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Pastor in SC Gets Jail Time for Praising the Lord
South Carolina pastors, take heed: Praising the Lord to your fullest capabilities might gain you favor in heaven, but it probably won’t on Earth. According to WLTX, Pastor Johnnie Clark of the Rehoboth United Assemblies Church in Columbia, S.C., was sentenced to two weeks in jail following a ruling over a long-standing dispute between neighbors and…
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Black Is Beautiful: In Memory of Bantu Stephen Biko
On Aug. 18, 1977, South African police stopped a car carrying Bantu Stephen Biko and a friend. They had no idea that Biko was in the car, but they were looking for him. Biko, who founded the Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1960s, had been banned some years earlier for his work to end apartheid.…
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Ray Rice Told Roger Goodell That He Punched His Then-Fiancee: Report
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell knew that Ray Rice punched his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, because Rice told him as much in person, according to sources who spoke with ESPN. “Ray didn’t lie to the commissioner,” a source with knowledge of the meeting told ESPN. “He told the full truth to Goodell—he made it clear he had…
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Oscar Pistorius Found Guilty of Homicide
Oscar Pistorius—the double-amputee Olympic athlete on trial in South Africa for fatally shooting his model girlfriend—has been found guilty of culpable homicide and could face jail time. On Thursday Pistorius was found not guilty of two of the most serious murder charges, the New York Times reports. “Judge [Thokozile Matilda] Masipa cleared Mr. Pistorius of two…
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Missouri Mandates 72-Hour Waiting Period Before Abortion
Women in Missouri who decide to terminate their pregnancies now have to wait 72 hours after consulting with their doctors before going forward with the abortion, Al-Jazeera reports. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, initially tried to veto the piece of legislation mandating this 72-hour waiting period, but the state’s Republican-led Legislature overruled his veto Wednesday.…
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Bill Cosby: Blacks Must Prepare to Fight Voter Suppression
Author Mark Whitaker will release his much-anticipated biography of Bill Cosby this week, three decades after the comedian debuted The Cosby Show and single-handedly altered the portrayal of African Americans on television. Could Cosby have known back then that the NBC sitcom would become an immediate hit? “Oh sure, I recognized it,” he told The Root…
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Ga. State Senator Is Outraged at Voting Location in Mall Popular With Blacks
Georgia state Sen. Fran Millar reportedly is outraged at the opening of an early-voting location in a mall patronized predominantly by African Americans. Millar, a Republican, voiced his opposition after DeKalb County announced that early voting would begin Oct. 26 and would have a location at the Gallery at South Dekalb Mall, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to…
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NJ Day Care Rushes Some 30 Kids to Hospital After They Accidentally Drink Bleach
About 30 children were taken to a hospital as a precaution after they accidentally ingested bleach at their Jersey City, N.J., day care, WABC reports. According to the news station, the accident took place around 11 a.m. Thursday at the Growing Tree II Learning Center after a substitute teacher or aide inadvertently gave students water…
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Meet the Black Female Judge Who Is Deciding Oscar Pistorius’ Fate
Editor’s note: Verdicts in the Oscar Pistorius case are being rendered Thursday and Friday by Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa. The judge has already ruled that Pistorius is not guilty of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Masipa will continue to read her findings on lesser charges in court on Friday. Here is some…