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Ex-CIA Officer Convicted of Leaking Classified Intel to a Reporter
Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer, was found guilty Monday of leaking classified information to a New York Times reporter, the Associated Press reports. The top-secret information included details about a U.S. mission to compromise Iran’s nuclear program. A Virginia jury convicted Sterling, 47, “of all nine counts he faced in federal court,” AP explained. The…
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Yale on the Detainment of Charles Blow’s Son: This Isn’t Ferguson
Yale’s president, dean and chief of police, in an email to the campus community Monday, described how even though Charles Blow’s son—a junior at Yale—fit the description of a burglary suspect at the time he was detained, the fact that the officer drew his weapon during the incident “requires a careful review.” “For this reason, the…
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Why This Image of a Black Demon Leading St. Francis Was Sort of a Good Thing
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Within the arched compartments of a late-Gothic Spanish altarpiece, a momentous conversation takes place between a Middle Eastern sultan and…
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So You Suddenly Need a #BlizzardBae? Here Are 14 People We’d Like to Be Snowed in With During the Blizzard of 2015
It’s miserable across the Northeast, and while some of us may very well be confined indoors, that doesn’t mean our imaginations are confined to the four walls. So without further ado, here’s The Root’s #BlizzardBae 2015 list—aka 14 people with whom we’d love to be snowbound. 1. Beyoncé Obvs. You knew a bae list without…
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56-Year-Old Baltimore Woman Dies 7 Days After Giving Birth to Twins
Seven days after giving birth to twin boys, 56-year-old Lisa Swinton McLaughlin died on Jan. 4 from a “bowel obstruction,” the Daily Mail reports. Lisa McLaughlin lived in Baltimore and thought the pain she was experiencing in the days after giving birth was a result of the cesarean section she’d had, her husband, Mike McLaughlin,…
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Drone Device Found on White House Grounds; Malia and Sasha Were Home
A miniature drone was found on White House grounds early Monday morning, triggering a security response and investigation from the Secret Service, the New York Daily News reports. The “2-foot quadcopter drone” landed in a tree on the Southeast side of the White House a little after 3 a.m., NBC News reports. The device “did…
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One Night in Miami Brings the Meeting of Ali, Malcolm, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to Life
In the immediate moments after Cassius Clay shocked the world—defeating notorious bruiser Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Fla., to win the heavyweight boxing championship in February 1964—he’s joined in the ring by Sam Cooke. Mr. Soul, as Cooke was known, also joined Clay, pro-football great Jim Brown and Malcolm X afterward at the Hampton House…
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White Celebrities Who Have Adopted Black Children
In the new film Black or White, opening Friday and starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, the two Oscar-winning stars play grandparents who end up in a custody battle for their biracial granddaughter, played by Jillian Estell. The film’s take on race and identity couldn’t come at a more perfect time, especially with transracial adoption…
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Boko Haram Attacks Rock Key City in Northeastern Nigeria
Scores of Boko Haram militant gunmen reportedly waged a predawn attack Sunday on a key city of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, engaging in a fierce battle with troops on the outskirts of the city, forcing residents to flee from their homes, according to the military, residents and other sources, CNN reports. The Islamic extremists reportedly…
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NY Times’ Charles Blow ‘Fuming’ After Son Stopped at Gunpoint by Yale Cops
Updated Sunday, Jan. 25, 6:35 p.m.: The Yale Police Department is conducting an internal investigation of an incident in which a New York Times columnist’s son was stopped by police, who were seeking a burglary suspect, according to the Yale Daily Mail. The paper says college students had described a tall, African-American male wearing a black…
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