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Endangered Gorilla Killed After Boy Falls Into Pen at Cincinnati Zoo
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized Saturday after climbing into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and falling about 10 feet into a moat that surrounded the habitat. A 17-year-old gorilla was shot and killed to protect the boy. USA Today reports that Cincinnati police and emergency crews responded to a report of a child…
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Ghana to Ban Skin-Bleaching Products in August
Colorism, which privileges lighter skin over darker, is an issue that not affects not only African Americans but pretty much all people of color around the world. From India to Brazil to Belize, one of the ways in which colorism rears its ugly head is in skin bleaching. We have all seen photos of celebrities…
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Top NFL Draft Pick Eli Apple’s Mom Snags Gig at ESPN
Annie Apple could not be more proud of her boy; but her boy may be even more proud of her. Eli Apple, who was drafted by the New York Giants as the 10th overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft in April, got some good news about his mom as he was finishing up his first…
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NBA Star Bryce Dejean-Jones Reportedly Killed for Entering Wrong Home
New Orleans Pelican player Bryce Dejean-Jones died Saturday after reportedly entering the wrong home in a Dallas apartment complex, according to ESPN. According to police, Dejean-Jones, 23, was shot after the resident of the apartment he entered heard someone kick open his front door. The occupant “called out to the individual, but was not answered.” The person…
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Kerry Washington: Not Only Are #OscarsSoWhite, but So Is Every Industry
Actors Kerry Washington and Aziz Ansari had a candid (well, as candid as one can be in front of an audience) conversation Friday for the fourth season of Variety and PBS’ 0Actors on Actors series Friday. The two actors of color discussed diversity in television and the possible reasons that the medium is more diverse…
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LeBron James Goes to His 6th Straight NBA Final
LeBron James had words of humility and emotion in the early-morning hours on Saturday after he and his Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, sending Cleveland to their second consecutive NBA Finals. James scored 33 points. “We’re not entitled to anything,” said James. “We work our tails…
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Ex-NFL Player Ricky Williams to Open Weed-Based Gym
What’s the point of going to the gym if you scarf down a bucket of brownies after your workout? No matter. We suspect that former NFL running back Ricky Williams has an answer for that. In fact, the onetime professional athlete feels so strongly about marijuana and its benefits that he plans to open the…
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Former Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts Dies at 50
Cassandra Quin Butts, the former deputy White House counsel and a nominee to the ambassadorship to the Bahamas, died suddenly Thursday. She was 50 years old. A statement from Butts’ family says that she suffered from a “brief illness” and that she was found by her sister at her Washington, D.C., home. Butts attended Harvard Law…
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Arrest Made in the Fatal Shooting of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Aide Carey Gabay
Authorities have arrested a 24-year-old man, Micah Alleyne, for the shooting death of Carey Gabay, an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. Alleyne is now facing charges of murder, reckless endangerment and weapons possession in connection with the September 2015 gang shooting that resulted in Gabay’s death. “As…
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La.’s ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill Signed Into Law
On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards officially signed into law the “Blue Lives Matter” bill, making the state the first in the nation to protect public safety workers under hate crime laws, the Washington Post reports. Hate crime laws usually bring additional penalties to those convicted of targeting victims on the basis of race,…