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2 More Miss. Universities Take Down State Flag
Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women are the latest public universities in the Magnolia State that will not be flying the state flag on their campuses. The Mississippi state flag is the only one in the U.S. that shows the Confederate battle emblem in its upper left-hand corner. The Clarion Ledger reports…
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Serena Williams Breaks Navratilova’s Grand-Slam Record
Appearing in a bright and unique fashion ensemble (including hot-pink sleevelets), Serena Williams handily clinched a record-breaking win over Swede Johanna Larson at the U.S. Open on Saturday, 6-2, 6-1. The victory represented Williams 307th grand-slam title, more than any other woman in the sport, eclipsing Martina Navratilova. She is also now tied with Roger…
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Watch: Donald Trump Visits Black Church in Detroit With Omarosa and Dr. Ben Carson
African Americans seem to be the belle of the ball this election season, and so Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made his call to a mostly black Detroit congregation Saturday. The Detroit Free Press reports that Trump mostly stuck to a prepared script as he spoke at the Great Faith Ministries Church in the Motor…
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Bay Area Police Union Says Kaepernick’s Protest Is ‘Harassing Behavior’ and Threatens Strike
In what has to be the best story of the pot calling the kettle black, a Bay Area police union says that Colin Kaepernick’s quiet protest against the national anthem is “harassing behavior.” The head of the Santa Clara, Calif., police union wrote a letter Friday threatening to stop working San Francisco 49ers home games unless…
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Trump Surrogate Pastor Mark Burns Be Lyin’ and Gets Caught on Camera
There is a name used in the South about unscrupulous men of the cloth: “jackleg preachers.” Given the evidence, it looks as if Pastor Mark Burns fits the bill. Burns, who came into national prominence this year as an unabashed Donald Trump surrogate and supporter who spoke at the Republican National Convention, was caught in…
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Ex-SC Cop Who Hurled Black Student Over Desk Won’t Face Criminal Charges
The South Carolina police officer who was fired for violently dragging a young black girl across a classroom over use of a cellphone will not face criminal charges. The New York Daily News reports that Richland County Solicitor Dan Johnson said in a 12-page court report Friday that he found no probable cause to charge…
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‘The N–gers Are Coming’: White Motorist Shouts Slurs at Black Actor Filming Commercial
A black actor was heckled by a white man in a passing car as he was doing some filming for a commercial earlier this week in Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. “The n—gers are coming, the n—gers are coming!” The unnamed motorist could be heard shouting from his car as Jesse Lipscombe walked down a street.…
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Officer Who Fatally Shot Korryn Gaines Was Also Involved in 2007 Shooting Death
The Baltimore County police officer who fatally shot a 23-year-old mother after an hourslong standoff was involved in another fatal shooting in 2007, the Associated Press reports. According to the newswire, the Baltimore County Police Department released a statement Thursday identifying the officer by his last name, Ruby. Ruby is a 16-year veteran with the force.…
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Chicago Resident Pokes Fun at Couple Who Fled City After a Day Because of Crime
A young couple from Arizona haven’t been having an easy time since posting a video to YouTube about a “traumatic experience” that occurred a day after they moved into their Chicago apartment, prompting them to flee back to Arizona. In response, one self-proclaimed resident of Edgewater—the neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side where they briefly lived—Kevin Fergus,…
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Sex Offender Charged in 1991 Rape, Murder After 5 Men Were Wrongly Convicted
A 58-year-old convicted sex offender has been charged with the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl, for which five wrongly convicted men spent at least a decade in prison, CBS News reports. As CBS notes, more than two years ago the five men, known as the Dixmoor Five, reached a $40…