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Security Guard at Giant Grocery Store Charged With Assault After Allegedly Forcing Transgender Woman Out of Restroom
A Giant grocery store security guard has been charged with simple assault after allegedly forcing a transgender woman out of the women’s restroom, NBC Washington reports. Ebony Belcher, 32, said she went into a Giant store in Northeast Washington, D.C., and asked an employee where the bathroom was. On her way into the restroom, Belcher…
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Mothers of Black Fla. Teens Who Drowned After a Police Chase Speak Out
“They painted her as a criminal, despite the fact that she’s 15 years old and lost her life,” says Natasha Winkler, mother of Laniya Miller. Her daughter was one of three teens who died early on the morning of March 31 after a police chase. “Before I was notified that of her passing away, [police] had…
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Prominent Black Lives Matter Activist Arrested for Pimping 17-Year-Old Girl
Ferguson, Mo., activist Charles Wade, who has been a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement and is credited with co-founding the nonprofit Operation Help or Hush, was arrested in April and charged with human trafficking and prostitution. According to the Daily Caller, Wade was arrested after an undercover officer answered a Backpage.com ad…
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Amina Ali, Recovered Chibok Schoolgirl, Meets With Nigeria’s President
Amina Ali, a Chibok schoolgirl who reportedly escaped from Boko Haram terrorists after being kidnapped more than two years ago, met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday, CNN reports. President Buhari held the baby girl to whom Ali gave birth while being held captive by the extremist group. …
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Centenarian Runner Sets New World Record for 100-Meter Dash
A 100-year-old retired schoolteacher shattered the world record for the 100-meter dash less than a week after her birthday, Fox5NY reports. On Tuesday, Ella Mae Colbert sailed down the track at Chesnee Middle School in South Carolina, where she works as a volunteer, according to WYFF, clocking in at 46.79 seconds to beat the current…
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Former US Attorney General Eric Holder Named to NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Board of Directors
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been named to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s national board of directors, the organization announced Thursday. Holder, who was the first African-American attorney general of the United States, is currently a partner at Covington and Burling law firm in Washington, D.C. As the press release notes,…
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NYC Woman Receives Death Threats After Wearing ‘America Was Never Great’ Hat: Report
A 22-year-old New York City woman says she received death threats after she wore a hat to work on which appeared the phrase “America was never great,” an obvious counter to Donald Trump’s slogan, which he also wears on a hat, “Make America great again.” “The point of the hat was to say America needs…
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EgyptAir Flight Carrying 66 Vanishes; ‘More Likely’ Terrorism Than Tech Failure: Report
An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo suddenly swerved and plunged off radar while over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning, and Egyptian officials are speculating that the plane’s disappearance is more likely a result of terrorism than technical error, CNN reports. EgyptAir flight MS804 made abrupt turns that generally…
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George Zimmerman Thanks ‘God’ After Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin Is Reported Sold for More Than $120,000
The gun George Zimmerman used to fatally shoot unarmed teen Trayvon Martin may have been sold for over $120,000, TMZ reports. The gossip site notes that some seven verified users were engaged in a bidding war for the pistol. A representative for United Gun Group, which hosted the auction, told the Orlando Sentinel that the group…
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Pregnant Mother and Son, 3, Shot in the Face; Boyfriend Arrested
On May 12, a 23-year-old pregnant woman and her 3-year-old son were found, both with gunshot wounds to the face, after a runner saw them in an Asheville, N.C., park. The woman, Candice Pickens, was pronounced dead at the scene, while her son, Zachaeus Waters, was rushed to a local hospital, where he underwent emergency…