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10-Year-Old Math Genius Studying for University Degree
On one hand, Esther Okade is like any other 10-year-old, crazy about Disney’s Frozen and playing with her dolls. On the other hand, The Telegraph reports, this math genius is also studying to complete a math degree from Open University despite her young age. According to the news site, Esther is one of the United…
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Fla. Mom Arrested After Allegedly Beating Daughter and Shaming Her for Failing Grades
A Tampa Bay, Fla., woman was looking for a way to turn her daughter’s grades around, but authorities say she took it too far when she allegedly beat her child with a leather belt and then crafted a T-shirt for her daughter to wear explaining her failing grades and threatening kids to leave her alone…
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Transgender Inmate Sues Ga. Prison for Being Denied Hormone Treatments
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit group specializing in civil rights, filed a lawsuit Friday against Georgia’s Department of Corrections on behalf of 36-year-old transgender inmate Ashley Diamond, the New York Daily News reports. The suit seeks to have Diamond’s hormone therapy restored. According to the Daily News, Diamond, a Georgia native, has been…
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Convicted Md. Inmate Found Dead in Steam-Filled Cell
Maryland officials are looking into the death of an inmate who was found dead in a cell mysteriously filled with steam. According to the Daily Mail, Louis Stanley Leysath III was found dead on Friday in his cell at the Jessup Correctional Institution. He was reportedly serving a life sentence after his conviction for strangling…
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Watch: 12-Year-Old Ga. Boy Blasts Obama for Being Weak on ISIS and Terrorism
C.J. Pearson, a 12-year-old middle school student from Georgia, uploaded a video on his YouTube channel Saturday in which he blasted President Barack Obama for not really loving America, because if he did, C.J. claimed, Obama “would call ISIS what it really is—an assault on Christianity [and] an assault on America,” Pearson said. The video…
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Maya Angelou Honored With Forever Stamp
Renowned poet Maya Angelou is next to be honored by the U.S. Postal Service: She will be featured on her own Forever Stamp, according to a press release. Details about the stamp—including a preview, as well as the date and location of the first-day-of-issuance ceremony—will be announced at a later date. “Maya Angelou inspired our…
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News Flash: Fried Chicken and Collard Greens Are Not Black History Month Food
A dining service thought it was offering Wright State University college students a “cultural dining experience” with “authentic and traditional cuisine” when it decided that fried chicken and collard greens should be added as part of the Black History Month menu, according to the Associated Press. Shocked students at the Ohio school took photos and…
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Judge Flips Aunt Jemima Lawsuit Straight Out of Court
Two men claiming to be relatives of Anna Short Harrington—the woman whose face and overall likeness was used to create the character and logo Aunt Jemima, the most iconic face in pancakes—had filed a class action lawsuit seeking $2 billion plus punitive damages. Last week a judge tossed the case, noting that the two men—D.W. Hunter and…
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Stepmom Who Split Child’s Skull and Tried to Cover Gash With Hair Extensions Gets Life in Prison
Philadelphia prosecutors say that 10-year-old Charlenni Ferreira endured so much abuse from her father and stepmother that every part of her body was beaten. According to authorities, the abuse began in 2006 and ended in 2009 when the little girl died from a “buildup of fluid inside her chest as a result of broken ribs,”…
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Al-Shabab Threatens Attacks on Malls in US, UK, Canada
U.S. officials are urging vigilance after terror group al-Shabab released a propaganda video Saturday that threatens attacks on shopping malls in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, CNN reports. In the video, the al-Qaida-linked terror group brags about its deadly September 2013 attack on a mall in Kenya, the report says. The assault,…