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Famed Civil Rights Photographer Dies at 85
Famed photographer Bob Adelman, whose portfolio captured many moving moments during the civil rights movement, died Saturday in Miami. He was 85 years old. “He was an amazing man with a passion for civil rights, a sweetheart of a guy,” Adelman’s attorney told the Miami Herald. Adelman’s most iconic work happened during the 1960s, documenting…
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Va. Church Awards $2,100,000 to HBCU Students
The Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., hosted its 14th annual HBCU College Festival last month and awarded students $2.1 million in scholarships through historically black colleges and universities. The all-day event, held Feb. 20 at a local high school, attracted students from Virginia and nearby Washington, D.C., but also from as far away…
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Thousands Protest Donald Trump in NYC; Protesters Stop Traffic in Ariz.
As was the case in Chicago last week, thousands took to the streets of New York City on Saturday to protest Donald Trump, and dozens more shut down a highway in Arizona at the same time. The protests, though not officially linked, look like the new normal as groups join together against what many see as…
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Cuba Gooding Jr. Says He Wept Uncontrollably on The People v. OJ Simpson Set
As the ’90s come back in full effect, including the infamous O.J. Simpson case, which is back in the news, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is chiming in as well. Gooding, who portrays the once-upon-a-time gridiron great in the popular FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson, said he suffered a “nervous breakdown” on the set…
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‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender Teen
Who could forget the cherubic face of the little boy in a vest who stood by President Barack Obama as he signed his landmark Affordable Care Act into law nearly six years ago? The child in the photo, Marcelas Owens, then an 11-year-old health care activist, has just turned 17 and has also recently come…
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Prince Will Release a Memoir in 2017
The artist who continues to delight us as Prince will release an “unconventional” autobiography next year, Rolling Stone reports. Publisher Spiegel & Grau describes the work as “an unconventional and poetic journey through his life and creative work” that will be written by the 57-year-old himself. Prince will reportedly be delving into stories about his…
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Baltimore Ravens’ Tray Walker Dies in Dirt Bike Accident
Tray Walker, a 23-year-old cornerback with the Baltimore Ravens, died Friday from injuries suffered from a fatal crash in Liberty City, Fla., reports CNN. Walker was reportedly riding a dirt bike when he collided with an SUV driven by a 62-year-old woman Thursday night. Walker was treated at the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami’s Jackson…
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2 Ky. Juvenile-Detention Staffers Indicted on Misconduct in Death of Gynnya McMillen
Two Kentucky juvenile-detention-center employees have been indicted on an official-misconduct charge in the case involving the death of a teenage girl in January, a prosecutor confirmed Friday, the Associated Press reports. Reginald Windham and Victor Holt were both charged with a count of second-degree official misconduct as the result of a state police investigation into…
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Texas Man Who Raped Girls and Infected Them With HIV Sentenced to Life in Prison
A 34-year-old Texas man who raped a 14-year-old girl and a 24-month-old toddler, infecting both of them with HIV, chlamydia and herpes, has been sentenced to life in prison, KHOU reports. David Wilson, a registered sex offender who served four years in prison for a previous rape of a teen, claimed that he and the…
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Student at Exclusive Sidwell Friends School in DC Reports on Campus Rape by Ex-Boyfriend
A female high school student at the elite, private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., reported to police that she was raped on campus by an ex-boyfriend, D.C. police confirmed Friday, the Associated Press reports. The student told officers that the classmate forced her to have sex in the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday.…