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Trump Supporters Hold ‘Sit-in’ at NC Starbucks After Woman Is Reportedly Mocked for Wearing Trump T-Shirt
Woe is a woman in North Carolina who was apparently mocked by a Starbucks barista for wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt. “They shouted out ‘Build a wall’ and shoved a drink at me, and then all the baristas in the back started cracking up laughing,” Kayla Hart told Fox 46. So more than 40 Trump…
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Beyoncé’s $100,000 Formation Scholarship Recipients Revealed
Even though Beyoncé Knowles-Carter might be recovering from giving birth to twins, everyone knows that Queen Bey never really rests. The megastar recently announced the four winners of this year’s Formation scholarships, each of whom will receive $25,000 to cover tuition to pursue their educational and artistic goals. Beyoncé created the scholarships as part of…
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MMA Fighter Literally Gets the Shit Beaten Out of Her
I wish there weren’t photos of the incident, but there are, and while I won’t make you suffer through them, let’s just say that Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Justine Kish left it all out there in the ring … literally. During a match against Felice Herrig, Kish moved out of a deep choke and tried…
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Former Green Bay Packers Running Back Ahman Green Arrested for Child Abuse
Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green could be facing a lengthy jail sentence if he is convicted in a case in Wisconsin. On Wednesday the four-time Pro Bowl running back was arrested and charged with felony child abuse: intentionally causing harm or cruelty toward A child, TMZ Sports reports. “We had contact with…
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Here’s Why Donald Trump Ended the Eid Dinner Tradition
Sorry, the 53 percent of white women who voted for the current president, but Donald Trump is a rich white man’s president. He’s aligned himself with the hatred held by poor, white, middle and Southern Americans to motivate them to the polls, and every now and then, he throws them a bone to remind them…
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Police Still Searching for Suspects Who Beat Up Restaurant Owner Over Cold Chicken
Police are still searching for two people they say were caught on surveillance footage attacking a restaurant owner and the owner’s daughter over an apparent dispute over cold chicken late last week in Georgia. According to WTOC, the incident started Thursday afternoon at the family-owned Qwik Chick takeout stand next to U.S. Highway 1, when…
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Woman Charged in SC With Tearing Confederate-Flag Tag Off Truck, Backing Into Truck’s Owner
A woman is facing multiple charges after police say she ripped a Confederate-flag “tag” off a truck in South Carolina before backing into the truck’s owner. According to WCIV, 43-year-old Ann Lee Walters is facing charges of vandalism and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries after the incident in Charleston. WCBD reports that…
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SC Restaurant Owner Says Confederate Flag Near His Business Has Caused Fistfights
A dead racist and staunch defender of the Confederate flag is causing mucho problems for an Orangeburg, S.C., restaurant owner. The drama begins with Maurice Bessinger, founder of the Maurice’s Piggie Park chain of barbecue restaurants across central South Carolina. Fox 4 reports that Bessinger was a proud segregationist who kept scores of Confederate memorabilia…
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Former NBA Player Marcus Camby Sued Over Nephew’s Death
A former NBA player is being sued over the wrongful death of his autistic nephew. ESPN reports that Marcus Camby has been named the defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit over the drowning of his 9-year-old nephew in a pond on his Houston estate. The child, Marcus Carter McGhee, traveled to his uncle’s compound from…
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Bill Cosby’s Picture Erased From Ben’s Chili Bowl Mural
A mainstay in the African-American community has changed its mural and taken Bill Cosby—the man who put it on the map—off of it. Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, D.C., a onetime hole in the wall made famous for its hot smokes and chili, once exhibited a barrage of famous African Americans on its side…