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Akua Agyemfra wore extensions during her job interview and first two training shifts to be a server at Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill in Toronto. On her third training day, Agyemfra lost the extensions and wore her hair in a natural bun, and that is when she says the problems began. Agyemfra says that her manager…

Donald Trump announced on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning that he had no plans to attend the Republican presidential debate in Salt Lake City on Monday, according to the Washington Post. He noted that there have been enough debates and therefore he was planning on attending a pro-Israel group’s event that night. On Wednesday, Fox…

The Georgia teacher who reportedly called a student “the dumbest girl I have ever met” and added, “You know what your purpose is going to be? To have sex and have children because you ain’t never gonna be smart,” resigned Monday night, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports. Cory Hunter is the Greene County High School teacher…

Six Michigan high school students have been suspended after school officials were alerted to photos posted on social media that showed some of them with the n-word written across their stomachs, Fox 2 Detroit reports. According to the news station, students at Grosse Pointe South High School who reportedly told school officials about the photos…

President Barack Obama has picked federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland to fill late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat, NPR reports. Garland, 63, who is currently the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was chosen over two other federal court judges. Speaking from the Rose Garden at the…

Both prosecutors who proved to be incompetent in the high-profile police shooting deaths of unarmed juveniles Laquan McDonald in Illinois and Tamir Rice in Ohio have lost their seats. Chicago State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, who faced heavy scrutiny for her “mishandling of police brutality investigations,” lost to challenger Kim Foxx, the New York Daily News reports.…

Motivational speaker Eric Thomas, who goes by “ET” and has been called the “hip-hop preacher,” is a viral sensation whose YouTube videos all garner around 250,000 views. Thomas’ personal struggles, including the absence of his biological father and having once been homeless, as well as his triumphs of graduating from college after 12 years and pursuing…

Hillary Clinton has emerged as the clear Democratic front-runner, sweeping Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois in Tuesday’s presidential primaries. A big Florida win for Donald Trump strengthened his grip on the Republican nomination and forced Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to end his bid after a devastating home-state loss. Clinton and Trump weren’t the only…

An Iowa City, Iowa, man who reportedly wore a surgical mask so as not to catch black people’s germs has been charged with a hate crime for fighting a man because he is black. According to CBS 2, police responded Sunday to a call about two men fighting. When they arrived, the victim told police…