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Weekend Rally in St. Louis Begins Peacefully
In the aftermath of a second high profile shooting death of a black teen by a white officer in area of St. Louis, Mo., demonstrators Saturday kicked off peaceful protests against police violence, according to Reuters. A march through downtown St. Louis was slated to end with discussions about race and teach-ins about how to…
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Chicago Man Gets 160 Years in Death of Suburban Teen
A 41-year-old Chicago man on Friday was sentenced to 160 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl almost three years ago when he broke into her west suburban home in Indian Head, Il., the Chicago Tribune reports. John Wilson Jr., was charged with murder, armed robbery and home invasion in the…
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Jahi McMath’s Family Seeks Medical Consensus
Nearly a week after releasing video clips of Jahi McMath apparently responding to verbal commands although she has been ruled brain-dead, the girl’s family is seeking a consensus from the medical community, saying she is “very much alive.” If doctors agree that Jahi is brain-damaged and not brain-dead, the death certificate could be reversed, which…
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2nd Mistrial for Detroit Cop Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl
A mistrial was declared Friday in the case of a Detroit police officer charged with a misdemeanor in the fatal shooting of a sleeping 7-year-old girl. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway issued the ruling after jurors deadlocked in the trial of Officer Joseph Weekley, who killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a bungled raid…
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Tattoo of Boyfriend’s Name Will Likely Be Around Longer Than He Will
“I got a tattoo of my man’s name. We were supposed to do this together. He said he would write mine. Instead, he does initials. I’m pissed and feel quite stupid because I think he tried to make it vague. My initials are A.S.K. I asked him why he didn’t write out my name. He…
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Good Riddance, ‘Baby Doc’
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, Haiti’s former dictator, is to be buried Saturday in the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince, without benefit of a state-sponsored funeral. As I discovered on a recent trip to Haiti, some Haitians, frustrated by the lack of economic progress and forgetful of the oppression he once represented, had begun to speak nostalgically of…
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Young Black Men 21 Times More Likely Than Whites to Be Shot Dead by Police
There are two sides in the debate surrounding the fatal police shooting of unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown and still not many answers. There are those who believe he must have done something to have been stopped and ultimately shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, and those who believe that police unfairly target…
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President Obama Celebrates America’s Newest National Monument: The San Gabriel Mountains
Today President Barack Obama will travel to Los Angeles County, Calif., to designate the San Gabriel Mountains as America’s newest national monument, and a timeless piece of our national heritage. In many ways this nation’s story is etched into its land, and as the president is recognizing today, each of our monuments provides us with…
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How to Get Away With Murder Recap: Situations and Sexual Secrets
Between her new TV series, How to Get Away With Murder, getting picked up for a full season; visits from Denzel Washington; evangelizing toddler fans while kicking it with Elmo on Sesame Street; insightful stories in Vulture, Variety and More about her upbringing; and a philanthropic passion to end hunger, Viola Davis has been having a pretty good couple…
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Woman Files Complaint Against Federal Agent Who Disguised Himself as Her on Facebook
It sounds like a scene from The Wire. Timothy Sinnigen, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, was hell-bent on bringing down a drug distribution ring in New York, so he created a fake Facebook account pretending to be Sondra Arquiett, a woman accused of being affiliated with the drug ring, in order to solicit information from…
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