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NYC Man, 28, Allegedly Kills Another Man Over Air Jordans
A New York City man named Donald Proudfoot is reportedly so obsessed with sneakers that he allegedly shot a man to death over a pair of Air Jordans. And police told the New York Post that this isn’t the first time Proudfoot has been involved in a sneaker scuffle. Authorities are now looking for the…
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Watch: Victim’s Father Lunges at Ohio Serial Killer Who Murdered His Daughter
The Ohio serial killer had already been sentenced to death, but that didn’t stop the father of one of his victims from diving over a table to try to hurt the man who killed his daughter. “How are you doing, your honor? My name is Van Terry, father of Shirellda Terry,” he said from a…
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Miss. Woman’s Stillborn Daughter’s Remains Go Missing From Graveyard
Nine years ago, Amanda Reed gave birth to a stillborn child. She named her daughter Heaven Sent Reed before burying her in a Tunica County, Miss., graveyard. For nine years, Reed has visited the site where her daughter is buried; sometimes she cleans the site, and other times she brings flowers. Sometimes she does both.…
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Report: Prince Died From Opioid Overdose
Autopsy reports show that Prince died from an opioid overdose, according to a law-enforcement official who spoke with the Associated Press. Since news of Prince’s death surfaced, so have rumors claiming that the 57-year-old singer suffered from an addiction to pain medication. According to the official, who is reported to be close to the investigation…
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Ex-Fla. Officer Who Fatally Shot Musician Corey Jones Arrested, Charged
Prosecutors Wednesday charged a former Florida police officer with manslaughter and attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a black musician whose car had broken down on the side of a highway. Former Palm Beach Gardens Officer Nouman Raja, 38, was arrested for the Oct. 18, 2015, shooting of 31- year-old Corey Jones. Prosecutors, in…
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NC Senator Wanted to Drop Tuition at State HBCUs to $500. How’d He Get Labeled a Racist?
North Carolina state Sen. Tom Apodaca claimed that he was only trying to make tuition at some of the state’s historically black colleges and universities affordable when he proposed Senate Bill 873, which would have dropped tuition to $500 a semester. But the North Carolina NAACP said that the Republican senator’s bill was a shady…
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Head of Minneapolis Police Union: ‘Black Lives Matter Is a Terrorist Organization’
Moments after it was announced that police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark would not face federal charges, the president of the Minneapolis police union spoke out against the Black Lives Matter movement, calling it a “terrorist organization.” Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Lt. Bob Kroll criticized Minneapolis Mayor Betsy…
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander Named to Pulitzer Prize Board
Acclaimed poet, author and professor Elizabeth Alexander has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize board. Alexander wrote and delivered her poem “Praise Song for the Day” for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry American Sublime and a 2016 Pulitzer finalist…
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Ala. Teacher Gives Test to 8th-Graders Asking How Many Tricks Would a ‘Ho’ Have to Turn to Support Pimp’s Crack Habit
An Alabama middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave for the remainder of the school year after reportedly passing out a test that included such questions as how many tricks would a prostitute have to “turn” to support her pimp’s crack addiction. According to Fox 10, the racist test, various versions of which…
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Okla. ‘Play’ Cop Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
Tulsa County, Okla., Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Bates, who fatally shot an unarmed black suspect, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday. The 73-year-old volunteer sheriff’s deputy maintained that he had been reaching for his Taser during an April 2015 undercover sting operation when he accidentally grabbed his gun and shot Eric Harris as…
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