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  • Ohio Parents Publicize Daughter's Heroin Overdose to Spark Dialogue

    When 18-year-old Allison Shuemake died in late August, her parents, Dorothy and Fred, could have kept the cause a secret. But according to Cleveland.com the Middletown Ohio couple chose the rare step of publicizing her heroin overdose in hopes of shining some light on the drug plague that is claiming so many lives in their…

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  • Watch: Black Man Pulled Over in RI for Driving With Air Freshener in Windshield

    A video of a Providence, R.I., white officer stopping a 23-year-old black man for driving with an air freshener dangling from his car windshield has gone viral. Dana Harris Jr. uploaded a cellphone video on YouTube after he was stopped in Mount Hope, R.I., by Providence Officer Brian Murphy on Aug. 24, according to Raw…

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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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