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Dad Raising Quadruplets After Wife’s Death in Childbirth
A 29-year-old Phoenix man is raising his quadruplets after his wife died tragically last month after delivering the three girls and a boy she reportedly had worked hard to conceive, according to People magazine. Carlos Morales told his wife, Erica, 36, that he loved her just minutes before she gave birth to quadruplets who were…
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Congress Averts Partial Shutdown of Homeland Security
In a show of political gamesmanship, the U.S. House of Representatives late Friday approved a one-week spending measure to avert a partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Reuters reports. With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline, the news outlet writes, the House voted 357-60 to fund DHS, which is headed…
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1st Black NBA Player Earl Lloyd Dies at 86
In 1950 Earl Lloyd broke down racial barriers when he debuted in the NBA with the Washington Capitals. He was the first black player in the history of the NBA, and on Thursday the 86-year-old Lloyd passed away. According to ESPN, Lloyd’s alma mater, West Virginia State, confirmed his death but did not note how…
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Atlanta Woman Brutally Beaten Over Hamburger
A 23-year-old Atlanta woman claims that three woman attacked her during a night of drinking, allegedly dragging, punching and kicking her and pulling her hair, and leaving her with two black eyes, a chipped tooth and a concussion. The reason Myriah Pointer was brutally attacked, she believes: a hamburger. Pointer told WSB-TV that the incident…
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Black Waiters Sue TGI Fridays for Hiring ‘Light-Skinned Workers’ and Hispanics
Ten former waiters at a New York TGI Fridays are accusing the franchise of racism and colorism, saying that when their location closed, the company hired “light-skinned workers” who were mostly Hispanic to replace them at the new location, according to the New York Daily News. The waitstaff at the closed Manhattan location was told to…
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Help! I Can’t Fill Out My Family Tree Because of Family Secrets
I am a sophomore at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. My older sister and I are currently taking a sociology class here at Clarion and we have a project due in March where we have to create a family tree. The only problem is that we do not know our family’s history. My father comes from…
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Senate Panel Votes to Approve Loretta Lynch for Attorney General
Loretta Lynch inched one step closer to becoming the U.S. attorney general Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for her confirmation, the Huffington Post reports. Every Democratic senator voted in her favor, while Republicans were split. Now the vote will be extended to the full Senate. Lynch’s Republican critics have concerns about her support…
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Recently Dismissed Louisville Cardinals Guard Charged With Rape, Sodomy
When the University of Louisville’s Cardinals announced late last week that star guard Chris Jones had been dismissed from the team, several unofficial reasons emerged. The most prominent was that Jones had sent a threatening text message to a woman who had reportedly ransacked his apartment. What was clear is that Louisville coach Rick Pitino…
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79-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Shoots Grandnephew Over $20
If this story is true, then Ira Peterson doesn’t play with her money. According to AL.com, the 79-year-old Mobile, Ala., woman allegedly shot her grandnephew in the foot after he reportedly stole $20 from her. When Peterson noticed that her money was missing, she accused her grandnephew—who lives with her and whose name and age…
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NJ College Freshman Dies During Pickup Basketball Game
Patrick Awosogba, a New Jersey native and freshman at Rutgers University, died Sunday while playing a pickup basketball game at a recreation center on campus, NJ.com reports. The 18-year-old collapsed on the court around 2 p.m. Lifeguards on duty at the recreation center immediately began to administer CPR until paramedics and police officers arrived at the…