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A&E Networks announced Friday that it would resume filming its controversial hit show Duck Dynasty with Phil Robertson next spring, reversing a decision last week to suspend the star for making comments about homosexuality and African Americans, Fox News reports. The family, in an exclusive statement to Fox News, said it was “excited to keep…

Editor’s note: You can read part 1 here. In 2003 Kobe Bryant was going through a myriad of issues off the court. There was talk of his jealousy toward teammates, talk of a feud between Bryant and soon-to-be-former head coach Phil Jackson, and his team was about to lose the services of one of the…

“Recently I was told that my grandmother’s family line was linked to Nat Turner. I have done some research, but I am unable to get beyond my great-great-grandmother Gertrude Turner in Virginia. I just wanted to know if the Turner family has done a family tree and where Gertrude Turner is on it. I know…

First lady Michelle Obama is turning 50 on Jan. 17, and the White House plans to hold—wait for it, yes—a dance party! The party, to be held the following day, will be called, “Snacks & Sips & Dancing & Dessert,” according to Politico, which cites a report at the Chicago Tribune. Save-the-date emails are being…

A Southern California church, known for its cutting-edge Christmas displays, this year features a bleeding Trayvon Martin in its Nativity scene as part of a commentary on violence, the Raw Story reports. The artist, John Zachary, said that George Zimmerman’s acquittal this summer in the shooting death of the unarmed 17-year-old deserved further discussion. To…

After unwrapping gifts and celebrating Christmas, two teens died Wednesday in Newark, N.J., amid a hail of bullets intended for someone else, according to the Daily News, citing reports from police and neighbors. Hours after Zainee Hailey, 13, opened her gifts, including a Kindle, a $100 gift card and a watch, she and a visitor,…

When 30-year-old physician Teleka Patrick vanished nearly three weeks ago, few people reported seeing her after she left work. Now video footage released from the Radisson Hotel in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Dec. 6, the evening of her disappearance, provides more clues for investigators about that fateful night, ABC News reports. In the video, she can…

Police are investigating the presence of the Ku Klux Klan in a Chicago suburb after several fliers touting the infamous hate group were distributed in the Tinley Park neighborhood this week, the Chicago Tribune reports. “You can sleep tonight knowing the Klan is awake!” one flier read, according to police. The flier from the Traditionalist…

Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad officer Don Thompson didn’t know he would become a hero on his way to work Christmas afternoon. The 26-year veteran of the LAPD was driving on Los Angeles’ 405 Freeway when he saw a car crash.  “I saw this car just veer into the retaining wall,” Thompson told ABC…