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Police: New York City Dad Admits to Killing 8-Year-Old Son
A 41-year-old Queens, N.Y., resident confessed to killing his 8-year-old son before trying to kill himself, the New York Post reports. The father was found with cuts to his wrist. According to the Post, a 2-gallon bucket of blood found in the bathroom is believed to be from the man’s wounds. The child’s bloodied clothes were…
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Judge to Rule on Sale of Los Angeles Clippers
A judge will determine the fate of the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday and is expected to rule on a family-trust provision that would give Shelly Sterling, Donald Sterling’s estranged wife, the right to sell the NBA team without her husband’s consent, Fox News reports. According to CNN, the terms of the trust regarding the…
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How Karyn Parsons Is Telling Black History’s Untold Stories
Does the name Janet Collins ring a bell to you? Hint: She’s African American and a ballerina. Bigger hint: She was an African-American ballerina so talented that in the 1930s at age 15, after auditioning for the company in Los Angeles, she was invited to dance for the prestigious Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ……
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A Matter of Law: What Everyone Is Missing About the Texas Child Support Case
Clifford Hall is not a deadbeat dad. And District Court Judge Lisa Millard, who sentenced him to six months in prison even after he caught up and overpaid on his late child support due to a clerical error, is not a crooked judge. The problem, insists Hall’s lawyer Tyesha Elam, is the law—more specifically, a…
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Nigerian Singer Offers Virginity in Exchange for Abducted Schoolgirls
One Nigerian pop star is taking the fate of the missing Chibok schoolgirls into her own hands, saying that she is willing to give her virginity to Boko Haram in exchange for the more than 200 who are still missing, the New York Daily News reports. “It is just unfair. They are too young. I…
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NC Teen Against Gun Violence Killed in Gang Gunfight
Just last month, 19-year-old Ravon Jordan was standing before the Fayetteville, N.C., City Council, speaking about gun violence and calling for the senseless deaths to stop. “Since I’ve known about Cambridge Arms, there have been four murders all due to gun violence,” Jordan said before the council on May 12, the Fayetteville Observer reports. But…
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Comedian Kevin Hart Donates $50,000 to Texas Southern University Band
Comedian Kevin Hart is well-known for generating big laughs. However, he also has a pretty big heart, donating $50,000 to HBCU Texas Southern University’s band after hearing that the Tom Joyner Foundation was trying to send the members to go see Michael Strahan—a famed alumnus known for the most sacks in a single season—inducted into…
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McDonald’s Stabbed Man Was on Phone With Daughter Canceling Movie Date
Andrew Hardy has one cool head on his shoulders. The 53-year-old Queens, N.Y., resident became an Internet sensation when he strolled into a neighborhood McDonald’s with a knife literally stuck in the middle of his back, his phone to his ear. “Yo, we might not be going to the movies. I got a knife sticking…
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Supreme Court: President Obama Went Too Far With Recess Appointments
President Barack Obama was wrong when he made appointments during an extended Senate break in 2012. At least that’s what the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, saying that the president went too far when he made the appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, Fox News reports. The nation’s highest court unanimously agreed with Senate…
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2 Ghana Players Suspended Indefinitely Hours Before Decisive World Cup Game
Ghana vs. Portugal is one of the deciding games of the World Cup, since only one of the playing teams will be in the last 16 for the series. However, things took an interesting turn when two star players for the Ghanaian team were indefinitely suspended and sent home by coach Kwesi Appiah, Yahoo Sports…
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