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Twenty-three-year-old Danielle Jones is fighting for her life after authorities say a roommate she found on Craigslist beat her into a coma only a week after moving into her Miami apartment. According to ABC 10, police arrested Byron Mitchell, 35, who authorities say claimed to be a health-and-fitness business owner when he replied to Jones’ posting…

Indianapolis teen Jonathan Ratcliff had three things working against him when authorities say he shoplifted at a convenience store: surveillance footage, a responsible mom and his homework. According to Fox 29, Ratcliff, 18, was one of several suspected shoplifters who raided area stores, taking candy, snacks and anything they could jam into a bag before…

A 6-year-old Florida boy was killed Saturday afternoon after two men began shooting as he was outside playing with friends. According to Local 10, King Carter and friends were playing in Pinewood, Fla., just north of Miami in Miami-Dade County, when “two unknown black males exited a dark, four-door sedan and began shooting, striking [King].…

Protesters from Duke University and Durham, N.C., residents gathered Friday evening in front of  Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity to protest an annual incarceration-themed party held by the fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, reports the Duke Chronicle. According to a Tumblr page put up by a group calling itself #DukeEnrage, the party, dubbed “Kappa Kops,” was held…

Six people were killed and two others wounded in a series of apparently random shootings throughout Kalamazoo County, Mich., on Saturday evening. Initial reports said that a 14-year-old girl was killed, but she is critically injured but alive. NBC News reports that alleged shooter Jason Brian Dalton, 45, was taken into custody early Sunday morning…

A father’s love knows no bounds. Demetrius Johnson’s last known words to his family were, “I’m not going to let my son die.” The 24-year-old Buffalo, N.Y., man had rescued his fiancée and two of his kids but died Friday when he ran back into a raging fire to save his 3-year-old son, reports the…

It appears that President Barack Obama, possibly inspired by the adorable viral hashtag #ObamaAndKids this weekend, caught wind of a popular video showing a little girl crying when she learned that he was leaving office next January. The Facebook page belonging to the little girl’s grandmother Caprina D. Harris shows a video of her totally…

Hillary Clinton won Nevada’s Democratic caucuses Saturday, according to the Associated Press, holding off an unexpectedly difficult challenge from Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. In a race that many initially called too close to predict, Clinton eked out a victory over Sanders (52 percent to 48 percent with 75 percents of precincts reporting), and most likely…

Albert Woodfox, the last incarcerated member of the Angola Three, was released from prison on his 69th birthday, CNN reports. Woodfox was going to a third trial for the 1972 slaying of prison guard Brent Miller at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola but pleaded no contest Friday to lesser charges, according to a statement.…

A few weeks ago, the Internets got broke when a photo of the North Carolina A&T women’s swim team burned up social media—a beacon of beautiful #BlackGirlMagic for all the world to see. Unfortunately, not long after that, it was announced that that swim team would be no more, because the school’s regular conference does…