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Columbus Short Ransacked Home, Wife Claims
Columbus Short’s name isn’t going to be free of controversy anytime soon, with his wife claiming that the scandal-ridden actor broke into their house over Easter weekend and left it in disarray, TMZ reports. Tanee McCall-Short (also known as Tuere in the U.S.) claims in new court documents that Columbus Short entered the house—despite a…
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Black Organizations Blocked by New My Brother’s Keeper Rule?
Updated: May 2, 2014, 12:45 p.m. The Root obtained the following statement from Chairman Curley M. Dossman of 100 Black Men of America on the issue. “In an effort to address a legitimate concern our organization had about a recent RFP, we sent a letter directly to the Department of Justice to obtain clarity around…
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NJ Councilwoman Has Her Own Alleged Racist Rant on Tape
A Belleville, N.J., councilwoman is wrapped up in her own “racist rant” controversy, after she was allegedly caught slurring black folks in the background of a voice mail, NJ.com reports. The news site also reported that a forensics lab in Michigan claimed it was “85 percent” certain that the voice heard on the message was…
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Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Botched Execution Is Halted
An execution in Oklahoma that employed a new drug combination went horribly wrong, leaving the inmate squirming and struggling on the table, forcing prison officials to stop the procedure Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Not that it mattered. The inmate, Clayton Lockett, died about a half-hour later of an apparent heart attack. According to the…
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UCLA Declines $3 Million From Donald Sterling
The University of California, Los Angeles is washing its hands of a $3 million gift from embattled L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Associated Press reports. The prestigious school says it will return a $425,000 installment on the gift and refuse to accept the remainder of the $3 million as a result of Sterling’s “divisive…
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Obama’s Biggest Regret
In a heartfelt moment on Sunday before students at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, President Barack Obama shared that he regretted not spending more time with his now-deceased mother, the ABC News reports. “I regret not having spent more time with my mother,” he said. “She died early. She got cancer right…
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10 People Who Publicly Dislike Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling hasn’t been receiving much love recently since news broke of racist statements being attributed to the Los Angeles Clippers owner, with person after person, personality after personality, voicing disdain. So for your viewing pleasure, here is an (incomplete) list of people who hate Sterling. 1. Lil Wayne: The Louisiana rapper shared his own thoughts on…
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Brazilian Soccer Player Dani Alves’ Epic Response to Banana Thrown at Him
Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves shrugged off a racist jester with good humor while playing a game in Villarreal, Spain, on Sunday. According to CNN, Alves, who plays for Barcelona, good-naturedly picked up a banana that a Villarreal fan threw at him during the game and took a big bite of the fruit before continuing…
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5 Weird Facts About the Donald Sterling Fiasco
While the media takes Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to task for recorded racist rants attributed to him, among other things, here are a few things you may want to know about the fiasco. 1. Donald Sterling was born Donald Tokowitz. According to an article in The Nation, Sterling (né Tokowitz) was the only…
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Donald Trump Goes After ‘Very, Very Bad Girlfriend’ for ‘Baiting’ Donald Sterling
Conservative business giant Donald Trump appeared on Fox News to give his two cents about the Donald Sterling scandal. Although Trump did describe Sterling’s comments as “horrible” and “disgusting,” he also took up a new angle, calling girlfriend V. Stiviano—whose lawyer has denied that she released the audio of Sterling’s racist rant—the “girlfriend from hell.”…
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