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Federal Court Invalidates 2 NC Districts for Racial Gerrymandering
Voter suppression gets a blow as as a federal court panel ruled Friday that two of North Carolina’s congressional districts were racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn, reports the Charlotte Observer. The ruling, handed down by a three-judge panel, has sparked uncertainty about whether the March primary elections can proceed as planned. The order bars…
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Police Kill Unarmed Black Man in Texas; Say They Mistook Cellphone for Gun
San Antonio police say that they vow to do a thorough investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by cops, Reuters reports. Police say that Antronie Scott, 36, was spotted early Friday morning by undercover detectives and fatally shot as he exited a vehicle in an apartment…
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Honorably Discharged Army Vet, 72, Deported to Mexico After Lifetime Spent in US
Andres De Leon is an honorably discharged Army veteran who served his country after enlisting to fight in Vietnam when he was just 18. Yet, despite this, the now 72-year-old is living in a small, one-bedroom home in a poor neighborhood in Tijuana, Mexico, since being deported from the U.S., Fox40 reports. “I feel they…
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Confederate Groups Support Installation of Battle Flag Across From HBCU in Ala.
Since the horrific mass shooting in June at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Confederate flags and monuments have been a hot topic for debate, given the white supremacist manifesto allegedly written by accused church shooter Dylann Roof. Nonetheless, while many are pushing for these monuments and flags to be removed, some Confederate…
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Super Bowl 50: Father of Denver Broncos Lineman Dies After Heart Surgery
Denver Broncos defensive lineman Antonio Smith will play Super Bowl 50 with a heavy heart after learning early Wednesday morning that his 58-year-old father died after complications from heart surgery. “It’s rough. I just found out this morning,” he told the Denver Post. “It was my mom who called and told me.” Smith’s father, Marty…
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Woman Surprises Husband, Who Paid to Have Her Killed, at Her ‘Funeral’
Noela Rukundo of Melbourne, Australia, got the last laugh after her husband plotted to have her killed by hit men. According to the Washington Post, Rukundo waited in a car outside her home on Feb. 22 of last year, the same day as her “funeral,” watching the mourners who had come to console her husband…
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5 Adults, 1 Child Found Dead in Chicago Home
Officers performing a well-being check on a Chicago man who hadn’t shown up to work in two days were stunned to find the bodies of five adults and one child. During the check, at a Gage Park house around 1 p.m. Thursday, police told NBC Chicago that they “discovered the bodies of four men, one…
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Report: Johnny Manziel Not Being Charged Despite Ex-Girlfriend’s Claim He Struck Her
Although his ex-girlfriend reported to police that he struck her and appeared to be “on some kind of drugs” during an argument last week, police in Texas say that they will not be charging embattled Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel. According to a police report released Thursday and viewed by the Associated Press, Colleen Crowley…
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UN Experts ‘Extremely Concerned’ About the State of African Americans in the US
The United Nations is once again tackling racism and the human rights of black people in America, detailing several concerns, from police brutality to mass incarceration to housing crises to the school-to-prison pipeline. In a preliminary statement to the media published last week, the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent listed…
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Leaked Emails Show Racist Culture at University of Chicago Fraternity: Report
Members of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity at the University of Chicago are under scrutiny after leaked internal emails showed racist and other offensive remarks made against Muslims, black people and women, BuzzFeed reports. In the emails, a Muslim student-activist was referred to as a “terrorist,” and members detailed how they planned to celebrate “Marathon Luther…