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NYC Mom Accused of Tossing Infant Out of 6th-Floor Window
A 27-year-old Bronx, N.Y., mother who was once licensed to operate a home day care center has been charged with murder after allegedly tossing her infant daughter from a sixth-floor apartment window, according to NBC 4 New York. Tenisha Fearon is accused of dangling her 6-month-old daughter, Janillah Lawrence, from the window of their home…
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2 Ex-Ga. Deputies Cleared of Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Matthew Ajibade
A jury in Savannah, Ga., on Friday cleared two former Chatham County sheriff’s deputies of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Matthew Ajibade, a 22-year-old mentally ill college student who died earlier this year in police custody, according to CNN. Jason Kenny, 31, and his former supervisor, Cpl. Maxine Evans, 56, were found guilty of…
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No More Fear: It’s Time to Reform Policing in Baltimore
On the evening of April 31, 2012, someone broke into Ashley Overbey’s home in Northeast Baltimore. When Overbey returned from work and noticed her home was awry, she called the police. The responding officers were rude, according to Overbey. They told her, “You live in Baltimore; what do you expect?” She called to file a…
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Lamar Odom Regains Consciousness and Reportedly Said This to His Estranged Wife
There are reports circulating Friday that Lamar Odom’s condition has improved drastically. Odom was found unconscious in a brothel Tuesday with cocaine and other substances reportedly in his system. He was placed in a medically induced coma by doctors. Sports Illustrated is reporting that Odom regained consciousness Friday and was able to squeeze the hand…
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Janet Jackson Secretly Poses as a Statue and Surprises Fans
Janet Jackson’s superfans who paid extra money to attend her pop-up museum before her concert got the surprise of a lifetime. They thought they were looking at a statue of Jackson, alongside her paraphernalia, but instead, it was Jackson in the flesh. Jackson posed as a statue of herself and then came to life, startling her…
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Lupe Fiasco Is Funding Start-Up Businesses Created by Working-Class Entrepreneurs
Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has teamed up with a tech executive to start a charity fund called the Neighborhood Start-Up Fund, which supports entrepreneurs from working-class communities, Complex reports. The idea is that aspiring entrepreneurs from these communities have great ideas that would improve conditions in their neighborboods, but they need the resources and the…
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Sean Combs Is Producing an ABC Comedy Inspired by His Small-Town Personal Assistant
Puffy—Sean Combs will always be “Puffy” or “Puff” to me—became inspired by his personal assistant who left her small town and began working for one of the world’s biggest entertainment moguls, with a lifestyle unlike anything she’s ever experienced. According to Deadline, he’s producing a comedy with ABC that’s inspired by her experiences, called The…
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Where’s the Media Sympathy for Lamar Odom?
Of course you’ve heard that two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom was found unresponsive in Las Vegas on Tuesday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition. This has caused a major media frenzy, a circus. I guess it’s to be expected because Odom is a celebrity. He became a familiar…
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Help! I’m Baffled by My Neanderthal DNA Test Results
I read your column “Do Most Whites Have Traces of African DNA, as I Do?” with interest. The questioner in that column was wondering whether the traces of African ancestry in her DNA test entered her family tree recently (perhaps during slavery) or in ancient times (remnants from all of humankind’s origins in Africa). You…
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Eddie Murphy Explains Why He Turned Down an Opportunity to Roast Bill Cosby in an SNL Skit
Eddie Murphy felt some kind of way about making fun of the sexual-abuse allegations surrounding Bill Cosby in a skit that was pitched to him for Saturday Night Live. One of the show’s writers wanted Murphy to do his infamous Bill Cosby impersonation for SNL’s 40th anniversary, but Murphy said he felt the topic was…
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