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Woman Travels From Nigeria to Brooklyn, NY, to Deliver Triplets
A Nigerian woman traveled all the way to Brooklyn, N.Y., to deliver her healthy triplets Thursday morning, reports the New York Daily News. Temitope Alao had been trying to conceive for about six years, and at about eight months into her pregnancy, she gave birth to two boys and a bouncing baby girl. The 34-year-old welcomed…
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Commercial Test for Zika Virus Could Be Available in Weeks
The World Health Organization announced Friday that a commercial test for the rapidly spreading Zika virus could be available in weeks. Heretofore, only the Centers for Disease Control and a few health departments in various states were able to definitively diagnose the enigmatic virus spread by mosquitoes and via bodily fluids through sex. “Although it…
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Wellesley College Appoints 1st African-American President
Wellesley College named Dr. Paula A. Johnson, a Harvard Medical School professor, as president, making her the first African American to ever head the school, the Boston Globe reports. Johnson in July will officially replace H. Kim Bottomly, who announced in April that she would be stepping down after nine years of service. Johnson, who…
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Memphis, Tenn., Police Launch Investigation After Arrest Caught on News Camera
The Memphis, Tenn., Police Department has launched an investigation after a local news team captured a controversial arrest on camera, Local 24 reports. In the video of the arrest, caught by Local 24, the suspect, who was said to be involved in a domestic dispute, can be seen running from police. Eventually the suspect drops…
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Texas A&M Students Accused of Hurling Racial Slurs at Visiting Black High Schoolers
A group of Texas A&M students are accused of taunting a group of black high schoolers, using racial slurs and other hateful language, KBTX reports. The slurs were directed at about 60 juniors from Dallas’ Uplift Hampton Preparatory, who were visiting the campus. According to CBS DFW, the confrontation began over a sports rivalry after…
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Jackie Robinson West Parents Sue Little League, ESPN and Stephen A. Smith
Parents of onetime Little League darlings Jackie Robinson West of Chicago have filed a lawsuit against ESPN, on-air personality Stephen A. Smith, Little League International and opposing coach Chris Janes, who reportedly notified the league that the West team was using ineligible players. In 2014, the South Side-area team captivated the nation when they won…
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Ohio Cop on Leave After Allegedly Commenting ‘Love a Happy Ending’ About BLM Activist MarShawn McCarrel II’s Suicide
A Fairborn, Ohio, police officer is being put on paid administrative leave after allegedly making a Facebook comment that celebrated the death of Black Lives Matter activist MarShawn McCarrel II, WHIO reports. The comment, which read “Love a happy ending,” was made on the Ohio Politics Facebook page some two days after McCarrel killed himself…
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Cleveland Mayor Apologizes to Tamir Rice’s Family for Ambulance Charge
Tamir Rice’s family was upset to learn Wednesday that the city of Cleveland was charging them $500 for the ambulance ride Tamir took after being fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer. On Thursday, after several news outlets reported the incident, Cleveland’s mayor and other city officials apologized to the Rice family. “I want to…
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Report: NJ Teen Has Arm Dislocated by Cops Who Leave Him Without Medical Care
On Feb. 2 around 7 p.m., 14-year-old Jamod Watkins says, he was on his way home from the grocery store when several Newark, N.J., police officers in an unmarked SUV hopped out on him. The frightened teen ran but says he was surrounded by two more unmarked vehicles. Jamod says he raised his hands above…
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NYC Cop Peter Liang Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Death of Akai Gurley, Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison
Peter Liang, the rookie New York City police officer who fired into a dark Brooklyn housing project hallway, killing unarmed Akai Gurley on Nov. 20, 2014, has been found guilty of manslaughter. The jury issued the verdict Thursday after three days of deliberations. According to the New York Daily News, on the day of the…