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Watch: Serena Williams Withdraws From Indian Wells
On Friday Serena Williams withdrew before the semifinals at Indian Wells with a sprained right knee nearly 14 years after her sister Venus pulled out of the tournament, also with a knee injury, CNN reports. The move by Venus elicited jeers and racist taunts from the crowd, prompting Serena to embark on a yearslong boycott…
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Chris Brown’s Probation for Attack on Rihanna Ends
R&B singer Chris Brown celebrated Friday after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge released him from probation for a 2009 assault on his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, reports the Los Angeles Times. “IM (sic) OFF PROBATION!!!!!!!!” he tweeted to his 14 million followers. “Thank the Lord!!!!!!” Brown’s probation was revoked in January after he reportedly violated orders…
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‘I’d Have That Noose Ready’: Fort Lauderdale Cops Fired for Racist Texts
Three Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police officers in charge of patrolling a predominantly black neighborhood were fired Friday after a five-month investigation into racially charged text messages from their personal phones, according to the Sun-Sentinel. A fourth officer resigned in January before the investigation had been completed. Officers James Wells, 30, Jason Holding, 31, and Christopher Sousa,…
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NFL Player’s Ex Accused of Breaking His New Girlfriend’s Arm With Bat
The ex-girlfriend of an NFL player has been arrested in Braselton, Ga., on charges of slashing him and breaking his new girlfriend’s arm with a bat in a bizarre series of attacks, according to Atlanta’s WSB-TV. Police allege that Erika Palmer tried to hide out at a hotel in Gwinnett County, Ga., after breaking into…
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Ohio Man Receives $1 Million After Spending 39 Years in Jail for a Murder He Didn’t Commit
Ricky Jackson, 57, spent 39 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, and on Thursday an Ohio judge ordered the state to pay Jackson $1 million for his wrongful imprisonment, Reuters reports. Jackson was freed from prison last November. Jackson was informed by a journalist about the $1 million check coming his way.…
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Retired Ark. Nurse Devotes Her Pension to Running Food Pantry
When most people retire, they gather up their retirement money and look forward to spending their days unwinding after years of work. Perhaps they take a cruise or move to Florida. But Charolette Tidwell has dedicated her pension funds toward running a food pantry where she feeds 7,000 people a month in her hometown of…
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Pregnant Colo. Woman Stabbed and Baby Removed From Her Uterus
When a 26-year-old pregnant woman went to Dynel Lane’s house in Longmont, Colo., on Wednesday to inquire about a Craiglist post advertising baby clothes, the pregnant woman, identified by the Longmont Times-Call as Michelle Wilkins, was stabbed and cut open, allegedly by Lane, and her unborn baby was removed from her uterus. When Lane’s husband,…
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Black Students at UC Berkeley Want a Hall Renamed After Assata Shakur
African-American students at the University of California, Berkeley, have issued a number of demands to their school’s chancellor—chief among them that a building on campus be renamed after Assata Shakur, Fox News reports. Shakur, born Joanne Chesimard, is an icon from the 1970s black nationalist movement who escaped from prison in 1979 after she was…
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Eric Garner Grand Jury Testimony Won’t Be Released
The public will not know exactly what was said during the grand jury hearings that ended with a decision not to indict New York City Police Department officers in the choke hold death of Eric Garner. A judge on Thursday refused to release the testimony, the Associated Press reports. According to AP, “The New York…
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Remains of NJ Mom Allegedly Slain by Husband Found in Md.
Authorities, guided by a GPS unit in her husband’s vehicle, have discovered the body of a New Jersey mother who went missing on New Year’s in Maryland, prosecutors said, according to the New York Daily News. Erica Crippen’s body was found tied up with electrical cord and duct tape and hidden beneath a pile of branches…