• Top Cop Says NYPD Hatchet Attack Was an ‘Act of Terror’

    Commissioner William Bratton of the New York City Police Department said Friday that a hatchet attack on four rookie cops a day earlier was an “act of terror” by a homegrown radical, according to the Associated Press. The man, Zale Thompson, 32, was shot and killed Thursday when he reportedly attacked a group of rookie…

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  • Search Resumes in DC for Missing 8-Year-Old Relisha Rudd

    Volunteers resumed searching Saturday for 8-year-old Relisha Rudd, who went missing seven months ago after her mother entrusted her in the care of a janitor, who worked at the homeless shelter where the family lived in Washington, D.C. Four teams—including search-and-rescue workers from Maine, who arrived in the area Thursday to help out—scoured three areas…

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  • Md. Teen Viciously Attacked on the Way to Look for Work

    A West Baltimore group of girls allegedly beat and robbed a teenage girl just blocks away from a local mall where she planned to submit a job application. The victim’s mother, who didn’t want to be identified, told WJZ in Baltimore that the group that attacked her daughter is part of the “Sisterhood” gang. “They…

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  • NY and NJ Ebola Quarantines Under Fire

    In a firsthand account of her experience under a mandatory Ebola quarantine in New Jersey, a health care worker condemned the process, calling it disorganized, frightening and chaotic. Kaci Hickox, the first traveler quarantined Friday under guidelines announced the same day, wrote the account for the Dallas Morning News in a piece that appeared Saturday.…

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  • NYPD Cops Recovering After Hatchet Attack

    Two New York City police officers are recovering after they were attacked last week by a man brandishing a hatchet in the borough of Queens, police officials told the New York Daily News on Saturday. The attack occurred Thursday when four rookie officers were posing for photos in the middle of the afternoon near Jamaica…

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  • Charles Rangel Draws Fire for GOP Slavery Remark

    Veteran U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel came under fire this week for saying that some members of the Republican Party “believe that slavery isn’t over,” Mediaite reports. The longtime Democratic congressman made the remark during a rally Thursday for Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he appealed to Democrats to go to the polls for…

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  • ‘Ghost of Trayvon Martin’ Was in Renisha McBride Courtroom, Lawyer Says

    The shooting death of the unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin influenced the outcome of the trial of a white man who was convicted in August of killing a black woman on his suburban Detroit porch, the man’s lawyer told the Detroit News. Cheryl Carpenter, a lawyer for Theodore Wafer, who was convicted in August of…

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  • Ex-FAMU Marching-Band Member Found Guilty in Hazing Case

    The so-called leader of a group of Florida A&M University marching-band students who fatally beat drum major Robert Champion Jr. was convicted Friday of multiple charges related to the death, according to CNN. Dante Martin, 27, was found guilty of manslaughter and felony hazing by a jury after just an hour of deliberations, the report…

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  • Watch: Spike Lee Dismisses Notion of Post-Racial America

    During a recent talk about race in America with Fusion host Jorge Ramos, director Spike Lee tackled the issue of a post-racial society under President Barack Obama. “People who get in trouble are the people who forget they’re black,” he said when asked what he teaches his children about race. “You can’t just think I’m…

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  • Prince and Chris Rock Triumph on SNL

    Saturday Night Live was poised to deliver a winning show last night, with Chris Rock returning as host and Prince appearing as the musical guest. And the stars delivered the goods. Prince performed four new songs during a sublime eight-minute jam. Rock joked about everything from ISIS, the Boston Marathon bombing and even the Freedom…

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