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How Sway? Lee Daniels Says Racism Isn't Real to Him Because He Doesn't Embrace It
During a recent sitdown on the talk show The Real, Lee Daniels made some eyebrow-raising comments about racism. During a segment about the backlash against the Mall of America’s black Santa, the Empire creator said, “I wouldn’t be where I was if I embraced racism. If I embraced it, then it became real. And if it became real,…
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Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam Found Dead in Colo. Park
Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Colorado park, NBC News reports. Salaam was only 42 years old. Salaam’s body was found at Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder, Colo., only 2 miles from Folsom Field, where he played as a running back for the University of Colorado. Local authorities say they do not…
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First Lady Michelle Obama on Election Night: ‘I Went to Bed Before Trump Won’
While first lady Michelle Obama scorched President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail, she wasn’t interested in watching the returns come in on election night. “I went to bed. I don’t like to watch the political discourse; I never have,” she said in a joint interview with her husband, President Barack Obama, with People magazine. Michelle Obama went on…
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Charges Dropped Against Detroit Man in Wayne State Cop Killing
Charges have been dropped against a Detroit man accused of fatally shooting a Wayne State University campus police officer. Officer Collin Rose, 29, was shot and killed in November, and DeAngelo Davis, 31, was arrested the same night and charged with the murder, the New York Daily News reports. Davis had been in jail since…
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Iowa Officer Won't Be Charged in Shooting That Left Unarmed Black Man Paralyzed
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officer will not be charged in a shooting that left an unarmed black motorist paralyzed because a grand jury has declined to return an indictment. The grand jury decision not to indict Officer Lucas Jones has infuriated supporters of Jerime Mitchell, 37, who was shot in the neck during a…
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Pallbearer Dies in Car Crash on Way to Best Friend's Funeral
Malik Cooper, 20, was on his way home to Atlanta from Tuskegee University in Alabama, where he was a business student. Cooper was carrying sadness with him on the road because his trip home was being made so that he could be a pallbearer for his best friend, 15-year-old Marquez Montgomery, who was fatally shot…
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NJ Man Charged With Stabbing Death of Mother, Grandmother
A mother and grandmother were found dead with multiple stab wounds inside their New Jersey home Monday, and a family member has been arrested and charged with murder in their deaths. According to NBC New York, Kevin Hodges, 36, has been charged with murder in the deaths of his mother, Rebecca Hodges, 56, and his…
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LeBron James and Several Teammates Will Not Stay at Trump-Branded Hotels
Several Cleveland Cavaliers players, including LeBron James, are refusing to stay at the Trump Hotel in New York City, part of a trend among several NBA teams since Donald Trump was elected president in November. The Cavaliers have excused those players who have noted that they don’t want to stay in hotels owned by the…
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Ronald Gasser Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of Joe McKnight
Ronald Gasser, 54, who reportedly fatally shot former NFL running back Joe McKnight during a traffic dispute in Terrytown, La., on Thursday, was arrested Monday and charged with manslaughter, USA Today reports. McKnight’s shooting and the subsequent release of Gasser less than 24 hours after the former NFL running back was gunned down drew national…