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  • Oakland, Calif., Mother Devastated After 16-Year-Old Daughter Shot, Killed at Vigil

    An Oakland, Calif., mother is demanding justice after her 16-year-old daughter was shot and killed in a Tuesday-evening shooting in the city’s downtown, KTVU reports. “If anybody out there knows anything out there, please, please, let me know anything. I need justice,” the teen’s mother, Onika Wilson, said. Reggina Jefferies had performed a praise-and-worship dance at…

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  • US Senate Approves Bill That Would Require Women to Register for Draft

    Women may have to register for the draft as soon as 2018, based on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday in the Senate. The bill included the amendment that would require women who turn 18 on or after Jan. 1, 2018, to register for the selective service, the New York Times notes.…

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  • Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Buys TheGrio

    Big changes are coming to the African-American news-media space: On Tuesday, Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios announced its acquisition of TheGrio, an online news website that focus primarily on black readers, The Wrap reports. “David Wilson and his founding partner Dan Woolsey have done an incredible job these past seven years building TheGrio, and we are one…

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  • Mass. Dad Fatally Shot Outside Barbershop While 4-Year-Old Son Was Getting Haircut

    A Boston father was shot and killed outside a barbershop in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood where he had brought his 4-year-old son to get a haircut, CBS Boston reports. The fatal shooting occurred just after noon Tuesday outside the Hair It Is barbershop. The victim was identified as 31-year-old Marcus Hall, who was shot six times, WCVB…

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  • Fired Fla. Cop Brings Black Girlfriend as Witness to Prove He’s Not Racist

    One of the four Fort Lauderdale, Fla., cops who were terminated as a result of a racist-text-message scandal brought his black girlfriend to court for an arbitration hearing as proof that he was not racist, CBS Miami reports. Former Police Officer Jason Holding is fighting to get his job back, and his girlfriend, Perpetua Michel,…

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  • 4 Alligators Killed in Search for Toddler Dragged From Orlando, Fla., Disney Resort

    Authorities are continuing the search for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged away by an alligator from a Disney World, Orlando, Fla., resort late Tuesday, as officials continue to pull alligators from the nearby lagoon in order to check for the boy’s body, CBS News reports. Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jeff Williamson said the…

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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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  • NYC Mom Indicted After Toddler Dies in Fire

    A Brooklyn, N.Y., mother has been indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury after her 2-year-old daughter died in an apartment fire while she was out working, the New York Post reports. Leila Aquino, 20, will now face charges of criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child in the…

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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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