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Robber Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Leg During Heist
A 21-year-old man reportedly sabotaged his own attempt to rob a gas station in Stockton, Calif., last week by accidentally shooting himself in the leg, KCRA reports. Donnello Knowles allegedly went on a robbery spree the night of Jan. 21, reportedly participating in three different robberies at a nail salon, a Subway restaurant and a…
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Black or White Misses a Chance to Move Beyond Stereotypes
Black or White is a film that tackles the subject of biracial identity through the lens of a hard-drinking, tortured white lawyer and a spirited, self-made black entrepreneur, played by Academy Award winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer. Despite Costner’s strong performance and a film intended to explore a complicated matter, director Mike Binder holds…
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Top Black CEO Out at McDonald’s
Don Thompson, the 51-year-old CEO of McDonald’s, is stepping down on March 1, according to CNBC. The transition comes amid reports that the “world’s biggest restaurant chain” is trying to revamp its U.S. operations after closing out a financial period that was “tumultuous,” the financial news site explained. “McDonald’s stock is nearly flat during Thompson’s tenure…
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2 Former Vanderbilt Football Players Found Guilty of Rape
Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg, two former Vanderbilt University football players, were found guilty Tuesday of raping an unconscious student in 2013, the New York Daily News reports. A Tennessee jury convicted the former student-athletes on all “five counts of rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery,” the news site explains. A total of…
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Eye Candy From The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female Event
Some of the women who attended The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female event at the Long View Gallery in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday were questioning if and when they should quit their jobs and devote themselves full time to a startup idea. Others got super candid and described how they were in the middle of…
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Michelle Obama Forgoes Headscarf at Saudi Event
First lady Michelle Obama chose to forgo wearing a headscarf at an event Tuesday to commemorate the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah during her and the president’s trip to that country, the Associated Press reports. Her decision is not that controversial, since foreign women can opt out of the Islamic tradition. But according to AP,…
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Pittsburgh Police Say Beating of Man by Cops Caught on Video Was ‘Justified’
On Monday, law-enforcement officials weighed in on an arrest in August that was captured on video and said that the force Pittsburgh police used against a man staying in a halfway house was “justified,” WPXI reports. Lonnie Jenkins was staying at the Renewal Halfway House in Pittsburgh after he was released from prison on drug…
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US Marshals Kill Ohio Narcotics Suspect on Most Wanted List
Jermonte Fletcher, an Ohio man wanted by federal authorities for allegedly distributing cocaine, was shot dead Tuesday morning by U.S. marshals, the New York Daily News reports. The shooting, which happened a little after 8 a.m., is being investigated by authorities. Law enforcement told WBNS-TV that Fletcher was a member of a gang called the…
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9 Black Men Convicted in SC of Trespassing at a Whites-Only Lunch Counter Will Have Their Records Wiped Clean
Nine African-American men—one posthumously—are expected to have their criminal records wiped clean of a trespassing conviction they got in 1961 when they staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina, the Associated Press reports. On Wednesday a South Carolina prosecutor will ask a judge “to vacate the arrests and convictions” of the group known…
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Woman Who Married Herself Says ‘Wedding’ Was About Self-Love
Over the weekend, news quickly spread of a woman who had staged an elaborate wedding ceremony to marry herself on her 40th birthday. Yes, you read that right. Herself. Yasmin Eleby, a kindergarten teacher in Houston, hadn’t been in a serious relationship for six years. But the lack of a significant other didn’t stop her…
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