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  • First Lady to Oprah: ‘Now We’re Feeling What Not Having Hope Feels Like’

    First lady Michelle Obama gave her final one-on-one interview to Oprah Winfrey at the White House on Wednesday. In a first look at the interview that aired on CBS This Morning on Friday, Obama reflected on her husband’s legacy of hope. Winfrey asked Obama if she thought her husband’s administration achieved his campaign promise of…

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  • Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Star Soulja Boy Arrested for Probation Violation

    Rapper and Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Soulja Boy was arrested Thursday on suspicion of probation violation after police officers found a gun in his Hollywood Hills home, the Los Angeles Times reports. Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Officer Jenny Houser told the Times that 26-year-old Soulja Boy, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez…

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  • Public Health Emergency Declared in St. Joseph, La., After Contaminated Water Found

    The governor of Louisiana declared a public health emergency Friday after the water supply in a town in that state, St. Joseph, was found to be contaminated with lead and copper Thursday. Gov. John Bel Edwards said that state testing showed elevated levels of lead at a private residence as well as the town hall building,…

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  • Trump Supporter Who Punched Protester in the Face at Rally Apologizes in Court

    The Donald Trump supporter who threatened a protester and punched him in the face at a rally for the then-presidential candidate in March apologized to his victim in court Wednesday, according to the Washington Post. A video showing 79-year-old John Franklin McGraw, who is white, punching 27-year-old Rakeem Jones, who is black, at a Donald…

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  • Report: HBCU Students Are Burdened With Higher Loan Debt Than Non-HBCU Peers

    Students who graduate from historically black colleges and universities graduate with substantially higher debt than their peers at non-HBCUs, according to a new report published by the United Negro College Fund on Tuesday. “Fewer Resources, More Debt: Loan Debt Burdens Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities” (pdf), released by UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research…

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  • Entire Police Force in Small Ind. Town Quits in Protest of Town Council

    The entire police force in a small Indiana town resigned this week amid allegations that the town’s leadership has acted inappropriately. Bunker Hill, Ind., 75 miles north of Indianapolis, has a population of 900 residents and is the hometown of radio and TV talk show host Tavis Smiley. NBC News reports that the town’s marshal…

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  • Craig Sager, Veteran Sports Reporter and King of the Fancy Suits, Dead at 65

    Craig Sager, the veteran sports broadcaster known for his colorful, flashy suits and quick-witted sideline banter at NBA basketball games, died Thursday at the age of 65. Sager, who spent four decades as a reporter for Turner Broadcasting, died after a long and public battle with cancer that, as Shaun Powell notes for NBA.com, transformed…

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  • Report: Black Lives Matter Website the Target of More Than 100 DDoS Attacks 

    The official Black Lives Matter website was the target of more than 100 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)  attacks over a six-month period in 2016, according to a report released on Wednesday. Deflect Labs provides DDoS protection to the Black Lives Matter website, and in a report published today, the company said that from April 29 to…

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  • #PhilandoCastile: Cop's Attorneys Say Castile 'Substantially' Responsible for His Own Death 

    Attorneys representing the Minnesota police officer who killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop in July are claiming that Castile was negligent in his own death and are asking for the charges to be dropped. Court documents filed Wednesday and obtained by the Associated Press charge that Castile was high on marijuana when he was…

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  • #WalterScott: Federal Civil Rights Trial for Michael Slager Expected This Spring

    Just a week after his state murder trial in the death of Walter Scott ended with a hung jury, a source close to the case said Tuesday that federal prosecutors expect to try former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager sometime this spring. As previously reported on The Root, state prosecutor Scarlett A. Wilson…

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