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DC-Area Triplets Deciding Between Ivy League Schools
Competition is sweet to the Jones triplets, who use their friendly rivalry to egg each other on and bring out the best in each other—a mindset that has landed them straight on the path toward an Ivy League education, NBC Washington reports. Silver Spring, Md., residents Malik, Ahmad and Kahlil Jones are still deciding whether…
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Pregnant Woman Loses Baby After Shooting Over Facebook Beef
A pregnant woman lost her baby after authorities said the woman was shot in the stomach by another woman with whom she had been arguing on Facebook, the Daily Mail reports. The shooting occurred in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday after the expectant mother, identified as 23-year-old Markeisha Brooks, went over to 35-year-old Virginia Wyche’s house to…
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NBA Superstar Joakim Noah Sues Le Coq Sportif for Making Crappy Shoes
NBA superstar Joakim Noah is suing French shoe company Le Coq Sportif for making crappy shoes that the Chicago Bulls center believes damaged his feet, TMZ Sports reports. According to the sports gossip site, Noah filed a lawsuit against the shoe company in a Washington, D.C., court in November claiming that LCS reneged on his…
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Ex-Soldier, Guilty of Murdering 5-Year–Old Daughter, Could Face Death Penalty
A former soldier who brutally murdered his 5-year-old daughter on military property in Hawaii may face the death penalty even though Hawaii abolished capital punishment decades ago, the New York Daily News reports. A federal jury on Thursday found Naeem Williams guilty of beating to death his daughter Talia in July 2005. Beginning Tuesday, jurors…
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10-Year-Old Girl Gives Michelle Obama Unemployed Dad’s Résumé
A 10-year-old girl took her chance to try to help her father out during the White House’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. During a question-and-answer session Thursday with children of Executive Office employees, Charlotte Bell told Michelle Obama that her dad has been unemployed for three years. Then she handed the first…
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5 Things to Know About Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Time magazine released its annual list highlighting the world’s 100 most influential people. A few of those named were no-brainers—music icon Beyoncé, film mastermind Steve McQueen, Pope Francis and President Barack Obama—but why is Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, listed among these luminaries? Ai, yi, yi—where do we begin? 1. She’s eradicating Nigeria’s debt. In…
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Arkansas Cop Goes Unpunished for Killing Black Teen
Once again, the mother of a black teenage boy is crying that there won’t be justice for her dead son. This time, it’s because prosecutors have dropped charges against the white Little Rock, Ark., police officer who was set to go on trial next month on charges he shot and killed 15-year-old Bobby Moore III…
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Finding Creative Tools to Reach Black Girls
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal speaks to Ruth Nicole Brown about her new book, Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood. Brown is an assistant professor in the departments of gender and women’s studies and African studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Watch:
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Haters Need to Stop Criticizing Beyoncé’s Time Magazine Cover
Evidently it’s the “list” time of year, and so far black girls are winning. On Tuesday, People magazine debuted its 50 Most Beautiful issue, starring none other than media (and fan) darling Lupita Nyong’o on the cover. Not to be outdone, this morning, Time released its annual 100 Most Influential People issue, featuring singer Beyoncé…
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Plainclothes Cops Shoot Philly Pizza Delivery Guy Wearing Hoodie
Philippe Holland was heading back to his car Tuesday night after making his last stop for his pizza delivery job; he didn’t have his pizza bag with him, Philly.com reports, because it had been a small order. So with his hoodie up and hands in his pockets he trekked back toward his car from the…