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Hillary Clinton Has Enough Delegates to Secure Democratic Nomination
Hillary Clinton has secured commitments from the number of delegates she needs to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, the Associated Press reports. An AP count of pledged delegates and its survey of superdelegates show that Clinton has gained the overall support of 2,383 delegates, which is the number necessary to snatch the nomination. According to…
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Ex-Marine Charged With Murder in Stabbing Death of 11-Year-Old in Houston
Authorities have apprehended an ex-Marine from Houston and charged him with murder in the stabbing death of 11-year-old Josue Flores, in an attack that shook the neighborhood, CBS News reports. Andre Timothy Jackson Jr. was arrested Friday afternoon at a Salvation Army in downtown Houston and charged later that day. The 27-year-old ex-Marine is being…
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St. Louis Police Department Has Paid Out $4,700,000 to Settle 44 Cases Since 2010: Report
The St. Louis Police Department has doled out $4.7 million since 2010 to settle some 44 cases, some of which include allegations of injuries or wrongful imprisonment or death, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The Post-Dispatch reviewed some payouts had not previously been publicized. One of the cases, the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar…
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NYPD: Staten Island Teen’s Death Was Not a Hate Crime
New York City police say they have no solid evidence to support the claim that a black teen was being chased by a mostly white crew shouting racial slurs before he collapsed and died of an apparent asthma attack, the Associated Press reports. According to Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, the death of 16-year-old Dayshen…
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Baltimore Cop Caesar Goodson Jr., Driver of Van in Which Freddie Gray Was Fatally Injured, Chooses Bench Trial
The Baltimore police officer facing the most serious charges in the Freddie Gray case has elected to have a bench trial, opting to place his fate in the hands of a judge, the Baltimore Sun reports. The trial of Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The 46-year-old is the only…
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Fla. Nursing School Grad Fatally Shot at House Party
A Florida nursing school graduate was shot and killed over the weekend after being caught in the crossfire at a Miami Gardens house party Saturday night, the Miami Herald reports. Alexandra Dean, who had only recently graduated a few weeks ago from Nova Southeastern University with a degree in nursing, was at the party around…
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Man Donald Trump Called ‘My African American’ Is Not a Supporter but Is Happy About ‘Compliment’
When Donald Trump called out a black man at a Redding, Calif., rally Friday as “my African American,” he had no way of knowing that the person in question, Gregory Cheadle, was not a supporter of his. According to NPR, Cheadle, a Republican candidate to represent California’s 1st Congressional District, said that during the rally,…
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Ohio Prosecutor Will Not File Charges Against Parents of Boy Who Fell Into Gorilla Habitat
Updated Monday, June 6, 1:15 p.m.: Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters has decided that there will be no charges filed against the parents of a boy who fell into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla habitat, according to ABC News. Earlier: Hamilton County, Ohio, Prosecuting Attorney Joe Deters is expected to announce his decision Monday on whether to…
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Black Women Now the Most Educated Group in US
Good news, bad news. A new report confirms that black women are now the most educated group in the United States. But we still have a long way to go for pay equity. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, between 2009 and 2010, black women earned 68 percent of all associate degrees awarded…
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Is Birdman Officially Toni Braxton’s ‘Boo’?
We all want to know: Are Toni Braxton and Bryan “Birdman” Williams dating? Or are they seeing each other? The rumors have continued to swirl since Braxton brought the Cash Money CEO onstage at a very special show in Atlanta on Thursday. During the show, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed declared it “Toni Braxton Day,” and the…