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Texas Prepared to Execute Aspiring Rapper in Murder Case
Texas is prepared to execute 33-year-old Ray Jasper on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CDT for killing a music-studio owner in 1998, Reuters reports. Jasper was convicted of slitting David Alejandro’s throat before stabbing him to death in San Antonio so that he could rob the owner of his studio equipment. Alejandro offered his space to…
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Cop Shown Apparently Breaking High School Student’s Arm in Cellphone Video
Cellphone video footage allegedly shows a cop breaking a student’s arm after an early March altercation at a Texas high school, the Blaze reports. The video, which captures the chaos, shows students shouting as two officers take one of the students to the ground, one of them bringing the young man’s arm behind his back.…
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Florida Lawmakers Push to Change ‘Stand Your Ground’
Florida is making progress in attempts to tweak the state’s notorious “Stand your ground” law, Mediaite reports. Proposed modifications include the ability for law enforcement agents to conduct a proper investigation every time the law is invoked and allowing local enforcement departments to set guidelines for neighborhood-watch groups. The changes unanimously went through a Senate…
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High School Students Hail ‘White Power’ After Winning Basketball Game
A Michigan high school has shocked residents with racist tweets sent last Thursday celebrating the Howell High School’s boys basketball team’s win over Grand Blanc, MLive.com reports. According to the news site, several students are now facing disciplinary action for hailing their “white” team’s victory following the 54-49 win in the Class A regional final…
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GOP State Senator Has No Issue If Business Owners Exclude Customers
One Republican lawmaker is so trusting of the free market that he doesn’t see a problem if businesses choose, based on their beliefs, to deny service to certain customers, Talking Points Memo reports. South Dakota Sen. Phil Jensen, who is a self-proclaimed “free market absolutist,” believes that these decisions are between business owners and the market.…
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Black Youths Attending Princeton Conference Pulled Over by Police, Then This Happened
Exchanges between black youths and the police don’t always have to end in violence. What began as an unfortunate incident of alleged police profiling in Princeton, N.J., ended with a public-forum discussion with the officer who did the profiling. According to one member of the Black Youth Project 100, or BYP100, a youth-centered black activist…
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White House Promotes Affordable Care Act With Basketball Campaign
The White House will be catering to all the basketball junkies with a “March Madness” campaign to bump up insurance enrollment through the Affordable Care Act, The Hill reports. According to the news site, the “16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered” bracket will be released on Monday. It will be updated daily based on online…
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Brooklyn Firefighter Helps Save 4 Children While Battling 1st Blaze
It was Jordan Sullivan’s first fire, and he was still on probation as a firefighter, but the 36-year-old packed a huge punch at a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment blaze Sunday, aiding in the rescue of four children, including a 5-month-old, the New York Post reports. “On the way in, my heart was racing. I was thinking,…
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Social Media Turns 1 Woman’s Tragedy Into Triumph
It all started in late February while she was out for a drive with her boyfriend. They got into an argument on a road in Belleville, Ill. He accused her of cheating, and then, she says, he hit her and pushed her out of the moving vehicle. “He hit me first before he pushed me…
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1st Look: Trailer for James Brown Biopic Released
We’ve finally been graced with a first glimpse of the upcoming James Brown biopic Get on Up, and we were struck by the scenes depicting the riveting ups and downs—triumph and tears alike—of the soul great’s life. The movie, directed by Tate Taylor (who also had a hand in The Help), features 42’s Chadwick Boseman in…
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