hawaii
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Take a Peek Inside The Obamas’ New Island Dream Home
Our favorite First Family has made Hawaii one of their favorite places to relax
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Serial Entrepreneur Dawn Dickson Embraces Her Multitudes
In an exclusive interview with The Root, the tech mogul discusses how Black women shouldn’t be placed in a box and the success that complexity can bring them.
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California Police Reform Bill to Get Rid of ‘Bad Apples’ Advances to Governor
California is one of the few U.S. states without a way to strip bad officers of their badges. The Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act will change that.
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Feast Mode: Marshawn Lynch Hands Out 200 Turkeys In Hawaii for the Culture
In a past life, retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch once warned younger players to “take care of y’all chicken,” and now, months later with his playing days in the rear-view mirror, he’s since moved on to spreading the gospel with a different bird altogether. Hawaii News Now reports that on Monday, the five-time Pro Bowler…
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NBA Discussing Playoff Scenarios That Could Include Empty Arenas, Shortened Series, and…Playing on a Cruise Ship?
With billions of dollars at stake, the NBA is scrambling to salvage what’s left of its season. So while players plan to sidestep their boredom with an elaborate NBA 2K tournament on Friday, the powers that be are preoccupied with formulating potential playoff scenarios should the league resume play this summer as expected. According to…
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Navy Sailor Kills 2, Himself in Pearl Harbor Shooting
A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian Department of Defense employees and wounded a third before turning his gun on himself, according to military officials. NBC News reports that the shooting occurred at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii at approximately 2:30 pm local time. In the aftermath of the shooting, the base…
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Black Nurse Who Found Photo of Noose Taped to Her Locker at Hawaii Hospital Awarded $3,800,000
It’s been some five years since Ellen Harris, a registered nurse at the Queen’s Medical Center in Hawaii, filed a lawsuit claiming that she was subject to racial discrimination and harassment while doing her job. Last week, a jury ruled in her favor, awarding her $3.8 million in damages as a result of her treatment.…
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Mahalo for the Holidays! Sephora Features Its 1st Afro-Hawaiian Beauty … and So, So Much More
That skin. That glow. That hair. Sephora’s 2017 holiday campaign features a new crop of models—freshly plucked from their very own stores. We got hip to this via Anne Branigin, The Root’s news fellow, and instantly fell in love with Afro-Hawaiian curve-tastic beauty Taíja, giving us urban-Moana realness. (Yes, we know the character Moana isn’t…
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Milo Yiannopoulos Marries a Black Man
He may be the world’s biggest racist and transphobic troll, but that didn’t stop Milo Yiannopoulos from marrying a black man. Yiannopoulos and his longtime boyfriend, identified only as John, got married over the weekend in Hawaii. Yiannopoulos shared select photos of his husband on social media while carefully hiding his face. Because, honestly, if…