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Donor Found for Georgia 2-Year-Old Denied Kidney Transplant Because of Father’s Probation; Tyler Perry Gifts Child’s Mom a Car
About a month ago, things were not looking very good for one Georgia family. Little A.J. Burgess needed a lifesaving kidney transplant, which he was denied all because his father—a more than perfect match—violated his probation terms, and the health of the 25-pound 2-year-old who was born without working kidneys was rapidly declining. Fast-forward and…
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Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Sexual Misconduct
The former USA Gymnastics team doctor at the center of a sexual assault scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in a Michigan court. According to CNN, of the seven charges against Larry Nassar, three applied to victims under age 13, and three applied to victims 13 to 15 years…
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Justice Department Threatens to Sue Harvard Over Race-Based Admissions Practices
The Trump administration is squaring up for its first major legal challenge over affirmative action, as documents obtained by CNN indicate. The news network, which shared copies of the documents on its site, confirms that the Department of Justice is actively investigating Harvard’s use of race in its admissions decisions. The letters, which come from…
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With Trump Revoking Temporary Protected Status, Haitians Fear for the Future and Their Lives
Since 2010, thousands of Haitian immigrants who migrated to the United States have been allowed to stay in the country without fear because President Barack Obama granted Haiti eligibility for Temporary Protected Status. The protection is given to countries that have experienced political or environmental catastrophe such as armed conflict or natural disaster. But the…
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Donald Trump Just Can’t Get Off LaVar’s Balls
President ChiChi von FruitSnacks is up to his old WWE tactics again: He spent his presidential morning on the White House toilet tweeting his thoughts about an African-American father who doesn’t fuck with him. Look at that “IT WAS ME!” in all caps. Looks like the president is really butt-hurt over this whole thing. President…
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Chicago Cop Gets 5 Years for Shooting Into Car Filled With Black Teens
It must be snowing, because a federal court sentenced a white Chicago police officer to 60 months in prison for shooting into a car full of black teenagers in 2013. On Monday, Marco Proano, 42, received the five-year sentence three months after he was convicted of two counts of using unreasonable force and causing bodily…
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Bank Better Have My Money: Armed 86-Year-Old Woman Demands That Tellers Pay Her What They Owe Her
Do not play with Grandmama’s money. A Philadelphia senior, armed with a .38-caliber revolver and pushing a walker, went into a TD Bank on Tuesday afternoon to demand the cash she thought she had been shorted the day before. WTXF Fox 29 reports that the 86-year-old woman had made a withdrawal Monday, only to come…
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Tennessee Judge Who Offered Freedom in Exchange for Sterilization Receives Mild Reprimand
A Tennessee judge who drew widespread condemnation this past summer for offering vasectomies in exchange for lighter jail sentences has been formally reprimanded. Judge Sam Benningfield of White County told repeat drug offenders in his court that he would cut their sentences by 30 days if they would sign up for sterilization. For male inmates,…
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Ilia Calderón Makes History as the 1st Afro-Latina to Anchor a Major News Desk in the United States
It’s #BlackGirlMagic time (psych, it’s always #BlackGirlMagic time), and today we are celebrating Ilia Calderón, who, on Nov. 8, became the first Afro-Latina to anchor a news desk at a major network in the United States, when she replaced María Elena Salinas on Noticiero Univision. “It’s a great responsibility knowing that I’m opening doors for…