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  • Watch: Serena Williams Withdraws From Indian Wells 

    On Friday Serena Williams withdrew before the semifinals at Indian Wells with a sprained right knee nearly 14 years after her sister Venus pulled out of the tournament, also with a knee injury, CNN reports. The move by Venus elicited jeers and racist taunts from the crowd, prompting Serena to embark on a yearslong boycott…

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  • You’re Gonna Love What Taraji P. Henson Did After Her Son Was Racially Profiled on Campus

    Taraji P. Henson apparently protects her son in real life just as Cookie, her engaging character on Fox’s Empire series, fiercely protects her sons. In the February/March issue of  Uptown magazine, Henson recalls how her 20-year-old son was once profiled by police at the University of Southern California. After that, she says, she found a…

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  • Chris Brown’s Probation for Attack on Rihanna Ends

    R&B singer Chris Brown celebrated Friday after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge released him from probation for a 2009 assault on his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, reports the Los Angeles Times. “IM (sic) OFF PROBATION!!!!!!!!” he tweeted to his 14 million followers. “Thank the Lord!!!!!!” Brown’s probation was revoked in January after he reportedly violated orders…

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  • ‘I’d Have That Noose Ready’: Fort Lauderdale Cops Fired for Racist Texts 

    Three Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police officers in charge of patrolling a predominantly black neighborhood were fired Friday after a five-month investigation into racially charged text messages from their personal phones, according to the Sun-Sentinel. A fourth officer resigned in January before the investigation had been completed. Officers James Wells, 30, Jason Holding, 31, and Christopher Sousa,…

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  • NFL Player’s Ex Accused of Breaking His New Girlfriend’s Arm With Bat

    The ex-girlfriend of an NFL player has been arrested in Braselton, Ga., on charges of slashing him and breaking his new girlfriend’s arm with a bat in a bizarre series of attacks, according to Atlanta’s WSB-TV. Police allege that Erika Palmer tried to hide out at a hotel in Gwinnett County, Ga., after breaking into…

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  • Spelman College Co-Valedictorian Twins Continue to Aim High After Graduation

    After making history two years ago as the first twin co-valedictorians at Spelman College, Kirstie and Kristie Bronner continue to break new ground as they build careers as youth pastors at Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral in Austell, Ga. Located in the outskirts of Atlanta, the church is pastored by their father, Bishop Dale…

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  • Watch: 20-Year-Old Man Arrested in Shooting of 2 Cops in Ferguson

    A 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting of two police officers in front of the Ferguson Police Department in Missouri early Thursday morning, reports the New York Times. The man, Jeffrey Williams, was charged with first-degree assault, the Times says, quoting Robert P. McCulloch, the prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, who…

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  • Watch: Girl Fight at Miami Middle School Has Family Demanding Answers

    Parents of students at a Miami middle school are demanding action from administrators after video footage emerged of a violent fight involving three girls that occurred steps away from the building, according to CBS 4 Miami. The video comes on the heels of a violent fight at a McDonald’s in New York City that has…

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  • Iowa Woman Delivers Baby ‘Miracle’ in Shower

    A 24-year-old Des Moines, Iowa, woman received the surprise of a lifetime this week when she stepped into the shower to ease stomach pains and stepped out holding a newborn girl, according to the De Moines Register. Brittany Young told the news outlet that she may have misunderstood a hospital worker in January. Instead of…

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  • Man Who Hunted, Killed Whites in 1970s Dies in Prison

    J.C.X. Simon, a member of the so-called Zebra Killers who was convicted of killing white San Franciscans in the 1970s, has died in prison, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 69. He was found unresponsive in his one-man cell and pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison in California at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, according…

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