Jones County, Miss., wrote a viral Facebook post Tuesday claiming that her son’s elementary school principal called him into the office and chopped off his locs, school officials launched an investigation into the matter, reviewing security-camera footage and interviewing administrators, staff and students. The Jones County investigation, which appears to have…
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The Future of Child Care: How to Create a Fairer, More Equitable System for Working Women and Women of Color
For Women’s History Month, Jezebel and The Root are partnering for JezeRoot, a series that focuses on women of color, domestic workers and sex workers. When she was getting ready to have kids, Erika Washington was not without advice. People cautioned her about the cost of the diapers. They gave her advice on pregnancy and…
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New Craig Mack Interview Reveals the Moment That Prompted Him to Join a South Carolina ‘Cult’: Report
A new documentary featuring Craig Mack promises to shed light on the trailblazing rapper’s final years. In interviews filmed just weeks before his death March 12, Mack talks about the pivotal moment when he came across the controversial preacher with whom he would spend his final years. As the New York Daily News reports, Mack…
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Everything You Need to Know About America in One Macabre ‘Trend’
Following school shooting after school shooting after school shooting, a macabre fashion trend has emerged: bulletproof backpacks. Google the term and you will find a number of sites selling backpacks and “bulletproof inserts,” as well as a slew of stories on the spike in bulletproof backpack sales following the February school shooting in Parkland, Fla.,…
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Donald Glover Leaks Deadpool Script Pages, Says He Wasn’t ‘Too Busy’ to Do the Show
If there’s one thing Donald Glover wants you to know, it’s that his schedule didn’t kill Deadpool. Last weekend, FX released a statement confirming that the network, Marvel, Donald Glover and his brother Stephen were parting ways on a proposed animated Deadpool show. When the news broke, Variety speculated that Glover’s packed schedule may have…
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