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Black Woman to Lead School of Public Health at Harvard
We are still seeing many “firsts” in the year 2016, and higher education is no different. Harvard University announced Friday that Michelle A. Williams will become the first black person to head a faculty at Harvard and the first female dean of the School of Public Heath, come July. Williams, who is currently an epidemiologist…
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Va. Bill Would Be 1st in Nation to Keep Cops’ Names Secret
A proposed bill allowing all Virginia law-enforcement officers’ names to be withheld from the public would be the first of its kind in the country and is being decried by police-accountability groups and those who believe in freedom of the press, reports the Virginian-Pilot. A Jan. 13 proposal put forth by Republican Virginia state Sen. John…
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Trump: ‘I Will Do More for the African-American People Than Barack Obama Has Ever Done’
Business mogul Donald Trump pitched himself as “a unifier” during a rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, saying that he will do more for African Americans than the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. “You know, Barack Obama, African American. If I were African American, I would be so angry at…
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Ky. High School Student Accused of Using Racial Slurs, Smashing Car With Confederate-Flag Pole
An 18-year-old Mount Washington, Ky., high school student is facing multiple charges after allegedly hurling racial slurs and using a pole with a Confederate flag attached to it to bash the car of a fellow student, WDRB reports. A second student is charged with harassment in the incident, which happened last Friday. Tabitha Perkins told…
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Calif. Woman Gives Birth in Subway Bathroom, Abandons Baby
A pregnant California woman walked into a West Covina Subway restaurant Monday morning and asked a worker for a cup. Video shows the woman walking over to the soda machine and then into the bathroom, where she reportedly gave birth to a newborn and then walked out, abandoning the child. According to KTLA, restaurant workers…
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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch to Be Tried as Adult
The case of Ethan Couch, the Texas 18-year-old who was behind a fatal drunken driving wreck in 2013, will be moved to adult court, a Texas judge ruled Friday, meaning that he could face jail time, the New York Post reports. Couch, who was 16 at the time of the incident, used the “affluenza” defense…
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Ohio 18-Year-Old Indicted for Posing as Representative of State Senator
By now we’ve all heard about the Florida teen who was arrested for posing as a doctor, practicing in his own clinic without a license. Well, an Ohio teen is now facing charges of posing as a representative of a state senator at a high school, where he was given a tour before giving students…
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Flint, Mich., Man’s Blood-Lead Level Is 5 Times What’s Toxic: Report
One Flint, Mich., resident, who prided himself on drinking a lot of water and being healthy, now has a blood-lead level that is five times what is considered toxic, the Detroit Free Press reports. For the past six months, Aaron Stinson has suffered from excessive sweating, fatigue and severe headaches, among other inexplicable symptoms that…
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Chicago BLM Activist Declined White House Invitation to Event Preceding Black History Month Reception
A Chicago Black Lives Matter activist declined an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama on Thursday before a Black History Month reception at the White House, saying that she was not interested in “a photo opportunity and a 90-second sound bite for the president,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Aislinn Pulley, co-founder of Black Lives Matter…
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Watch: 5-foot-5 Wis. High School Guard Throws Down Nasty Dunk
The tiny guard from Riverside University High School in Milwaukee had one plan when he got the ball, and that was to get to the rim—and he wasn’t going to let anyone stop him. According to USA Today, Lee, a junior, hasn’t received any college looks, but if he keeps throwing down dunks like this…