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107-Year-Old Woman Who Danced With Obama Unable to Get Government-Issued ID
The elderly Washington, D.C., woman who went viral after being captured on video in February dancing gleefully with the Obamas is unable to get a government-issued photo ID, the Washington Post reports. “I don’t think I’ll ever get that face card,” McLaurin told Milloy. “I was birthed by a midwife and the birthday put in…
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First Lady Michelle Obama to Host 2016 College Signing Day Event in NY
First lady Michelle Obama will be celebrating her third annual College Signing Day at New York City’s Harlem Armory on Tuesday, with more than 4,000 high school students from across New York in attendance, according to the Whitehouse. As part of the first lady’s Reach Higher initiative, College Signing Day is another step in encouraging…
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Mo. Boy, 9, Raises Over $7,000 Selling Lemonade to Pay for His Own Adoption
When Tristan Jacobson was just 5, his mother left him on the stoop of a Springfield, Mo., homeless shelter in 17-degree weather and went back to her addiction. A year later, Donnie Davis and her husband, Jimmy, onetime friends of the boy’s mother, took Tristan in, and he has stayed with them ever since. Now…
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Grisly Killing of Family of 8 in Ohio Was ‘Preplanned Execution’
The slaughter of eight family members in Ohio is being called a “preplanned execution” as authorities look for leads in the horrific crime that has rocked the community, the Associated Press reports. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in a news conference Sunday that the killing of seven adults and one teenage boy that took…
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1st Female African-American Mayor in Bergen County, NJ, Dies at Age 44
Lizette Parker, who was elected mayor of Teaneck, N.J., in 2014, making her the first African-American woman to become mayor in New Jersey’s Bergen County, died Sunday at the age of 44, the New York Post reports. According to the report, Parker was hospitalized for respiratory issues and passed away at the Holy Name Medical…
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Cleveland to Settle With Tamir Rice’s Family for $6,000,000
The city of Cleveland will pay out $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice to settle the federal lawsuit that was filed over the 12-year-old’s 2014 shooting death at the hands of police, Cleveland.com reports. The money of the settlement will come out in two payments, with the city paying $3 million this year…
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Watch: Draymond Green Shuts Down Reporter Who Asked Stupid Question About the Floods in Houston
Draymond Green had just helped his Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets to take a 3-1 lead without Stephen Curry, who was down with a knee injury. So Green really wasn’t having it when it came to stupid questions. A reporter wanted him to talk about the connection between Warriors wins and the floods…
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Jimmy ‘Rent Too Damn High’ McMillan to Run for Mayor of NY
Jimmy McMillan, the New Yorker who grew to fame as the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High party, is set to run against current New York Mayor Bill de Blasio next year, the New York Daily News reports. “I’m putting my hat in the race to become the 110th Mayor of NYC early,”…
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La. Woman Claims She Was Refused Service at Family Dollar Because She Is Gay
A Louisiana woman says that a New Orleans Family Dollar cashier refused her service because she is gay. According to the Times-Picayune, Melissa Langford, 34, says she overheard the cashier making derogatory statements about gay people. “My mind was blown. I couldn’t believe the things I was hearing this woman say,” Langford told the newspaper.…