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Study: Black Women Suffer Hot Flashes From Menopause Longer Than Anyone
Hot flashes, a regular symptom of menopause, while usually lasting only a few years, can continue for up to 14 years and are likely to last longer the earlier they begin, a study published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, Internal Medicine has found, according to a report by…
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Radical Brownies Are Yelling ‘Black Lives Matter,’ Not Hawking Girl Scout Cookies
What happens when you mix the legacy of black protest in Oakland, Calif., racial injustice and 8- to 11-year-old girls? You get a revolutionary group called the Radical Brownies, “who don brown berets and participate in Black Lives Matter protests in order to help spread a message of racial justice,” KPIX reports. According to the…
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Man Claims St. Louis Cops Turned Off Dash Cam and Then Beat Him
Cortez Bufford, 18, was on the ground, surrounded by St. Louis cops, after a traffic stop in April 2014 when one of them, Kelli Swinton, reportedly told her fellow officers: “Hold up. Hold up, y’all. Hold up. Hold up, everybody, hold up. We’re red right now, so if you guys are worried about cameras, just wait.”…
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NJ Woman Freezes to Death Just Steps From Her Home
Olivia Benito, 66, stopped at her neighbor’s house for a nightcap Saturday night, and in the morning Benito was found dead, facedown and covered in snow. Police believe she froze to death just steps from her home. According to NJ.com, the Lakewood, N.J., resident had had a few drinks during the day and a few…
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Grandmother Left Granddaughter in Freezing Car While She Gambled: Report
A 56-year-old grandmother was arrested Saturday after she reportedly left her 5-year-old granddaughter in a car in below-freezing temperatures while she gambled at a New York casino. Renee Osby allegedly tried to bring her granddaughter, Jordan, into Resorts World Casino New York City in Queens earlier that day, but was denied when security told her…
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Fox News Affiliate Airs Photo of President Obama as Rape Suspect
A Fox News affiliate reportedly aired a photo of President Barack Obama as a rape suspect during a news segment Friday. According to the Times of San Diego, which initially caught the flub that aired on California news station KSWB around 10 p.m., a photo of President Obama was shown with the words “No Charges”…
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Miss. Judge Who Reportedly Hit Mentally Disabled Man and Yelled ‘Run, N–ger, Run’ Indicted After 9 Months
Nine months ago a now-former Mississippi judge is alleged to have smacked a mentally disabled man before yelling, “Run, n—ger, run.” In response to that incident, a grand jury has “served an indictment for simple assault on a vulnerable adult,” the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. There was no word on why the process to indict former…
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Miss. Judge Delivers Lesson to Men Sentenced in ‘Jim Crow-Style Lynching’
A federal District Court judge in Mississippi delivered a powerful lesson last week to two men sentenced in the brutal 2011 death of a 49-year-old auto-plant worker, which occurred after the two men decided to “go [f—k] with some [n—gers],” according to Raw Story, which cites various media reports. Three of the defendants—Deryl Dedmon, Dylan…
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NYC Public Schools to Overhaul Discipline Code
In an effort to curb severe punishments that have mostly targeted minorities, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration on Friday announced changes to New York City public schools’ discipline code, according to the New York Times. Under the new plan, principals will have to seek Department of Education approval for suspensions of any student from kindergarten…
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Report: Bobby Brown Pushing to Keep Bobbi Kristina on Life Support
Bobby Brown, father of 21-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown, is pushing to keep her on life support, although several of her organs are failing, according to the New York Daily News, which cites several media reports. On Saturday, TMZ.com and RadarOnline.com reported that Bobbi Kristina’s organs were starting to shut down, but Brown wants to keep…