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Ga. Teacher Who Told Student Her Purpose Was to Have Sex and Babies ‘Because You Ain’t Never Gonna Be Smart’ Resigns
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…
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Mich. High School Students Suspended for Posting Racist Photos Online
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…
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President Obama Picks Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Nominee
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…
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Prosecutors in Police Shootings of Laquan McDonald and Tamir Rice Voted Out
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.…
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Watch: Motivational Speaker Gets Real With High School Students Who Keep Interrupting Him
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…
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Clinton Sweeps 4 States, Kasich Wins Ohio, Rubio Drops Out, Trump Is Still the Talk of the Night
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…
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Iowa Man Who Wears Surgical Mask Because He’s ‘Allergic to Black People’ Charged With Hate Crime
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…
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Homeless NH Man Who Won Lawsuit Against Cops Is Found Dead in Cell
A homeless Nashua, N.H., man who had won settlements against two police departments in New Hampshire over arrests concerning panhandling and vagrancy was found dead in his cell at a Manchester, N.H., jail Sunday, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. Jeffrey Pendleton was arrested last week on a misdemeanor charge for possessing marijuana and was…
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San Bernardino, Calif., 12-Year-Old Killed in Hail of Gunfire While Walking to Convenience Store
Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in finding the killer of a 12-year-old boy who died in a hail of bullets as he and a cousin walked to a convenience store in San Bernardino, Calif, the Associated Press reports. The boys—Jason Spears, 12, and Terrance Spears, 14—were reportedly walking to the store around 10…
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Somali Teen Shot by Utah Police Awakes From Coma
Abdi Mohamed, a 17-year-old Somali refugee who was seriously wounded in a police shooting in Salt Lake City, has emerged from a coma and is talking. Abdi’s cousin Muslima Weledi told the Associated Press that the teen was awake from the medically induced coma but remains on painkillers. Weledi visited him Saturday but said that he…