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Trump Takes All 5 States in Tuesday’s Primaries; Clinton Wins Md., Del., Conn. and Pa.; Sanders Takes RI
Updated Tuesday, April 26, 10:32 p.m. EDT: Hillary Clinton won four out of five Democratic primary contests Tuesday night, winning the state of Connecticut against Bernie Sanders, according to the Associated Press. A total of 55 delegates were at stake in the state. In Tuesday night’s contests, part of the so-called Acela primary, 172 delegates are…
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DC Mayor Announces New Regulation That Will Allow 107-Year-Old Who Danced With Obama to Obtain Photo ID
Longtime Washington, D.C., native Virginia McLaurin, famous for her gleeful dancing as she met with the President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, saw little hope in ever obtaining a government-issued photo ID. Speaking to the Washington Post over the weekend, the 107-year-old detailed how she had lost her ID when her purse was stolen several years…
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Add Riding a Bike to Growing List of Things Black People Can’t Do
Add riding a bicycle in Tampa, Fla., to the growing list of everyday activities that black people can’t do. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, which released findings Tuesday from an investigation into the Tampa Police Department’s bike-ticketing practices, some 80 percent of all bicycling tickets issued were made out to African Americans, 10…
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Detroit Youths Win National Chess Competition
A chess team coming out of Detroit’s University Prep Science & Math claimed victory in the Under 14 category at the 13th annual KCF All-Girls National Championships Sunday, the Detroit News reports. “I was pretty amazed,” Jada Hamilton, 13, told the news site. “It’s hard to describe how I felt that day because I was…
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Former NFL Player Sues Mich. Pub After Allegations of Racial Discrimination
Former NFL player Quentin Hines is taking his racial-discrimination allegations to court after not receiving any apology from the Mount Clemens, Mich., bar where a bartender-manager reportedly called him the n-word, WXYZ reports. Hines, who is currently the football coach at Mount Clemens High School, said that he was called the n-word by the bartender-manager…
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Documents Show Racist and Slur-Filled Texts Reportedly Sent by Former San Francisco Police Officer
Racist texts allegedly sent to and from a now-former San Francisco police officer are coming to light and have been released by CNN. “I hate that beaner,” one text proclaims, “but I think the nig is worse.” “Indian ppl are disgusting,” another reads. The dozens of messages obtained by CNN are not the complete list…
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Ga. State University Student Missing After Shared Uber Ride
The last time Georgia State University student Monique Priester spoke with her mother was Friday evening. ” ‘Mom, I saw you called,’ ” the 21-year-old told her mother, Jacqueline VanLoo-Al Kush, in their last conversation around 6:15 p.m. Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “‘Everything OK?’ I was like, ‘Yeah. Where are you?’ “ The 21-year-old…
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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…