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Brandy Hospitalized After Reportedly Losing Consciousness on Flight at Los Angeles International Airport
R&B singer Brandy Norwood had to be taken to a hospital Friday morning after airline officials reported an ill passenger on a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. Officers and firefighter-paramedics responded around 7 a.m. to a report of a person who was “unconscious or almost unconscious” shortly after boarding a Delta Airlines plane, ABC…
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Tickets to See Beyoncé Perform at Coachella 2018 to Be Available Friday (That’s Today, Y’all)
Beyoncé stans, rejoice. Tickets to see next year’s Beyoncé concert (read: Coachella 2018), will be available this Friday. As in today. Many fans shed tears and poured out liquor after the Queen canceled this year’s Coachella performance in light of the twins she’s carrying (I mean, even a goddess has her limits). However, festival producer…
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NC Elementary School Teacher Caught on Camera Hitting 11-Year-Old Student With a Broom: Report
One North Carolina mom is furious after seeing video of a Cotswald Elementary School teacher hitting her 11-year-old daughter with a Swiffer broom. “You cannot be a teacher and be able to teach children if you can lose your cool in a manner where you hurt someone else’s child,” the outraged mom, Tiffany Fields, told Fox…
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Predominantly Black Church in SC Receives $2,000 Donation, Apology From Anonymous Donor Who ‘Used to Be a Terrible Racist’
A predominantly black church in Greenville, S.C., received a surprising $2,000 donation a few weeks ago from an anonymous donor who claimed to be a former “terrible racist.” According to Fox Carolina, the Rev. Michael Sullivan of the Nicholtown Presbyterian Church still gets goosebumps when he reads the letter enclosed with the donation or shares…
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Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Detroit Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison in Murder Case
All charges against a Detroit man were dropped Thursday after he spent some 25 years in prison. According to the Associated Press, Desmond Ricks long accused police of pinning a murder on him by seizing his mother’s gun and switching bullets in the case. An analysis of two bullets from the victim showed that they…
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College Student Who Missed His Graduation Because of NYC Train Delays Gets Impromptu Ceremony From Commuters
When the New York City subway system fails, New Yorkers come through. More specifically, commuters came through for a Hunter College student who missed his commencement Tuesday morning because of train delays: They gave him his own impromptu ceremony in the train car so he wouldn’t miss out. According to Fox 5 NY, Jerich Alcantara…
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Fla. High School Athlete Dead, 1 Severely Injured After Single-Car Accident on Prom Night
Another night of celebration unexpectedly ended in tragedy after one Deerfield Beach (Fla.) High School football player was killed and another seriously injured after a single-car accident on prom night. According to the Miami Herald, 19-year-old receiver Taletrius Bradley was killed and 17-year-old standout cornerback Demetrius Palmer was severely injured in the horrific crash over…
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NJ Trooper Threatened to Arrest Woman Unless She Gave Him Her Phone Number, Authorities Say
For the second time in six months, a New Jersey state trooper has been suspended and criminally charged after being accused of pulling over women to ask them out. According to NJ.com, Trooper Eric Richardson, 31, was charged Wednesday with records tampering after an internal investigation found that he repeatedly pulled over two women to…
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Calif. High Schooler Uses Blackface for ‘Promposal’ 1 Month After Another Student Used a Lynching Reference
It seems that the ghost of promposals is still haunting us, and while a lot of high school students are guilty of doing the utmost, two students at the same California high school went way too far by using blackface and lynching references in their own promposals. Fact: It’s never cute to be racist when…
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NYC Police Officer Arrested for Shooting Death of Mentally Ill Black Woman: Report
Law-enforcement officials say that a New York City police sergeant was arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of an elderly, mentally ill woman inside her Bronx apartment in October. The New York Times reports that the arrest of the police supervisor, Sgt. Hugh Barry, comes after months of investigations into the deadly encounter with 66-year-old…
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