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Calif. Man Arrested in Stabbing Outside Simi Valley Mosque
Police in California have arrested a man accused of stabbing a Muslim man who was leaving a mosque with his family late Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. According to KABC, the incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Saturday when authorities say the suspect, identified as John Matteson of Simi Valley, Calif., and another man…
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NY Firefighter Sets His Home on Fire, Points Finger at Black Folks
Police have arrested an upstate-New York firefighter who they believe set fire to his own home and then pointed the finger at those who took issue with his “Blue Lives Matter” flag, which flew in front of it. The New York Daily News reports that Jason Stokes, 41, allegedly set fire to his Endicott, N.Y.,…
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University of Louisville QB Lamar Jackson Wins 2016 Heisman Trophy
University of Louisville sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson won his school’s first Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, USA Today reports. At 19, Jackson also becomes the youngest player to win the Heisman and the sixth player who was either a redshirt freshman or a sophomore when he won the coveted award. “I never get emotional, but…
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At Least 160 Dead in Collapsed Nigerian Church
The roof of a church collapsed in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people, with the death toll likely to rise, according to the Associated Press. The outlet reports that the Reigners Bible Church International in the city of Uyo was still under construction when workers began rushing to finish it in time for Saturday’s…
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Black Female Chemistry Professor Awarded $324,000 to Study Rape-Investigation Methods
With the upcoming Christmas Day release of the brilliant Oscar-worthy film Hidden Figures, it looks like black female scientists who rock out in science, technology, engineering and math fields are getting their day in the sun. And so it is with Candice Bridge, the University of Central Florida’s first black female chemistry instructor, who just…
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CIA Says Russia Helped Trump in US Election: Report
In a secret assessment from September, the CIA concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to an explosive report from the Washington Post. “It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump…
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Report: 96 Percent of Flint, Mich., Homes Tested Below Federal Lead Threshold
A report from the state of Michigan says that more than 96 percent of the water samples tested in high-risk homes in the city of Flint in November were below the federal lead threshold of 15 parts per billion, providing evidence of improvements in the system. The results were announced Friday by the Michigan Department…
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Ala. Inmate Executed by Lethal Injection After US Supreme Court Denies Stay
An Alabama inmate was executed Thursday night after the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked on a stay of execution. Robert Bert Smith Jr. was executed at the Holman Correctional Facility by lethal injection. AL.com reports that during the 34-minute execution, Smith heaved and coughed for about 13 minutes and underwent two consciousness tests to make sure…
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Victoria’s Secret Employee Fired After Making Black Customers Leave Ala. Store
Victoria’s Secret said Thursday that an employee who forced all black customers to leave an Alabama store after a shoplifting incident Wednesday is no longer with the company. Kimberly N. Houzah, a traveling nurse who says she is a frequent customer at Victoria’s Secret, recorded an 11-minute Facebook Live video as the incident happened at…
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Dylann Roof Explains Charleston, SC, Church Shooting in Videotaped Confession
Jurors in the trial of Dylann Roof on Friday got to hear him explain in his own words the motive for the shooting that left nine black churchgoers dead last year. Roof, now 22, was arrested in Shelby, N.C., the morning after the June 2015 shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,…