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Pa. Man Arrested in ‘Road Rage’ Death of 18-Year-Old Bianca Roberson
After a two-day manhunt, a 28-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested Sunday and charged with murder in the shooting death of 18-year-old Bianca Roberson. David Desper of Trainer, Pa., turned himself in at 2 a.m. and was arraigned on first-degree murder and other charges, according to WPVI-TV. In what is being described as a “road rage”…
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Mo. High School Students ‘Repair’ Vandalized Emmett Till Memorial
A group of high school students on a social justice jaunt across the country helped to restore dignity to a defaced Emmett Till memorial after they came across it in Money, Miss., last week. The Washington Post reports that the group of 24 students, part of the St. Louis-based Cultural Leadership program, traveled the country…
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Rapper Performing During Shootout Inside Ark. Club Arrested on Gun Charges
A Memphis, Tenn.-based rapper who was headlining the Little Rock, Ark., show where 28 people were injured was arrested Sunday in Alabama on unrelated gun charges. AL.com reports that 25-year-old Ricky Hampton, better known as Finese 2Tymes, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals, the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) and the FBI…
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Steph Curry Scores Richest Deal in NBA History With $200,000,000 Contract
He might not be Michael Jordan, or even LeBron James, but Steph Curry has just agreed to what amounts to the richest deal in NBA history. The five-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is worth $201 million with no options, as confirmed by Curry’s agent Jeff Austin of Octagon. USA Today reports that Curry…
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Vegas ’Bout to Be Lit—With the Sticky Icky. Nev. Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Today
Just when you thought Vegas couldn’t get any better, it just goes ahead and keeps the party at 1,000. For the state that already has legalized prostitution and gambling, the legalization of cannabis might just make it a debaucher’s dream. At midnight on Saturday, two marijuana dispensaries in Reno, Nev., became two of the first…
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The Doctor Who Shot Up the Hospital in NYC? Yeah, He Was Black. Damn
As my little bio in at the end of this post notes, I am not into “respectability politics”—that is, giving a fuck about what white folks think about my choices, whether speaking “black English” (loudly, of course), giving my children black-ass names or tamping myself down in any way to fit into some vague notion…
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Morehouse Names Harold Martin Jr. Interim President
Morehouse College’s board of trustees voted unanimously to appoint Harold Martin Jr. as its new interim president, the school announced in a Thursday press conference. Martin, a 2002 alumnus of Morehouse who later earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a law degree from Yale, is the school’s third president in as many months.…
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We Need to Talk About Eric Holder’s Ominous 3 a.m. Tweet
Umm, I have so many questions—like, what was former Attorney General Eric Holder doing awake at 3 a.m.? And what was he doing on Twitter? Is he always on late-night Twitter, where things have been known to get a little raunchy? Was he sliding into someone’s DMs? No judgment. Holder doesn’t tweet often, but early…
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Manhunt Underway After Recent High School Grad Is Gunned Down During Road Rage Incident
Police are searching for a suspect who they say gunned down a recent high school graduate during a road rage incident in Chester County, Pa., on Wednesday. Chester County, Pa., District Attorney Tom Hogan confirmed on Thursday night that 18-year-old Bianca Nikol Roberson was shot in the head by a man driving a red pickup.…
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Ind. Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed Black Motorist; Family Demands Answers
An Indianapolis man was shot dead by police officers Thursday morning, leaving a grieving family answers. According to CBS Indianapolis, the shooting took place around 2 a.m. Thursday on the city’s northwest side. The incident, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, started with a routine traffic stop, but the driver ended up leading police…