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White Idaho High School Football Player Charged in Rape of Black, Disabled Teammate Will Avoid Jail Time
A white Idaho high school football player who was originally charged with brutally raping a black, mentally disabled teammate with a coat hanger was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser felony Friday, with prosecutors now claiming that the attack was neither a sex crime nor racially motivated, the Times-News reports. John R.K. Howard, 19, originally…
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Texas Woman Bilked Ricky Williams and Other Former Athletes Out of Millions: Report
A Texas woman who claimed to be independently wealthy and who managed the finances of ex-NFL running back Ricky Williams and three other professional athletes has been charged with swindling millions from her clients, officials say. According to the Times-Picayune, Peggy Ann Fulford, 58, was arrested Friday in New Orleans, where she currently lives, and…
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NJ Man Accused of Killing College Student Faces Charges in Murder of 2nd Woman
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 20, of Orange, N.J., has been charged with killing another woman after being charged with murder in the death of a New Jersey college student, CBS News reports. Acting Essex County, N.J., Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said Sunday that Wheeler-Weaver had been charged with murder in the death of 33-year-old Joanne Brown. Brown was…
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National African American Museum Tickets Sell Out in 4 Minutes When Website Goes Live
The free, same-day passes that went live on the National Museum of African American History and Culture website Monday sold out in four minutes, the Washington Post reports. The passes were grouped in 30-minute time slots between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. They became available at 6:30 a.m. Monday and were unavailable by 6:34 a.m.…
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La. Navy Sailor Pleads Not Guilty in Transgender Woman’s Death
Dwanya Porche Hickerson, 20, pleaded not guilty to the stabbing death of 25-year-old Dee Whigham, a transgender Mississippi woman, CBS News reports. Hickerson, a U.S. Navy sailor from New Orleans, was charged with capital murder; he is accused of stabbing and slashing Whigham 119 times in a coastal Mississippi hotel room in July. Whigham had been…
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Trump’s Cabinet Looks Just Like His Voters and His Boardroom: White
Donald Trumps slogan of “Make America great again” was seen by many as a kinder way of saying “Make America white again,” and since he became the president-elect, Trump’s Cabinet has been looking light on color. According to the Associated Press, Trump is on pace to create the “least diverse Cabinet in a quarter-century.” While…
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The Electoral College Votes Monday: Here Is What You Need to Know
On Monday, the Electoral College meets amid protests to vote for the president of the United States. Many have asked the Electoral College voters to side with the popular vote in the presidential election, which Hillary Clinton won in a landslide, and to not seat President-elect Donald Trump. What is usually a ceremonial vote has…
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Majority-White City Hopes to Leave Its Majority-Black School District
Gardendale, Ala., is a majority-white city that happens to be located in the mostly black Jefferson County school district … however, residents are pushing to change that. According to NPR, voters in Gardendale raised property taxes on themselves several years ago in an attempt to form their own independent school district. Gardendale Mayor Stan Hogeland…