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Texas Mother Raises Enough Money to Visit Son Before His Execution
A Texas mother whose son is on death row will be able to visit him a final time before his execution thanks to generous donors on a YouCaring campaign. “I can’t thank everyone enough for the donations. It has helped me to be there for my son when he needs his mother,” Marilyn Shankle-Grant wrote…
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Ohio Quadruplets All Earn Entry to Yale, Harvard
On Tuesday we celebrated #BlackGirlMagic after high school senior Ifeoma White-Thrope from New Jersey made a clean sweep in her college applications and was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools and Stanford, for good measure. Well, today, I’m bringing you some #BlackBoyJoy, after a set of Ohio quadruplets were all accepted into Yale and…
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White Man Attacked With Hammer at Gas Station Being Investigated as Possible Hate Crime
Police are looking for a New Jersey woman after she allegedly attacked a white man at a Virginia gas pump and called his wife—who is white—“racial slurs,” leading to the incident being investigated as a possible hate crime. According to WTVR, the incident occurred over the weekend at a Carmel Church Exxon gas station off…
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New Recording Reveals North Miami Cop Knew There Was No Gun When He Shot Unarmed Therapist
A recording of an interview between North Miami Police Chief Gary Eugene and Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators reveals that North Miami Police Officer Jonathan Aledda was told by another officer on the scene that there was no weapon, only a toy, when he shot unarmed behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey on July 18, 2016.…
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FBI Conspired Against MLK; Tries to ‘Honor’ Him on Twitter 49 Years Later
On the 49th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI took to Twitter Tuesday to honor his life, work and commitment to justice. Along with a photo of King from the Library of Congress, the FBI included a graphic of the following quote from him with its tweet: “We…
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Nigerian Scammers Are Now Pretending to Be Rachel Dolezal and All Is Right in the World
In a stunning twist of events that can only be described as kismet, it seems as if some savvy Nigerian scammers are now masquerading as Rachel Dolezal in some of their emails designed to extort money from hapless people. On Tuesday afternoon, comics writer Alex DeCampi took to Twitter with a screenshot of what appeared…
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NJ Teen Accepted Into All 8 Ivies and Stanford
Black girl magic strikes again, and this time our shining star is a New Jersey high school student who just did a clean sweep of her college applications, racking up acceptances from all eight Ivy League schools as well as Stanford, just for good measure. Ifeoma White-Thrope, who attends Morris Hills High School in Denville,…
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Students Suspended for ‘Picking Cotton’ Promposal That Family Says Was ‘Inside Joke’
Two white South Florida high school students have been suspended after a photo of a racist promposal went viral. You know the one, where they’re standing on either side of a black student with a sign that read, “You may be picking cotton but we’re picking you to go to prom with us.” The girls…
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Watch: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Goes Full Cheerleader Mom After His Daughter’s Team Takes 2nd Place
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has retired from boxing, at least for now, but that doesn’t mean youth-cheerleading judges can’t catch these hands. It all went down like this: Mayweather was attending the Jamz Cheer and Dance competition in Irvine, Calif., on Sunday, according to TMZ Sports, to watch his 12-year-old daughter’s team compete. When he learned…