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  • Calif. Pastor on Orlando, Fla., Mass Shooting: ‘The Tragedy Is That More of Them Didn’t Die’

    Mere hours after the Orlando, Fla., club shooter took the lives of 49 people, a Sacramento, Calif., pastor turned to his pulpit, delivering a hateful, violent speech saying that he was upset the shooter “didn’t finish the job,” the New York Daily News reports. “The tragedy is that more of them didn’t die,” the pastor, Roger…

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  • Johnson Publishing Sells Ebony to Texas-Based Private-Equity Firm

    Johnson Publishing announced Tuesday that it has sold Ebony and Jet magazines to an Austin, Texas-based private-equity firm, bringing to an end more than seven decades of ownership by Johnson Publishing, the Chicago Tribune reports. The amount for which Johnson Publishing sold the influential African-American lifestyle magazines to Clear View Group, an African-American-owned firm, was not disclosed.…

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  • Parents of Texas 12-Year-Old Injured by Rope Around Neck on School Trip File Lawsuit

    The parents of a 12-year-old black girl who came home from an overnight school trip with a severe rope burn around her neck filed a lawsuit Monday against her Waco, Texas, private school as a result of the injury, the Dallas Morning News reports. The lawsuit points fingers at both the Live Oak Classical School…

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  • Low-Income Tenant Leaders, Allies, Protest Displacement of Museum Square Residents in DC

    Low-income tenant leaders, residents and allies protested at Museum Square in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning on behalf of tenants of the Chinatown apartment complex. The residents have been fighting for their right to remain in the area since being told in 2014 that the building’s Section 8 contract was due to expire and the owner,…

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  • Texas Wal-Mart Shooting Suspect Has Been Shot, Hostages Safe, Police Report

    Updated Tuesday, June 14, 1:55 p.m. EDT: The Amarillo, Texas, Police Department has confirmed that a SWAT team has shot the suspect, who is “apparently dead.” The hostages are reportedly safe. Earlier:  Authorities are responding to reports of an active shooter who has “barricaded” himself in an Amarillo, Texas, Wal-Mart and may have taken hostages,…

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  • Orlando, Fla., Mass Shooter Frequented Gay Nightclub Before Shooting: Report

    The man who killed 49 people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday night had been to the gay nightclub several times before and was reportedly seen by at least four regular customers, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times…

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  • Wife Tried to Talk Orlando, Fla., Shooter Out of Attack, May Face Charges: Report

    The woman who was married to the Orlando, Fla., shooter has revealed to federal investigators that she tried to talk her husband out of the attack, NBC News reports. Noor Mateen, the wife of Omar Mateen, who ultimately died in the shooting, told FBI agents that she was with her husband when he bought ammunition and…

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  • White House Hosts 1st United State of Women Summit

    The Obama administration has shown up and shown out for women, and the White House is stepping to the plate once again, hosting the first United State of Women summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The summit is built around six main ideas: economic empowerment; health and wellness;…

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  • Authorities Arrest Another Cop in Underage Sex Sting

    A northern-Virginia underage-sex sting operation targeting men who wanted to have sex or commit indecent acts with minors has led to the arrest of a Montgomery County police officer, officials confirmed Monday, the Washington Post reports. Christopher Dunkes, a 27-year-old patrolman with Montgomery County, was arrested after he agreed to meet up with an undercover…

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  • Baltimore Officer Testifies That Freddie Gray Asked for Help During Fatal Van Ride

    One of the Baltimore police officers facing charges in the death of Freddie Gray testified Monday that Gray had asked for help while being transported in a police van where he suffered a fatal neck injury, Reuters reports. Police Officer William Porter spoke at the trial of Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., who, as the van’s…

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