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Kidnapper Releases Gospel-Singing Child
Gospel music may have saved little Willie Myrick’s life. Earlier in April the then-9-year-old was in his front yard in Atlanta when he bent down to pick up some money. At that point someone snatched him up and threw him into the back of a car, WXIA reports. According to Willie, his abductor told him…
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Mitzi Miller Named Editor-in-Chief of Ebony Magazine
Veteran editor Mitzi Miller has been handed the reins of Ebony magazine and will take on her new position as editor-in-chief of the publication effective immediately, according to a press release. Desiree Rogers, CEO of the Johnson Publishing Co., which owns Ebony, made the announcement on Tuesday. “Mitzi is a gifted editor with tremendous energy…
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KKK Launching Neighborhood Watch in Pennsylvania
A neighborhood in Pennsylvania’s Fairview Township will be under the protection of a new neighborhood watch group … made up of members of the local chapter of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, PennLive.com reports. That’s right: Members of the KKK are forming a neighborhood watch for the area. The move was…
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Stowaway Teen Prompts Serious Review of Airport Security
When a 15-year-old managed to sneak his way into the wheel well of a jetliner and survive a five-hour flight to Hawaii, despite a lack of oxygen and freezing temperatures, he also sparked a national conversation about just how secure our nation’s airline fleet is. According to the Associated Press, authorities are trying to understand…
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Thousands of Prisoners Could Qualify for Clemency
The Department of Justice is planning to release new clemency guidelines for consideration, a move that could make thousands more prisoners eligible for a reduction in sentences by President Obama. “The White House has indicated it wants to consider additional clemency applications to restore a degree of justice, fairness and proportionality for deserving individuals who…
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Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Ban on Affirmative Action
Updated Tuesday, April 22, 1:45 p.m. EDT: Justice Sonia Sotomayor slammed the majority ruling of the court that upheld Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in her written dissent, pointing out that without limitations, even a democratically approved legislation can be used to oppress. “We are fortunate to live in a democratic society. But without checks, democratically…
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Texas Boy Gives Up PlayStation 4 Money to Buy Smoke Detectors
Young Hector Montoya had been saving up for almost a year to buy himself a new PlayStation 4 console, but his plans all changed when he discovered that some people did not have smoke detectors in their homes, NBCDFW reports. According to the 9-year-old Dallas boy’s grandmother, Hector’s decision to take the money he had…
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Distraught Mom Questions EMT Response to Fatal Fire
A New York mother is questioning why EMTs were late to the scene following a weekend fire in Queens that left her 4-year-old daughter and the girl’s half-brother, also 4, dead, The New York Post reports. Khalilah Waymer sang praises for the doctors at St. John’s Hospital saying they “broke their own rules” in trying…
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Black Student Protests After Being Rejected From University of Michigan
Brooke Kimbrough is dead set on going to the University of Michigan—so set on it, in fact, that she is currently leading protests against her rejection from the university. She plans to continue her public calls to be accepted until her wish is granted. But Kimbrough says it’s not just about her—it’s for all minority…
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Racist Easter Eggs Alarm Virginia Parents
The kids were supposed to have fun hunting down the hidden eggs and unlocking the treats inside, but what some Virginia parents found rolled up in the plastic eggs was much more alarming, WRIC reports. According to the report, the Smith family was egg hunting with their 3-year-old son on Sunday afternoon in the West…
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