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Get Your Life Together! Recent Fla. High School Grad Didn’t Miss a Day of School in 13 Years
You may be sad if you compare your slacker life with that of 17-year-old Victoria Jordan. The recent graduate from Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville, Fla., was honored along with two other classmates for making it through 13 years of school without missing a single day, reports People magazine. “They were kind of…
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Cops in Charge of Laquan McDonald Case Must Testify About Night of His Shooting Death, Judge Rules
A Cook County, Ill., judge said he wanted to hear from the police officers involved in the Laquan McDonald shooting case, including conversations they had with the police officer charged with the premeditated murder of the 17-year-old from Chicago. NBC Chicago reports that Judge Vincent Gaughan ruled Friday that he seeks testimony from former Deputy…
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Another Noose Found—This Time Near MLK Memorial in DC
Are nooses the new (hate-the) black? Yet another noose-ish trinket was found at a place of prominence in Washington, D.C.—the third in about a week located on federal property. This time the symbol of black torture and death was found near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, adding the most grievous…
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African Couple Welcomes Sextuplets After Trying for 17 Years!
Good things do come to those who wait. Proof positive: A Nigerian couple was blessed many times over when they brought six children into the world May 11. Ajibola Taiwo, a native of western Nigeria, gave birth to three boys and three girls by cesarean section at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth…
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Mayor of Paris Seeks to Ban City’s 1st Afro-Feminist Festival Because It Excludes ‘White People’
Paris is buggin’. Or at least its mayor is. She says she will ask the city to formally ban Paris’ first Afro-feminist festival on the grounds that it is discriminatory against “white people.” Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo made her announcement on Twitter, adding that she reserved the right “to prosecute the organizers for discrimination,” because…
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City of Baltimore Mulls Removing Confederate Statues by Auctioning Them Off
For those who think that Maryland is not the South, think again. Actually, Maryland’s Eastern Shore is where two of America’s most iconic anti-slavery heroes were born into slavery: Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. And so, the capital city in the state south of the Mason-Dixon Line is joining many others in deciding the fate…
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LaVar Ball—His Team and His Mouth—Shut Down by Compton, 109-57
Known loudmouth LaVar Ball got his comeuppance from the city of Compton, Calif., on Saturday—and NBA star James Harden was there to see the whole thing. Ball’s AAU basketball team—the Big Ballers, which his oldest son, LaMelo, plays for—got crushed 109-57 by the Compton Magic at the Magic Memorial Day Festival in Southern California, according…
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Noose Found Hanging From Tree Outside DC Museum
A noose was found hanging from a tree outside the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Washington, D.C., early Friday evening, according to authorities. A criminal investigation is underway. The Washington Post reports that the museum had been closed for about an hour when a security guard discovered the noose and called the U.S. Park…
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Two Cool: Prince Harry and Obama Meet in London Town
Former President Barack Obama continues his whirlwind post-POTUS tour with his lady, Michelle. The pair are looking relaxed, unbothered and clean as the board of health. On Saturday, the Obamas made a stop in London, where Prince Harry welcomed Barack Obama at Kensington Palace. Gingy and ’Bam appeared sun-kissed and sans ties. The palace reports…
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Ala. Governor and Legislature Fight to Hold On to Confederate Legacy
Some white people are doubling down on efforts to keep their white supremacist trophies. Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation this week that will prevent cities and counties in the state from removing Confederacy monuments from public property, according to The Hill. The bill blocks local governments from removing monuments that have been on…
