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Ohio Quadruplets Decide to Attend Yale University Together in the Fall
Remember the Wade brothers from Ohio? The quadruplets made news early last month after all four of them were accepted into Yale and Harvard—among other impressive potential college destinations. Well, now Nick, Nigel, Zachary and Aaron Wade have made their choice, and they’ve decided to attend Yale University together in the fall. At one point,…
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Colin Kaepernick Donates Custom-Made Suits to NYC Parolees
Colin Kaepernick’s football career may be in limbo, but that isn’t stopping him from continuing his community service benefiting those in need. Over the weekend, Kaepernick made a visit to a New York City parole office and donated two large boxes of custom-made suits to benefit 100 Suits for 100 Men, an organization that provides…
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Atlanta-Based Group Training African Americans to Properly Use Guns Sees Rise in Membership
A group offering itself as an alternative to the National Rifle Association and focusing on training African Americans in the proper use of guns says it has seen a spike in its membership, particularly since the election of Donald Trump. The National African-American Gun Association says that some black gun owners are particularly concerned about…
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American University Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Taunted With Bananas
American University’s race issues over the last two years have been brought to the media’s attention. In 2015, racist messages were being spewed on the popular social media campus app Yak. And just last year, bananas were thrown at black students. On Monday, it seems, racists were back to using bananas to convey their racist messages…
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Tomi Lahren Settles Lawsuit Against Glenn Beck and TheBlaze
Tomi Lahren has settled her lawsuit against former employer Glenn Beck and his website TheBlaze. According to the Dallas Morning News, Lahren is now free to go about her hate-spewing life after being released from her contract four months early. Lahren, who says she was suspended because of her pro-choice views, filed the lawsuit last…
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Anthony Daniels Makes History as Ala.’s 1st Black House Minority Leader
Anthony Daniels made history in February when he became the first black person in history to be named the Alabama House minority leader, and the youngest person in modern state history to hold that position. NBC News reports that Daniels, 34, is one of 27 black representatives out of 105 representatives in the state Legislature.…
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LAPD Officer at Center of Controversial Shooting of Unarmed Man Now Facing Domestic Violence Charges
The Los Angeles police officer at the center of the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Venice Beach, Calif., two years ago is now facing charges that he committed domestic violence against two women in California’s Orange County. Clifford Proctor, a nine-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, has been charged with misdemeanor…
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Jordan Edwards Killing: Police Chief, on His Claim That Vehicle Was Backing Toward Officers Aggressively, Says ‘I Misspoke’
Updated Monday, May 1, 2017, 7:06 p.m. EDT: Balch Springs, Texas, Police Chief Jonathan Haber has retracted his earlier statement that the car in which Jordan Edwards, 15, was traveling Saturday night was “backing down the street toward officers in an aggressive manner,” which he initially claimed prompted a police officer to open fire with…
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Milwaukee Inquest Jury Recommends Charges Against 7 Jail Employees in Inmate’s Dehydration Death
The inquest jury investigating the dehydration death of inmate Terrill Thomas at the Milwaukee County Jail last year recommended Monday that charges be brought against all seven jail employees involved. District Attorney John Chisholm asked the jury Monday afternoon whether there was probable cause that seven sheriff’s office employees had committed a felony offense through…
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Trump Administration Kills Michelle Obama’s ‘Let Girls Learn’ Program
Unlike Melania Trump, Michelle Obama really did stuff as the first lady. She pushed an initiative promoting fitness and healthy eating for kids called “Let’s Move!” She also started the Reach Higher Initiative, which encouraged students to continue their education beyond high school. In 2015, President Barack Obama and the first lady launched Let Girls…