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  • Watch: Serena Williams Advances at US Open in Rally Over Bethanie Mattek-Sands

    Serena Williams, the No. 1 seed and defending U.S. Open champion, rallied past fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands late Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City to win in three sets, the New York Daily News reported. The 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory allows 33-year-old Williams to continue her pursuit of a calendar grand slam.…

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  • Watch: Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy Score Roles in Richard Pryor Biopic

    Oprah Winfrey and Eddie Murphy are confirmed to join Mike Epps and Kate Hudson in a new biopic about legendary comedian Richard Pryor, according to the Daily Mail. The report says that Winfrey has been cast as Pryor’s grandmother Marie Carter, who ran a brothel where she raised the legendary comic, and Murphy will play…

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  • Social Media Threat Against Black High School Students in Texas Spurs Mass Absences

    A violent social media threat against black students at a Killeen, Texas, high school on Friday prompted parents to keep their kids home from school, reports the New York Daily News. The move came in response to since-deleted Instagram posts on Thursday by user “jakedajesus254,” including a picture of a man holding a gun and…

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  • Watch: Texas Sheriff Slams #BlackLivesMatter in Death of Deputy

    While investigators are still trying to piece together a motive in the execution-style shooting death of a Texas deputy at a gas station, a county sheriff on Saturday said that the probe would look at the powerful Black Lives Matter movement as a possible impetus for the shooting. Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman, who called…

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  • Les Miserables Actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21

    A 21-year-old actor, who made a spectacular Broadway debut in the latest revival of Les Miserables, died Friday after falling from a fire escape at his mother’s New York City home, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Kyle Jean-Baptiste made history last month when he first appeared as an understudy in the lead role of Jean…

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  • Daniele Watts Ordered to Perform Community Service After Insincere Apology to Officers

    Actress Daniele Watts, who appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, is back in hot water. This year, she and her boyfriend, Brian Lucas, a chef, pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace and were ordered to write an apology letter to the officers involved in their high-profile detention. In exchange for the plea, charges of lewd…

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  • Watch: Alleged Gunman Held in Brazen Gas Station Shooting Death of Texas Sheriff’s Deputy

    A man was being held Saturday by law-enforcement authorities in Houston after he allegedly shot and killed a Harris County sheriff’s deputy as the officer refueled his police cruiser at a gas station Friday night, according to CNN. Deputy Darren Goforth, who had 10 years’ service with the sheriff’s office, was shot multiple times from…

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  • Black Man Held for Months Over $5 Grocery Theft Found Dead in Jail

    A 24-year-old black man was found dead in a Virginia jail cell after he was held without bail for four months over an alleged theft of $5 worth of groceries, reports The Guardian. Jamycheal Mitchell, who reportedly suffered from mental illness and may have starved himself to death, was discovered in his cell last week…

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  • NC Cop Who Shot Unarmed Jonathan Ferrell Will Not Be Retried After Mistrial

    North Carolina state prosecutors said Friday that they will not retry a white police officer who shot and killed unarmed Jonathan Ferrell. Prosecutors made the decision after talking with jurors following a mistrial, saying they would not be able to win a conviction, according to the New York Daily News. A jury deadlocked 8-4 last…

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  • 1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured in Fight Over Umbrella at NYC McDonald’s

    A dispute over an umbrella turned deadly Friday morning at a McDonald’s in New York City’s East Harlem community when a quarrel between two couples erupted into a “savage knife-stabbing frenzy,” reports the New York Daily News. The incident occurred on a bustling commercial strip during peak rush hour traffic outside the McDonald’s at 125th…

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