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Mother Accused of Brutal Murder of Baby Daughter, Scary Allegations Against Man Accused of Shoving Ex on Subway Tracks, the Alleged New Orleans ‘Terrorist’ and Other Crime News From the Week
The Root's crime stories from the week of Dec. 29, 2024.
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These Real Black Horror Stories Will Creep You Out This Halloween Season
Unsolved cold cases, mysterious disappearances... your favorite horror may have been played out in these true crime stories.
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Family Says Young, Black Man Was Lynched In NC, But Is That How He Really Died?
The sheriff's office denies the claim Javion Magee was lynched.
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Small Town Horror Story: The Lynching of James Byrd
James Byrd was walking home from a friend’s party when a truck full of white men offered him a ride home.
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![Family of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley “Overjoyed” Over Congressional Gold Medal [UPDATE]](https://www.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a04ff1df41e9a4ac2da4a4d4c7493f29-300x198.jpg)
Family of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley “Overjoyed” Over Congressional Gold Medal [UPDATE]
The House unanimously voted on Wednesday to award both Emmett Till and his mother and activist Mamie Till-Mobley with the congressional gold medal.
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Charles Booker, Kentucky Democrat, Wears Noose in New Campaign Ad and Calls out Sen. Rand Paul
The first Black Kentuckian to receive a Democratic nomination for Senate wearing a noose in the emotional ad chronicling America's lynching history