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Kevin Durant Signs 2-Year, $54,300,000 Deal With Golden State Warriors
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. And so that may be the thinking of Kevin Durant as he announced Monday that he will be signing with the Golden State Warriors, ending speculation as to where his free agency option would land him. Durant’s surprising—and epic—decision ends a weekend filled with meetings with six NBA…
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Cory Booker Vetted as Hillary Clinton’s Running Mate, but Dems Need His Senate Seat
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is no longer flat out denying that he is being vetted as a potential running mate for Hillary Clinton, a change from just weeks ago. He is now referring questions of the sort to “the Clinton campaign.” On Sunday, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, Booker now says, “I’m just…
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Memphis, Tenn.-Area Mother Reportedly Stabs Her 4 Children to Death; Grandmother of Survivor Forgives Her
A Memphis, Tenn.-area woman faces four counts of first-degree murder associated with aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect for the stabbing deaths of four of her children on Friday. Commercial Appeal reports that deputies were called to the home of Shanynthia Gardner, 29, at 12:28 p.m. Friday in southeast Shelby County, Tenn. The nature…
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Prince Purple Rain Shirt Sells for Almost $100,000 at Auction
The white ruffled shirt that Prince wore in the film Purple Rain (you know, the one he wore by the “purified waters of Lake Minnetonka”) sold for $96,000 this weekend, nearly 32 times its asking price. The Guardian reports that the New Romantic-style ivory silk shirt and a black-and-white blazer from the 1984 film sold for $96,000…
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Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama Style-Slay in Morocco
Fittingly, the women of the Obama family took a multicountry tour in support of Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn initiative, which promotes education for young girls around the globe, and specifically in Africa for this trip. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the first lady kicked off the tour in Liberia, the African nation founded by…
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Woman on FBI’s Most Wanted List Captured After Killing 9-Months-Pregnant Woman
A Mississippi native on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has been captured in North Carolina, according to a tweet from the Milwaukee FBI on Friday. Shanika S. Minor, 24, was captured in Fayetteville, N.C., on Friday morning. Minor was arrested by a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy shortly after 2 a.m. at the Airport…
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#RenewDocMcStuffins! Parents Outraged That Disney’s Doc McStuffins May Be Canceled
Doc McStuffins, the lovely Disney Junior show about a nurturing 6-year-old girl who can talk to the stuffed animals that she cares for in her “clinic” may not be back on air. This is surprising because two years ago the New York Times reported that Doc McStuffins merchandise clocked $500 million in sales and that…
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Read Alice Walker’s Powerful Poem Inspired by Jesse Williams’ BET Speech
One of our most wondrous and prolific living authors and activists, Alice Walker, wrote a poem inspired by actor Jesse Williams’ brilliant BET Humanitarian Award acceptance speech. The poem, published on Walker’s website the day after the awards aired, gives “three deep bows to a beautiful son” and hilariously critiques the fact that the video, courtesy…
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Usain Bolt Withdraws From Olympic Trials Because of Hamstring Injury
The “fastest man in the world,” Usain Bolt, withdrew from the Olympic trials on Friday because of a torn hamstring, reports USA Today. The Jamaican sprinter says he still hopes to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On Thursday, Bolt, 29, complained of a tight hamstring after a preliminary race, and the…
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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Is Receiving Death Threats
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who charged six police officers in connection with Freddie Gray’s death, has had to increase her security detail after she reportedly received hate mail and threats at her office. “Our office has received, and she has personally received, a number of offensive and extremely disturbing, racist, sexist hate mail…