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Watch NBA Great Scottie Pippen Butcher 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame'
NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen is reported to be divorcing from his wife, Larsa, so now is probably not the best time to ask him to sing during the seventh-inning stretch, But it looks like the Chicago Cubs didn’t get the message, as Pippen led the crowd through a butchered rendition of “Take Me…
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NC Woman Fatally Shot While in Town to Attend Funeral
Gastonia, N.C., police are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a home Saturday, killing a woman and injuring a teenager, WSOC-TV reports. According to the report, the woman, Jacobia Lane, was in town for her sister-in-law’s funeral. Lane and about 30 others were at her brother’s home around midnight Saturday when someone opened fire…
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Ga. Teen Wakes From Coma Speaking Fluent Spanish After Severe Concussion
A Georgia teen who survived a near-fatal concussion awoke from a coma speaking fluent Spanish, WSB radio reports. Last month, 16-year-old Reuben Nsemoh was kicked in the head while playing goalie for his travel soccer team, the station reports. The teen suffered a severe concussion, his third concussion in his short life. According to WSB…
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94-Year-Old Black Judge Writes Scathing Dissent in Ohio’s Longest-Running Civil Rights Case
Federal appeals judge Damon Keith is one of several black judges involved in Ohio’s longest-running voting lawsuit, one that strikes at the heart of voter suppression in one of the most significant of the “battleground states.” And he’s not the only one. In the decade-old case, Judge Keith said he was “deeply saddened and distraught”…
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Kalief Browder’s Mother Laid to Rest in NYC
About 100 mourners gathered to honor 63-year-old Venida Browder’s life on Saturday in the Bronx, N.Y., according to the New York Daily News. Browder died after a series of heart attacks on Oct. 14. Browder was the mother of the late Kalief Browder, the young New York City man who committed suicide about a year…
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Petition Started to Include Clarence Thomas in National African American Museum
This month marks the 25th anniversary of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ arrival on the nation’s highest court. But the only mention of him that the recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., has is in reference to Anita Hill’s testimony against him regarding sexual harassment during his confirmation…
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Watch: Attorney General Loretta Lynch Discusses Federal Election Monitors for 2016 Race
In a climate where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has asked his supporters to “monitor” elections and has repeatedly called the system “rigged,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch this week released a video discussing this year’s elections and how the federal government will play a part in monitoring them. Considering that this is the first presidential contest…
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Watch: Black Anthem Singer Takes Knee at NBA Game
Yet another citizen has protested police brutality and racial oppression in the sports arena. A black woman performing the national anthem prior to an NBA preseason game in Miami knelt as she sang. Before dropping to her knee to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Denasia Lawrence opened her jacket to reveal a “Black Lives Matter” shirt.…
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Wells Fargo Fraud Scandal Could Force Branch Closures
As Wells Fargo fights to come out from under a fake-account scandal that has forced its former CEO and chairman to retire, there is talk that branch closures may be in the near future. Over the last few years, the Wells Fargo network has held strong, with only 2 percent of its branches closing, compared…