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2 Los Angeles Cops Charged With Raping Women on Duty
Two Los Angeles police officers are accused of forcing four women to engage in sex acts by threatening them and using their authority, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, while one officer acted as a lookout in the front seat of a squad car, a 19-year-old woman, who was a drug informant, was…
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NJ Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Mom 2 Days After Finishing 30-Year Sentence for Another Murder
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter in the death of his mother a mere two days after he completed a 30-year prison sentence for murdering a neighbor, the New York Post reports. Steven Pratt, 47, pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in the killing of his mother, 64-year-old Gwendolyn Pratt, at their home…
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Texas A&M Apologizes to Black High Schoolers Tormented by College Students
Top Texas A&M University officials visited a Dallas high school to personally apologize to students who were subject to racial slurs and harassment while visiting campus last week, the Texas Tribune reports. University President Michael Young and A&M System Chancellor John Sharp were accompanied by state Sen. Royce West of Dallas for a morning meeting…
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Minn. Cop Who Told Drivers to Run Over BLM Protesters Resigns
A St. Paul, Minn., police sergeant who made a Facebook comment encouraging drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protesters and telling them how to avoid being charged while doing so resigned Wednesday, Mediaite reports. Last month Jeffrey Rothecker, using a profile with the name JM Roth, commented under a news story about protesters blocking…
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Ark. Judicial Candidate Drops Out of Race After Calling Clerk a ‘Hair Lipped Niger Whore’
A candidate for District Court judge in Van Buren County, Ark., has withdrawn from the race following scrutiny of text messages he sent in which he called a local county clerk a “hair lipped niger whore,” the Arkansas Times reports. The texts, in which the candidate in question, Kent Tester, misspells what is presumably meant…
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Obama to Make Historic Trip to Cuba Next Month
President Barack Obama will be visiting Cuba March 21 and 22, according to a Medium post by Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes. It’s a historic visit, since Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country in more than 80 years. The previous, and first, sitting president to visit the Caribbean…
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Woman Faces Multiple Charges in Attack on Wendy’s Worker Over Spicy Chicken Sandwiches
An extremely displeased Wendy’s customer is now facing charges after she allegedly attacked and bit an employee over a wrong order, WTVR reports. Wendy’s manager Latanya Nelson was cornered by Lovely Robinson, 25, at a Richmond, Va., Wendy’s Monday night when the incident occurred, authorities say. Robinson reportedly stormed into the fast-food restaurant after changing…
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Jamaican Woman to Head All Home Depot Stores in US
Ann-Marie Campbell has been in her job as executive vice president of Home Depot’s U.S. stores since the top of the month. In her new post, Campbell oversees almost 400,000 employees in 2,000 stores. She replaced veteran exec Marc Powers in mid-January. Jamaicans.com reports that Campbell, 50, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and graduated with…
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Old- and New-School Leaders to Meet With President, Attorney General for Black History Month
In his last Black History Month in the White House, President Barack Obama will mix it up with, and for the first time ever convene, a group of civil rights leaders who span the generations—both from the newer Black Lives Matter movement as well as leaders of more established civil rights organizations. According to a senior…
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Obama Will Not Be Attending Justice Scalia’s Funeral, White House Says
President Barack Obama will not be attending the funeral Saturday of Justice Antonin Scalia, the White House has confirmed, NBC reports. The president, accompanied by the first lady, instead will pay his respects to Scalia Friday at the Supreme Court, where Scalia’s body will be lying in repose in the Great Hall, according to the…