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Bronx, NY, Intersection Renamed in Honor of Kalief Browder
On Thursday, Kalief Browder Way was unveiled. An intersection in New York City’s Bronx borough was renamed in honor of a man who took his own life at 22 years of age after suffering a grueling, three-year imprisonment at the city’s Rikers Island jail complex because he couldn’t make bail. According to HuffPost, Kalief Browder…
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Talented High School Junior Has Already Collected 33 Full-Ride Academic and Athletic Scholarship Offers
Some people got it and some people don’t. Seventeen-year-old Jahmir Smith has got it: talented both in academics and on the football field. He is casually racking up full-ride academic and athletic scholarship offers from more than 30 universities across the nation, including all eight Ivy League schools and every major program in his hometown…
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Gina Prince-Bythewood Becomes 1st Black Woman to Direct Superhero Movie
Sony is already creating a buzz for its upcoming film Silver & Black, the studio’s film starring classic Spider-Man characters Silver Sable and Black Cat, by announcing that writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood will direct the film. This announcement makes Prince-Bythewood the first black woman to direct a superhero movie. Prince-Bythewood is known for films such as…
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Texas Teachers Disciplined After Giving ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ Award to 13-Year-Old Student
It seems as if a few Texas teachers need to go back to school to learn that a joke is supposed to be funny. However, in shockingly poor taste, some Channelview Independent School District teachers reportedly laughed during a mock awards ceremony as they handed out certificates, including one that dubbed a 13-year-old student “most…
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NYC Substitute Teacher Arrested on Charges He Ripped Off 8-Year-Old Student’s Hijab
A New York City substitute teacher who was fired after ripping a hijab off the head of an 8-year-old Muslim girl has been arrested, police say. According to the New York Post, Oghenetega Edah turned himself in to police at the 45th Precinct in the Bronx on Wednesday after the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force…
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Prosecutors Race to Keep Suspected Serial Killer of Infants, Known as the Angel of Death, Behind Bars
Genene Jones is a former nurse who made international headlines over 30 years ago as the suspected serial killer of more than a dozen infants in the pediatric intensive care unit of a hospital in San Antonio, and she’s scheduled to be released from prison in March 2018. Dubbed the Angel of Death, Jones was…
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Accident Victim Questioned About Immigration Status Before Getting Help, Later Detained by Border Patrol
A man in Key West, Fla., was hit by a car as he was riding his bicycle to work. The police officer who responded to the scene questioned the accident victim about his immigration status before offering medical assistance, and the entire exchange was captured on video by the officer’s body camera. Marcos Antonio Huete,…
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Federal Student Aid Chief Quits After Refusing to Testify Before House Oversight Committee
James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid, quit his job suddenly Tuesday night and sent an email to his staff outlining his reasons for not wanting to work in the Trump administration. Runcie was an Obama-administration holdover who was first appointed in 2011 and then reappointed in…
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Ala. Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Felony Convictions
In a move that’s sure to get people’s underwear in a bunch among those who are already against granting people the right to vote, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill restoring thousands of Alabama felons’ right to vote. Voting rights were granted to some felons after the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act was…