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The Day Len Bias Died Changed My Life
Editor’s note: During Black History Month, the focus is usually on historical figures who loomed larger than life, paving the way for the progress we experience today. But black history isn’t just about telling stories of our past. History is being made every day and has been made throughout our lives; it’s not just in…
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NC Mother of 4, Who Had to Quit Working to Care for Children, Hits Powerball
“Everything is all for them,” Marie Holmes, a 26-year-old Shallotte, N.C., mother of four, told WPXI, regarding her becoming an instant millionaire as one of three winners with all the numbers in Wednesday’s $564 million Powerball drawing. “All the struggle that I ever went through, it was all for them,” said Holmes, whose winnings, before taxes,…
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Police Shoot Unarmed Los Angeles Teen Standing Next to Friend Holding Toy Gun
On Tuesday 15-year-old Jamar Nicholson, of Los Angeles, was standing in an alley with a group of friends, one of whom was holding a toy gun. A plainclothes police officer, who believed that the gun was real, opened fire on the young men, hitting Jamar, who was unarmed, in the back. “What the officer thought…
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Workers Awarded $15,000,000 After Bosses Called Them ‘N–gers’ and Separated Them by Race
Seven Denver warehouse workers were awarded some $15 million after a federal judge found that bosses separated the blacks from other workers because of their race and called them n—gers and “lazy, stupid Africans.” The judge also found that managers at Matheson Trucking and Matheson Flight Extenders Inc. discriminated against the workers “in all phases…
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Former NBA Player Anthony Mason Suffers Massive Heart Attack: Report
Former NBA player Anthony Mason, who had stints with the New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, is in critical condition after suffering a massive heart attack, according to sources close to Mason who spoke with the New York Post. The newspaper reports that Mason, 48, who played for the Knicks for five seasons…
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Watch: 2 Women Brawl After Wal-Mart Customer Head-Butts Worker
Jessica Albitz didn’t like the way Alice Keener, who works at the Jackson Hewitt stall inside a La Porte, Texas, Wal-Mart, had spoken to her and her husband, who had come to get their taxes prepared. So Albitz returned to the store, and it didn’t take long for things to go south. According to Click…
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Phoenix Man Accused of Following Woman Home and Raping Her
Tilfert Vaughn, 54, of Phoenix, has been charged with following a woman he had seen at a bar home and raping her at knifepoint while a male friend lay next to her “frozen in fear.” According to court documents seen by AZ Central, on Nov. 5, the 27-year-old woman awoke to find a bathroom light…
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Jackie Robinson West Team Stripped of Little League Title
The Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team, the first all-African-American team to win the U.S. championship, have been stripped of their title after they violated a rule that does not allow teams to use players who don’t live in the area the team represents, ESPN.com notes. According to the sports site, the Chicago-based team must also…
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Girl, 11, Charged With Murder of 2-Month-Old
A Wickliffe, Ohio, 11-year-old girl has been charged with murder in the death of 2-month-old Zuri Whitehead after police say she beat the toddler to death. According to the Daily Mail, the unnamed suspect asked her mother, who is a friend of Zuri’s mom, if the infant could spend the night at their house. Figuring…
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NC Teen Walks Into Target Looking for a Tie, and This Happens
On Monday, Raleigh, N.C., teen Yasir Moore ran into his local Target in a rush. He had an upcoming job interview at a Chick-fil-A restaurant, and he needed a tie. He was already dressed in his suit, and since he didn’t know how to tie a regular tie, he asked Target employees Cathy Scott and…
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