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Treme Actor Settles ‘Shopping While Black’ Lawsuit With Macy’s
Treme actor Rob Brown, who was handcuffed and accused of using a fake credit card while trying to purchase a watch for his mother at Macy’s flagship store in New York City’s Herald Square, has settled his lawsuit against the department store. According to the New York Daily News, Brown has reached an agreement in…
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New Captain America Is an African American From Harlem
If only comics were like the real world, then the second-in-command who has been valiantly putting in the work and learning the trade would get promoted regardless of color. On Wednesday, Marvel Comics announced just such a promotion as Falcon, the African-American character born and raised in Harlem, will become the new Captain America. (Comic…
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Texas Actress Who Sent Ricin Letter to the President Gets 18 Years
A Texas actress who mailed ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control advocate was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Shannon Guess Richardson, 36, pleaded guilty in December to the federal charge of possessing and producing a biological toxin. In…
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Woman Robs 8-Year-Old of School Fundraising Cash
Three children were selling candy at a San Francisco intersection when a woman who was short the $1.25 she needed to buy a beer approached one of the kids, twisted her arm and stole the 8-year-old’s cash, news station KTVU reports. The children told police they were selling the candy for a school fundraiser and…
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Court Upholds Affirmative Action at the University of Texas
A three-judge federal appeals court decided Tuesday that The University of Texas at Austin can use affirmative action when considering whether college applicants gain admission, according to U.S. News & World Report. The 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit comes as a win for proponents of affirmative action and a…
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Shoppers Smash Window of Hot Car to Save Kids While Mom Got Haircut
Two kids stuck in a hot Jeep on a 90-degree day with the windows up, crying. Shoppers in Katy, Texas, saw the situation and didn’t wait for this scene to turn any more tragic: They began trying to break the Jeep’s window with their hands in order to free the little boy and girl whose…
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Tupac Musical Holler if Ya Hear Me Silenced on Broadway After 6 Weeks
In the end it may have been too much for Holler if Ya Hear Me to carry. The Tupac musical was supposed to be a bridge between the gritty streets of hip-hop and the highbrow Broadway scene. Holler opened to lukewarm reviews, struggled to find an audience, and after some 38 performances and 17 previews…
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Tracy Morgan Speaks for the 1st Time Since Accident: ‘I’m OK. I Feel Strong’
Looks like Tracy Morgan will be back to his old tricks in no time. Morgan spoke out for the first time since a Wal-Mart truck crashed into his limousine, killing his good friend and mentor, James “Uncle Jimmy Mack” McNair, and leaving him hospitalized with a broken nose, broken femur, cracked ribs and a broken…
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8th-Grade Metal Band Signs $1.7M Record Deal
They may not be old enough to see an R-rated movie without a parent, but that doesn’t mean they can’t rock out. With gigs at this year’s Coachella Festival in California and opening for metal heavyweights Guns N’ Roses, three black eighth-graders—guitarist Malcolm Brickhouse and bassist Alec Atkins, both 13, and drummer Jarad Dawkins, 12—who…
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Florida Cops Linked to KKK Are Off the Force
Two members of a Florida town’s police department are off the force after an FBI report allegedly linked them to the Ku Klux Klan, the Orlando Sentinel reports. According to the Sentinel, Fruitland Park Deputy Chief David Borst offered his immediate resignation once the FBI released the report to police Chief Terry Isaacs. Isaacs dismissed…
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