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Man Who Hunted, Killed Whites in 1970s Dies in Prison
J.C.X. Simon, a member of the so-called Zebra Killers who was convicted of killing white San Franciscans in the 1970s, has died in prison, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 69. He was found unresponsive in his one-man cell and pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison in California at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, according…
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Scores Attend Funeral for Wis. Teen Shot by Cop
Nineteen-year-old Tony Robinson, whose death sparked protests over a week ago when the unarmed man was gunned down by an officer in Madison, Wis., was eulogized Saturday. Nearly 1,000 people attended the afternoon funeral in the auditorium of Madison East High School, which had additional seating in the gym, where mourners watched the ceremony on…
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1 Year Since Relisha Rudd Missing From DC Homeless Shelter
Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd was last seen March 1, 2014, in Washington, D.C. She was in the company of Kahlil Tatum, a janitor at the homeless shelter where she was living with her family, and who police say killed his wife and then himself. The second-grader’s case highlights hardships that homeless children endure at some shelters.…
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Alleged Rapist Lectures Women About Hazards of Prostitution
A Chicago man has been arrested after allegedly raping a woman he met online and her friend, and then lecturing them about prostituting themselves, reports CBS Chicago. Jonathan Ferguson, 23, was charged Thursday with armed robbery and aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon. He was ordered held on $250,000 bail by Cook County, Ill.,…
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University of Maryland Investigates Frat Over Racist, Sexist Email
Nearly a year ago, a University of Maryland student identified as a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity sent an email to six people, bragging about all the women he wanted to have sex with during rush week, the Baltimore Sun reports. The writer allegedly noted which races he didn’t want invited and used racial and…
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Creflo Dollar Ministries Yanks Fundraising Page for Private Jet
Creflo Dollar Ministries has pulled a Web page soliciting money for a new $65,000,000 Gulfstream G650 jet following a big social media backlash, reports Atlanta’s WXIA-TV. The page disappeared after the fundraising effort suffered a huge social media backlash, including commentary from The Root’s Kirsten West Savali, who condemned the campaign, saying, “Negro, please.” But…
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The Root Disruptors: 11 Black Women Who Changed History
For Black History Month, The Root featured a series on Facebook called #RootDisruptor, which highlighted the men and women of the African Diaspora who helped change the course of history. For Women’s History Month, we wanted to spotlight the women featured in the series. The list includes an aviator who soared above the challenges of…
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Another McDonald’s Beating Suspect Is Caught in Atlanta Before She Flees to Jamaica
A 15-year-old girl, suspected in the savage beating of another teen girl that was captured on video at a McDonald’s in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, was picked up by authorities at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, reports the New York Daily News. According to the report, police say she was pulled off a…
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Slow Your Roll, Giuliani. By Your Own Standard, Obama’s More Conservative Than You
I suppose we’re almost to the point where there’s less than nothing to be gained by evaluating Republicans’ now yearslong running narrative about how un-American, unpatriotic and unlike anyone else we’ve ever seen President Barack Obama is. For convenience’s sake, let’s call it “the Othering.” But just in case we’re not quite to that point…
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Oakland, Calif., Mother Dies While Trying to Shield Her 2 Kids From Gunfire
Chyemil Pierce, 30, had just picked up her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son from a Bay Area, Calif., day care when she heard shots ring out in front of her home. Pierce rushed toward her children to protect them and told them to run. When police officers arrived on the street to investigate the shooting…
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