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Michelle Obama Honored by 4 Beautiful ‘Love Letters’
Michelle Obama will grace the cover of the Oct. 23 issue of T, the New York Times Style Magazine, and inside are “love letters” written by four incredible people who have been inspired by the first lady over the past eight years. According to Jezebel, the letters pay testament to her historic run as first lady…
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3 Charged in Fatal Shooting of Tyson Gay’s Daughter
On Sunday, three men were charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympian sprinter Tyson Gay’s 15-year-old daughter, Trinity, the Washington Post reports. Trinity was shot in the neck early Sunday morning outside the Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Ky. Chazerae M. Taylor, 38; his 19-year-old son, D’markeo C. Taylor; and Dvonta Middlebrooks were all…
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Ex-Boyfriend of Missing Texas Woman Charged With Kidnapping
Chris Revill was arrested Wednesday on a kidnapping charge after his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend went missing, Fox News reports. Typhenie Johnson was last seen at an apartment complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Revill was the last person to see her before she disappeared, authorities said. Johnson’s twin brother, Asher, said that the former couple were outside talking…
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Sprinter Tyson Gay’s Teen Daughter Killed in Ky. Crossfire
The teen daughter of Olympian Tyson Gay was tragically killed early Sunday morning after a shooting outside a Lexington, Ky., restaurant, according to USA Today High School Sports. Trinity Gay, 15, a talented sprinter in her own right, was taken to a University of Kentucky hospital with a gunshot wound to her neck around 3:30 am.…
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Mich. Woman Who Lied, Saying 4 Black Men Kidnapped, Raped Her, Gets Year in Jail
A Michigan woman who said that four black men kidnapped, raped and beat her for two days will spend a year behind bars for making the incident up, MLive.com reports. Leiha Ann-Sue Artman, 25, pleaded guilty to making a false report of a felony, a crime punishable by up to four years. MLive reports that…
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‘Donald With the Weird Hair’: SNL Parodies Lemonade With Melania, Ivanka and Omarosa
Beyoncé isn’t the only one who gets to exact revenge on her man’s trifling ways. Last night’s Saturday Night Live did a brilliant black-and-white parody of Queen Bey’s Lemonade (specifically “Sorry”), except this time it was Melania Trump—and all the other women in Donald Trumps’s life—who call him out for his misogyny and the recent…
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Feds Charge Kan. Men With Domestic Terrorism for Plot Against Somali Muslims
Three Kansas men who dubbed themselves “the Crusaders” plotted for months to bomb a mosque and an apartment complex that is home to Somali immigrants, according to the Department of Justice, reports the New York Daily News. Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 49, and Patrick Stein, 47, were charged Friday with conspiring to use a…
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Tommy Ford Spoke of Being OK With Death in Last Interview
Tommy Ford, best known as the beloved “Tommy, you ain’t got no job” character from TV show Martin, spoke with a certain peaceful resignation about life and death in a recently uncovered interview. TMZ posted audio of what appears to be Ford’s last interview ever with Xcellence Community Magazine founder Angella Banks. The gossip site says it…
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#WhatADoctorLooksLike: Black Female Doctors Support Dr. Tamika Cross After Delta Fiasco
In response to the crazy (but unfortunately not so uncommon) situation of white folks straining to believe that black professionals exist—this time in the case of Dr. Tamika Cross—scores of black female doctors took to Twitter to post photos of themselves under the hashtag #WhatADoctorLooksLike. Cross, a Houston OB-GYN, last Sunday posted on Facebook her…
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President Obama Lifts All Limits on Cuban Cigars and Rum
Time to throw up your Cohibas! The Obama administration announced Friday new measures to further ease trade, travel and financial restrictions on Cuba as President Barack Obama seeks to make open relations with the island nation “irreversible” before he leaves office, Reuters reports. “Today, I approved a Presidential Policy Directive that takes another major step forward…
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