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Chicago 5-Year-Old Who Was Shot in Drive-by Last Year Shoots Self in the Hand: Report
Little Kavan Collins was walking down a Chicago street with his mother in June 2016 when he was hit in the face by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting. On Tuesday, the 5-year-old accidentally shot himself in the hand with a handgun he found in the home of a family member, authorities said. The…
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#BlackWomenDemand: What We Insist the Democratic Party Does for Us
Black women have done a lot of heavy lifting in the past year. This comes as a surprise to no one, because black women in America have been doing heavy lifting since we were brought here. It’s more significant at this particular point in time because of the political climate in which we exist. As…
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Venus Williams Not to Blame for Fatal Car Crash, Will Not Face Charges
An investigation by police in Florida has concluded that no one is to blame for the car accident involving Venus Williams that resulted in one man’s death, and neither the tennis star nor the other driver will be charged in the incident. The Sun Sentinel reports that according to an 18-page homicide-investigation report released Wednesday…
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Caught Out There: Beware of the Lying Twitter Man-Whore
Your MCM was secretly engaging in personal relationships with three women on the timeline, lying to each of them, telling each of them lies about the other in an attempt to pit them against one another, all the while denying accountability for his actions by saying, “We were just talking.” He’s 33. There are plenty…
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Former Michigan State Trooper Charged With Murder in the Death of 15-Year-Old Damon Grimes
The former Michigan state trooper who allegedly deployed his Taser out of the window of his vehicle while in pursuit of a teen riding an ATV—causing the teen to crash—has been charged with murder in the 15-year-old’s death. Former Trooper Mark Bessner, 43, was in pursuit of Damon Grimes—who was illegally riding an ATV through…
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Report: Water Is Wet, Fire Is Hot—Oh, and Race Relations Got Worse After Trump’s Election
A fascinating new report has revealed some important information of which you may not be aware: If you touch a hot stove, you might get burned. Water is wet, fire is hot, and most Americans believe race relations in our country got worse after Donald Trump was elected. OK, so maybe the latest national survey…
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Save Your Relationship: Go Downtown
Would you believe that as we near the end of the year 2017, there are still men out there who have not mastered the art of cunnilingus? It’s true, my sisters—I have met them. I shit you not. And it is the most frustrating thing ever. Yes, there is a right way and a wrong…
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White Campus Security Guard Who Lied About a Black Man Shooting Him Unlikely to Do Jail Time
A white campus security guard who accidentally shot himself with his own gun and then lied to police and said a fictitious black man shot him will not face immediate jail time for his crime—and if he completes the court’s requirements, he may not face jail time at all. Brent P. Ahlers, 35, told a…
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Joe Budden, Complex Confirm He Will Not Return to Everyday Struggle
Joe Budden has been missing in action as of late from Complex’s daily show Everyday Struggle. Many thought the Slaughterhouse rapper was being replaced temporarily by guests on the show he co-hosts with DJ Akademiks and Nadeska Alexis as he took care of his newborn baby with girlfriend Cyn Santana. But according to tweets from…
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#MeToo Creator Tarana Burke Will Kick Off New Year’s Eve Countdown in NYC’s Times Square
Sixty seconds before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve this year, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke will push the Waterford crystal button that signals the ball drop in New York City’s Times Square and starts the official countdown leading us into 2018. Burke announced the appearance on her personal Twitter account Monday morning. “Welp!…
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