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Idris Elba Welcomes Baby Boy
British actor Idris Elba shared the first public snapshot of his new baby boy, Winston, with the world via Twitter on Friday. The black-and-white photo shows the tiny infant’s right hand clutching the star’s left index finger (Can you say adorable?). “My Son Winston Elba was born yesterday..Truly Amazing :-),” Elba tweeted. Little Winston is…
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Scandal Recap: In Search of a Soul
Thursday night’s season finale, “The Price of Free and Fair Elections,” was as Scandal-y as Scandal gets. Bombs, blood, tears, lies, alcohol and chic suits with impeccable tailoring were all jam-packed into the last episode. But despite all of the distractions, everyone seems to have been in search of one thing—peace. Peace, like the election,…
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This Inmate’s Conviction Was Overturned in 1980 … but He’s Still in Prison
Jerry Hartfield’s conviction for robbing and murdering a bus-station worker in 1976 was overturned in 1980—and yet the now 56-year-old man has remained in prison ever since, with the hope of a new trial seeming like an increasingly long shot. According to the Daily News, a judge recently decided that Hartfield’s constitutional right to an immediate…
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Ohio Teacher Fired for Telling Student ‘We Don’t Need Another Black President’
A science teacher in Fairfield, Ohio, was officially fired Thursday after facing accusations that he told a black student the nation did not need another black commander in chief, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. According to the news site, Gil Voigt, who had been on unpaid leave since December, was fired after his termination was recommended…
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Black America Needs a ‘Let’s Move’ Campaign Against Smoking
In recent years, promoting healthy eating to help prevent a bevy of health woes has become the primary focus for health advocates within the black community. Thanks in part to greater media attention and high-profile representatives, other issues have also finally begun to win much-needed attention, including breast cancer and AIDS. But one of the black…
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DC Arts Patron Helping Student Attend Summer Ivy League Program
When Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a Washington, D.C., arts patron, saw on the news that a local teenager would not be able to attend a prestigious summer Ivy League program because of the price, she was spurred to action. She called the station to say she would help Zach Wood, whose story aired on the station…
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Whoopi Goldberg Debuts as Weed Columnist
Multitalented entertainer and current co-host of The View Whoopi Goldberg debuted her first column for the online publication The Cannabist on Thursday, writing about her first experiences with a vape pen, which allows her to inhale concentrated marijuana “vapor.” Goldberg, who has glaucoma and gets excruciating headaches because of it, affectionally calls her own pen Sippy—it was a…
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Columbus Short: ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Read’
Scandal actor Columbus Short briefly spoke about his wife’s startling allegations of domestic abuse in an exclusive interview with News One Now. When directly asked by Roland Martin about the charges, Short started laughing. “We have some amazing scriptwriters. Life has the best scriptwriters of all time. That’s all I can say about that,” he…
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NJ High School Wrestlers Who Posed for Lynching Photo Won’t Face Criminal Charges
Prosecutors have decided not to press charges against wrestling-team members of New Jersey’s Phillipsburg High School who posed in a picture with a black dummy in a noose, CBS New York reports. “Based upon the evidence obtained and the concurrence of the Attorney General’s Office after reviewing the investigative file, no criminal charges will be…
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Man Free for 13 Years Because of Error Is Now in Prison
A Missouri man who was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 was told to await instructions on when and where to report to begin serving his 13-year prison sentence, but the instructions never arrived, the Associated Press reports. So Cornealious Anderson, 37, remained free for 13 years after his conviction, the report says. And during…