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It’s not quite clear what exactly Sprint was trying to accomplish with its ill-fated, rather tasteless ad, but a few hours of Twitter outrage took care of the controversial video: It was pulled Tuesday night, the Washington Post reports.  The carrier has, of course, been duking it out with other telecommunications companies, namely AT&T, Verizon…

The owner of a tire shop in Ann Arbor, Mich., is coming under quite a bit of fire after trying to defend himself for saying that he doesn’t want the business of black or “ghetto” people, Mic reports.  It all started when Ypsilanti resident Madison Callanan left a negative Yelp review about her experience at…

The Kappa Alpha Order at Tulane University has come under fire since constructing a wall of sandbags around its frat house last Thursday, boasting pro-Donald Trump slogans like “Make America great again,” USA Today College reports.  According to the report, the wall was dismantled Tuesday, with the fraternity insisting that the wall was meant as a…

The Waller County, Texas, jail where Sandra Bland died in July is in serious need of an upgrade, according to a report issued Tuesday by a panel put together after Bland’s death, the Associated Press reports.  The panel noted that the jail needs a new building, more expertise is needed among staffers in identifying mental-health…

Hillary Clinton is leaving the answers to all questions about the controversial “C.P. Time” skit she did with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to de Blasio himself, distancing herself a bit from the matter, the New York Times reports. “Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” Clinton told Cosmopolitan magazine when asked about…

New Orleanians are planning to celebrate former NFL player Will Smith’s life with style, holding a second line, a brass band parade, in the slain player’s memory. The second line will take place Wednesday at 6 p.m. and will be led by musician James Andrews, WWL-TV reports. The New Orleans Saints is also planning its…

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The Elkhorn Area School District in Wisconsin is investigating claims of racially charged taunts made by a group of its students that were directed at soccer players from Beloit Memorial High School, WISC-TV reports.  The incident unfolded Thursday night when the Beloit girls varsity soccer team visited Elkhorn. Beloit girls soccer coach Brian Denu said…

Terrorist group Boko Haram has been using children to carry out about 1 in 5 of its suicide bombings, a UNICEF report has revealed (pdf). The report points to a dramatic increase in child suicide bombers over the past year, going up from four in 2014 to 44 in in 2015, according to the “Beyond…

A white student who attended a predominantly black and Hispanic high school in a New York City suburb is now seeking restitution, claiming that he was routinely beaten and bullied because of his race and that administrators did nothing to protect him, the New York Post reports.  Giovanni Micheli, now 23, says he was punched, hit…