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Report: Student Loan Debt Up 4 Percent
Undergraduate students are leaving school with an average of $30,000 in student loan debt, a new study shows. Consumerist reports that the latest annual student debt survey from the Institute for College Access & Success found that nearly 7 out of 10 seniors graduating from four-year public and nonprofit colleges in 2015 owed an average…
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Facial-Recognition Technology Affects African Americans More Often
A Georgetown University think tank and the American Civil Liberties Union, along with 52 other civil liberties organizations, are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the way federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies use face-recognition technology, which they say is having a “disparate impact on communities of color.” On Tuesday the Georgetown…
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2 Inmates Have Died in ‘Preventable Deaths’ at Striking Prisons
Two prison inmates have died at two separate facilities where inmates were participating in a national prison strike, and organizers say the deaths were preventable. Charles Lee Johnson died Oct. 10 at Kinross Correctional Facility in Kincheloe, Mich., and his death is being investigated by police, BuzzFeed News reports. Last month, 400 Kinross inmates took…
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Police Shoot and Kill Man in Benton Harbor, Mich.
Officers responding to a 911 call shot and killed a man early Tuesday morning in Benton Harbor, Mich. The South Bend Tribune reports that four officers arrived at a house at 2:17 a.m. after receiving a report that someone was being held at gunpoint inside. Three of the officers approached the house, and one stayed…
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Obama to Trump: Stop Whining and Worry About Getting Votes
President Barack Obama had a stern message for Donald Trump on Tuesday: “Stop whining and go try to make [your] case to get votes.” Obama’s message for Trump came during a news conference with Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, in the Rose Garden. In recent days, Trump has made several claims that the election…
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Man Whose Girlfriend Went Missing Gets Arrested in Another Missing-Woman Case
Police continue to search for Typhenie Johnson, 25, who, authorities say, was last seen with her boyfriend, Christopher Revill, 32, on Oct. 10, CBS News reports. Revill has been arrested on charges of suspicion of kidnapping. Now the family of a previous girlfriend of Revill says that she disappeared under similar circumstances. According to authorities, Revill told police…
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‘Mafia III’ Is Probably the Blackest Video Game Ever Made
If you’re rocking pearls, the disclaimer at the very beginning of “Mafia III” (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, MacOS) might make you clutch ’em tightly: Mafia III takes place in a fictionalized version of the American South in 1968. We sought to create an authentic and immersive experience that captures this very turbulent time and…
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Woman Who Used N-Word, Spit on Black Couple at Chicago Festival Charged With Hate Crime
A white woman who shouted racial slurs at a black couple in a video that went viral over the summer is now facing a hate crime charge, DNAinfo reports. Jessica Sanders, 26, was arrested last week and charged with a hate crime and battery, according to the report. Her bail has been set at $50,000.…
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Man Punches 69-Year-Old Woman Outside NYC Deli, Sends Her to Hospital
Richard “Kwasi” Springer, 28, is accused of punching a 69-year-old woman in New York City on Saturday morning, knocking her unconscious and sending her to the hospital shortly afterward with a serious injury, the New York Daily News reports. Springer reportedly got into an argument with an employee of the Sutphin King Deli in the…