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  • #BeingADoctorWhileBlack: Man Almost Denied Care After Flight Attendant Refused to Believe Black Woman Is a Doctor

    A Houston OB-GYN’s Facebook post is going viral after she recounted the dismissive racism she encountered on a Delta flight, where a flight attendant refused to believe that she was a doctor and refused to let her aid a man who had become unresponsive. “I’m sure many of my fellow young, corporate America working women…

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  • Ky. High School Apologizes After Assignment on the N-Word

    A high school in Lexington, Ky., is apologizing after an assignment focused on questions surrounding the use of the n-word, WKYT reports. According to the report, Kiarah Raglin, a freshman at Lafayette High School, was given the assignment in English class last week, prior to fall break. According to school Principal Bryne Jacobs, the assignment…

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  • Independent Autopsy Shows Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot in Back and Abdomen

    The family of a black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month released details from an independent autopsy showing that the victim suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, attorneys for the family of Keith Lamont Scott said in a…

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  • Boko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls to the Nigerian Government 

    Boko Haram militants released 21 of the more than 200 girls the terrorist group originally kidnapped in 2014 in Chibok, Nigeria, the Nigerian government confirmed Thursday, Reuters reports. “The release of the girls … is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss…

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  • LAPD Detective Investigating Derrick Rose Rape Case Dead in Apparent Suicide 

    A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating the rape allegations against NBA’s Derrick Rose has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities confirmed Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. LAPD Detective Nadine Hernandez was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest Tuesday afternoon in a Whittier, Calif., home. She was…

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  • Trump Supporter Charged After Threatening Black Woman in Albany, NY

    An apparent Donald Trump supporter is facing charges of aggravated harassment after allegedly threatening to beat a black woman and calling her a racial slur earlier this week, the Albany Times Union reports. Albany, N.Y., police spokesman Steve Smith said that officers responded to a 911 call at a local ShopRite around 8:20 p.m. Monday…

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  • Former Mo. School Principal Accused of Hiring Hit Man to Kill Pregnant Girlfriend 

    A former Missouri school principal is facing two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly hiring his childhood friend to kill his pregnant girlfriend, KMOV reports. Jocelyn Peters, 30, was found shot dead in her apartment in late March. She was seven months pregnant at the time of her death and was a teacher at Mann…

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  • Texas Restaurant Employee Fired After Playing N.W.A’s ‘F–k tha Police’ While Officers Ate

    A Texas BBQ restaurant has drawn attention after an employee reportedly blasted N.W.A’s “F-ck tha Police” while officers were eating there, according to Complex. According to a Facebook post reportedly written by Deputy Shane Cates that has since been removed, he and a few other fellow officers went to Going’s Barbeque & Steak Co. in…

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  • Family Members Overpower Convicted Sex Offender Who Climbed Into Girls’ Bedroom: Report

    Family members of two teenage girls in San Bernardino County, Calif., were able to overpower and pin down a convicted sex offender who reportedly sneaked into the girls’ room and tried to sexually assault them, according to the police, the Los Angeles Times reports. Derek Lamont Fowler of Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with burglary…

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  • Detroit Woman Displays Real-Life Horrors for Halloween 

    A Detroit woman is getting a lot of attention for her controversial, conversation-inducing Halloween decorations, WJBK reports. The decorations depict the victims of police shootings, neighborhood violence and even the Flint, Mich., water crisis. According to the news station, it isn’t the first time the homeowners have shied away from the Halloween tradition of showing…

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