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Ga. Brothers Accused of Stabbing and Beating Parents in Death Plot
Two brothers were arrested Saturday on charges of brutally beating their parents and trying to set their home on fire in Snellville, Ga., a suburb just outside of Atlanta, reports the New York Daily News. Cameron Ervin, 17, and Christopher Ervin, 22, were arrested at their parent’s home and each charged with two felony counts…
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White Mom Mistakenly Impregnated With Black Man’s Sperm Loses Court Battle
Saying it lacked legal merit, an Illinois judge last week dismissed a white mother’s lawsuit against a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with the semen of an African-American man, according to the Washington Post. The mother, Jennifer Cramblett of Uniontown, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Midwest Sperm Bank after she was artificially…
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Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Christian Taylor Was Hired After 2 Rejections
The former Arlington, Texas cop who shot and killed a football player last month had been rejected twice by the Arlington Police Department before he was hired on the third try, according to the New York Daily News. Brad Miller, 49, was fired in August by the police department after he shot and killed unarmed…
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Tyler Perry Posts Moving Facebook Tribute to Bobbi Kristina
Nearly a month after Bobbi Kristina Brown died in hospice care after a long hospital stay, Tyler Perry on Friday posted a moving tribute to the only child of his late friend Whitney Houston, reports the New York Daily News. At the request of the Houston family, he posted on Facebook the “sweet tribute” from…
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Fla. Teen Flees Cop Because He Does Not ‘Like White People Touching’ Him
A 19-year-old Florida man suspected of possessing marijuana reportedly tried to run from an officer with the Clearwater Police Department this week because, well, he doesn’t like “white people touching” him and “white people do weird stuff,” according to the Smoking Gun. Officer Joseph May was in a gas station convenience store in Clearwater, Fla.,…
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Watch: Damon Wayans Dismisses Bill Cosby Sex Scandal as a ‘Money Hustle’
During an interview Friday on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, actor Damon Wayans dismissed the Bill Cosby sex scandal as a “money hustle” by the women who say Cosby assaulted them, according to Mediaite. The In Living Color and Saturday Night Live veteran discussed a range of issues before he was asked to offer advice…
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Watch: Serena Williams Advances at US Open in Rally Over Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Serena Williams, the No. 1 seed and defending U.S. Open champion, rallied past fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands late Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City to win in three sets, the New York Daily News reported. The 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory allows 33-year-old Williams to continue her pursuit of a calendar grand slam.…
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Do the Math on #AllLivesMatter and It Equals White Supremacy
The unfortunate truth is that the hashtag #AllLivesMatter is a reaffirmation of white supremacy. Let me be clear here. Yes, all language is contextual, and at face value, this particular hashtag, #AllLivesMatter, seems to be an affirmation of humanity. However, let us not be fooled into reading the word “all” as in “everyone.” We are reminded…
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Grief Over the Loss of Their Baby Led to a Plan to Help Others
During the year leading up to Suheily and George Davis’ wedding, the then bride-to-be would sneak and take pregnancy tests to make sure she wasn’t pregnant because it was very important for her not to be pregnant before they got married. “I had a secret stash and I wouldn’t tell George about it. He wouldn’t…
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After Feeling the Wrath of Black Twitter, Creators of the Slave Trade Video Game Make Changes
The creators of the “Playing History: Slave Trade” video game heard everyone loud and clear. The portion of the game that showed enslaved Africans being dropped and packed into slave ships has been completely removed from the game, the Associated Press reports. “Apologies to people who were offended by us using game mechanics to underline…
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