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Muslim Teen Whose Homemade Clock Led to Arrest Sues School District
The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the young Texas teen whose case sparked a national debate last year when he was arrested at his high school after his homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb, is now suing the school district and the city where he once lived, Reuters reports. The lawsuit, filed in federal court…
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Donations Pour In for 10-Year-Old Boy Who Asked to Mow Lawns to Pay for School Supplies
Earlier this month, 10-year-old Tyran Bell, a boy from North Carolina, used his mother’s Facebook page to seek jobs mowing lawns because his mother could not afford to buy his school supplies for the school year. According to an earlier news report by WECT, Tyran’s mom had missed a lot of work recently because his uncle was…
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Serena, Venus Williams Lose Doubles Olympic Match as Partners for 1st Time
In a shocking Olympic upset, the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, lost an Olympic match as partners for the first time in the opening round of the Rio de Janeiro Games against the Czech Republic, the Associated Press reports. As the report notes, the duo entered Sunday’s match with a 15-0 career record at the…
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Tony Dungy, 1st African-American Head Coach to Win a Super Bowl, Pays Homage to Those Before Him
On Saturday night, Tony Dungy, the first African-American head coach to win an NFL championship, gave a rousing Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech, acknowledging that he didn’t get there on his own, and paying homage to 10 other coaches who came before him and made his path possible, ESPN reports. “Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Earnel Durden, Bob…
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Inez Y. Kaiser, 1st Black Woman to Own National Public Relations Firm, Dies at 98
Today, black-women-owned public relations firms are plentiful. But in the late 1950s, there was only one—the first one. Inez Yeargan Kaiser, the 98-year-old pioneer who was the first black woman in the U.S. to own a P.R. firm, has died. She was 98 years old. Kaiser, who began her business in public relations after teaching…
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Longtime Friends Start Mobile Shower Facility for the Homeless in Fla.
Chris Bentley and Carlos Miller, two African-American men who have been friends since middle school, have started an innovative way to help the homeless of Palm Beach County, Fla. The two started a nonprofit—Live FRESH (Feeling Revitalized Encourages Sustainable Happiness)—and have launched a mobile shower facility, an air-conditioned trailer equipped with six private shower/changing-area rooms,…
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Man Who Beat Up Dylann Roof Is Out on Bond
More than 18 months after his arrest, the man who assaulted Dylann Roof is out on bond—less than 48 hours after an online donation fund was set up in his name. According to court records, 26-year-old Dwayne Stafford, who was jailed on charges of strong armed robbery, assault and lying to police, was released Friday…
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Prince’s Paisley Park May Be Sold to Highest Bidder
The place that is most intimately associated with late pop genius Prince may be on the bidding block. The New York Daily News reports that the the 60,000-square-foot Minnesota estate where the singer was found dead of a drug overdose in April is ready to be sold by his bank, along with his other properties,…