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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…
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NFL Hires Ex-FBI Director to Investigate Ray Rice Case
On Wednesday the NFL announced that a former FBI director would investigate how NFL officials and league management handled evidence involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s assault of his wife, Janay Rice, when she was his fiancee. The move comes after reports that the NFL was sent video footage as far back…
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Accused Shoplifter Uses Wal-Mart Motorized Wheelchair Cart to Take Off With Goods
Shirley Mae Mason had finished her alleged shoplifting on Monday at Wal-Mart but didn’t have a ride. She also “didn’t feel like walking,” so the 46-year-old reportedly took $600 worth of clothing, along with a $1,200 motorized wheelchair shopping cart, and started making her way home, the Smoking Gun reports. Police picked up the Michigan…
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Contractors Who Witnessed Michael Brown Shooting Say the Teen Had His Hands Up
Two contractors have come forward with their own details surrounding Michael Brown’s fatal shooting in early August in Ferguson, Mo., corroborating other witness reports that insisted the teen had his hands up in surrender before he was killed by police Officer Darren Wilson, CNN reports. In exclusive video obtained by CNN, taken by an unknown…
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Actor Terry Crews Relives Childhood of Domestic Violence With Ray Rice Scandal
As video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee unconscious continues to spark discussion about domestic abuse, actor and former NFL player Terry Crews weighed in on the scandal, recalling the violence of his own childhood, Entertainment Tonight reports. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star has always been open about the abuse his mother faced at the hands…
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Ebola Relief Workers: US, We Want Your Aid, Not Your Troops
The U.S., United Kingdom, European Union and the Gates Foundation are all donating money and resources to help curb the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but aid workers on the ground have one main concern with the strings attached to America’s aid: The U.S. wants to dispatch a security detail to accompany the health care…