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Bully Ripped Teen’s Wig Off Her Head Over $5 Bet While Another Student Recorded, Mom Says
A Snapchat video shows the cruel moment when a young boy walked up behind a teenage girl at a Tennessee high school and yanked her wig off her head, causing her pain and humiliation. Now the girl’s mother is standing up and speaking out. The incident was recorded at Franklin High School. The Snapchat video,…
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South Carolina Police Decline to Pursue Charges Against Man Who Fatally Shot Unarmed 15-Year-Old Over a Stolen Car
The North Charleston, S.C., Police Department has declined to pursue criminal charges against a man who went after and then fatally shot an unarmed 15-year-old boy in a car theft. Derrick Grant was killed Jan. 17 by 24-year-old Quadarrel Lamont Morton, who claimed that the teen repeatedly reached into the stolen car, the Post and…
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The 1st Reactions Are In, and as Expected, Black Panther Is Lit
We all knew that Black Panther was going to be the best thing to hit theaters EVER. But just in case you were worried that it was being overhyped (how dare you), or people are just saying that because it’s a black superhero (yes, but still, how dare you?), it turns out that writer-director Ryan…
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Illinois Man, Mistaken for Robbery Suspect, Wrongfully Detained in Incident That Left Him Injured, Unable to Work: Report
An Evanston, Ill., man is filing a police-misconduct complaint after he says he was injured while being detained by police officers who were looking for a robbery suspect last week. According to the Chicago Tribune, 60-year-old Gregory Hall was walking down Main Street the afternoon of Jan. 22 after spending some time in the south…
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Michelle Obama to Appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for Star’s 60th Birthday
We all know that a lot of good things happen on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and for the star’s latest act of bringing awesomeness to us, forever first lady Michelle Obama will be making an appearance on the show for her first TV interview since leaving the White House. According to The Hill, Aunt Shellie…
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7-Year-Old Florida Boy Escorted Away in Handcuffs After Allegedly Punching Teacher
A 7-year-old Florida elementary school student was taken out of school in handcuffs after he allegedly hit his teacher during an altercation at the school. According to ABC News, the first-grader was escorted out of a Miami-Dade police cruiser’s back seat while wearing handcuffs as his mother videotaped the incident and tried to comfort him…
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ESPN’s Jemele Hill to Leave SportsCenter, Join The Undefeated
Jemele Hill is switching gears in her career, leaving her position as anchor on ESPN’s SportsCenter to join the staff of The Undefeated, an ESPN-owned website that focuses on the intersection of sports, race and culture, as well as take on additional assignments. As Sports Illustrated notes, the move comes after Hill sparked national conversation…
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Kimora Lee Simmons Speaks Out on Russell Simmons Sexual Assault Allegations
Kimora Lee Simmons, the ex-wife of music mogul Russell Simmons, has spoken out for the first time since sexual assault allegations against her ex-husband broke late last year. In an Instagram post captioned “Now that I put my baby down…,” Kimora took a rather neutral stance to the allegations, saying that while the allegations against…
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Saints’ Cam Jordan Gifts Super Bowl Ticket to 108-Year-Old World War II Vet
WHO DAT?! New Orleans Saints defensive end, and the Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, Cam Jordan is showing up and showing out for the culture, gifting beloved local veteran and Saints fan Lawrence Brooks tickets to the Super Bowl. Brooks is not your average Saints fan. He is an esteemed World War II…
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Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution of Alabama Inmate Who Suffers From Dementia
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for an Alabama death row inmate whose dementia, his lawyers argue, renders him unable to remember the murder of which he was convicted. According to CNN, Vernon Madison, 67, was scheduled to be executed Thursday night. However, less than half an hour before the execution was…
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