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Wife Shot by Husband in Freak Gun Accident
Police in Detroit are still investigating a bizarre shooting that took place earlier this week in the home of UAW Vice President General Holiefield, which left his wife in serious condition after a gun he was cleaning went off and shot her in the stomach, CBS Detroit reports. Holiefield’s wife, 50-year-old photographer Monica Morgan, is in…
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Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin, Champion of Rights for Poor Women of Color, Dies
Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin, a champion for both the civil rights movement and women’s rights, has died of cancer in Sarasota, Fla. where he lived in retirement, the Boston Globe reports. Dr. Edelin became a nationwide figure after he was convicted of manslaughter in Boston in 1975 after he performed an abortion. He would later…
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Bill de Blasio Sworn in as New York Mayor, Bible Goes Missing
Surrounded by his family and former President Bill Clinton, Bill de Blasio was formally sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City, making him the first Democrat in two decades to hold the position of governing the nation’s largest city, the New York Post reports. De Blasio, a former City Council member, assumed…
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Kid President Needs Our Help
Kid president needs our help. On Monday, Robby Novak, the 10-year-old who rose to Internet fame as America’s “Kid President,” underwent surgery, and his family is asking for get-well prayers. Novak, who has osteogenesis imperfecta, a congenital bone disorder characterized by brittle bones that are prone to fracture, had surgery to replace the rod in…
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President Obama and Hillary Clinton Are the Most Admired Americans
Don’t let the health care rollout or the reported drops in approval ratings fool you. According to a newly released Gallup poll, President Obama is still the most admired man in America. The six-time consecutive winner in that category was joined by his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who was the most admired woman.…
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Beyoncé Called ‘Insensitive’ by NASA Community
Looks like not everyone is happy with Beyoncé’s new album. Some current and former NASA astronauts have labeled the songstress “insensitive” for using audio of the space shuttle Challenger at the beginning of her video for “XO,” ABC News reports. Jan. 28, 1986, the nation watched live as the space shuttle exploded 73 seconds…
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Man Arrested in Killing of Alabama Rapper
A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in the fatal shooting of rapper Doe B. and a woman at an Alabama bar, the Associated Press reports. Jason Quan McWilliams surrendered to police Sunday evening and is being held without bond. The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Glenn…
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Duck Dynasty Couple to Ring in the New Year With Fox News
Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson, son of the outspoken Phil Robertson, will help Fox News ring in the New Year and will discuss his father’s brief suspension from the family’s hit A&E reality series, according to the Associated Press. No word has been given on whether or not Willie Robertson will address directly the homophobic…
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Family of Brain-Dead Teen Given Until Jan. 7
The doctors at Children’s Hospital Oakland had cleared the family out of Jahi McMath’s hospital room on Monday evening. The time to take the brain-dead teen off the ventilator was approaching. Then the phone rang, and a prayer was answered for the family, who have been desperately looking for another hospital to care for the…
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Ani DiFranco Cancels Retreat Scheduled at Slave Plantation
Feminist folk singer Ani DiFranco has canceled her “Righteous Retreat,” an expensive songwriting workshop, after black Twitter bashed the singer for the choice of venue. That’s because the gig was to be held at Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana, where hundreds of slaves were held under brutal conditions and which is now owned by the conservative…
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