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TV Icon Mary Tyler Moore Dead at 80
The world lost one of its greatest actresses Wednesday when Mary Tyler Moore died at the age of 80. “Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine,” Mara Buxbaum, Moore’s publicist, said in…
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Detroit Father Shot and Killed While Dropping Son Off at School
Detroit police are investigating after a father was reportedly shot to death in front of his son’s school Wednesday morning, the Detroit Free Press reports. Police say that the man was shot in the head shortly after his son exited the vehicle and went into the Mark Twain Elementary School in southwest Detroit. The young…
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Usain Bolt Loses Gold Medal Over Teammate’s Drug Test
I’m sure Usain Bolt is pissed right now, because a teammate is messing with his legacy. Bolt’s going to have to return his 2008 Olympic relay gold medal after Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance, the BBC reports. Here’s the thing: If I’m Carter, I’m pissed, too. Why is a sample…
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12-Year-Old NJ Boy Crochets Every Day, Donates Items to Homeless Shelters, NICUs
A 12-year-old Jersey City, N.J., middle schooler is using his hobby to create amazing items that he then donates as a way to give back to his community. According to NBC New York, Jaheir Moore loves to crochet, and once he finishes his creations, he gives them away to area homeless shelters and neonatal intensive…
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Chicago Shootings, Homicides Higher Than at the Start of Violent 2016
For Chicago, 2016 closed out as the deadliest year in two decades. And it seems as if 2017 may be setting up to become just as grim; the Chicago Tribune reports that shootings and homicides in the Windy City are higher than they were this time last January. According to the report, as of early…
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Trump Calls for ‘Major Investigation’ Into Nonexistent Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump doesn’t need evidence to make claims, and he also doesn’t need evidence to demand “a major investigation” into voter fraud. That’s right; Trump is going to investigate the claims that only he’s made since losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. “I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD,…
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Trump Sends Tough Tweet About Chicago Violence
The tweeter in chief is at it again, this time taking aim at Chicago. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump put Chicago on notice, tweeting: While it was unclear if the president meant the FBI, the CIA, the Drug Enforcement Administration or the National Guard, his tweet sounded really tough. My guess is that after he…
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3 White Men Leave Black DC Waitress $450 Tip With Note: ‘Not Race. Not Gender. Just American’
A black Washington, D.C., waitress received a pleasant surprise Monday while working her usual shift at Busboys and Poets, a Washington restaurant that has its own distinct social-justice mission, the Washington Post reports. Rosalynd Harris went into work still in a great mood from Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington. The optimism of her customers over…
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83-Year-Old Man Attacked, Robbed Outside NYC Senior Center
Ernest McCain, an 83-year-old veteran from Brooklyn, N.Y., was attacked and robbed by another man in his 60s outside a senior center in the New York City borough’s Crown Heights section Monday afternoon, NBC New York reports. McCain said he was leaving the senior center when a stranger came up to him and accused him…
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Flint, Mich., Left Wondering How Trump’s EPA Freeze Will Impact the $100,000,000 It Was Promised in Grant Aid
State officials in Michigan are wondering how the Trump administration’s freeze on Environmental Protection Agency grants and contracts will affect the $100 million in funds already allocated for the Flint water crisis. As previously reported on The Root, within hours of President Donald Trump’s swearing-in Friday, officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were barred from…