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Super Bowl 50: Broncos Stun Panthers as Defense Turns Super Cam Into Clark Kent
It may not have been the prettiest win, but it was effective, as the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers, 24-10, in Super Bowl 50 in front of 71,088 people at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. It was the second Super Bowl win for Peyton Manning, who, at 39, entered the game as the…
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Cam Newton Wins Pro Football’s MVP Award
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton goes into tonight’s Super Bowl match as a winner. On Saturday the NFL named him its most valuable player for the 2015 season, the Charlotte Observer reports. It was a nearly unanimous vote. Newton earned 48 of the 50 possible votes. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer and New England Patriots…
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Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Quintonio LeGrier Sues Teen’s Estate
The white policeman who fatally shot 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and a neighbor claims that the incident traumatized him, and he has filed a $10 million lawsuit Friday against the teen’s estate, the Associated Press reports. In the lawsuit, Officer Robert Rialmo gives his version of the deadly Dec. 26 encounter at a two-family house in…
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White Supremacist Pleads Guilty in Plot to Attack Churches and Synagogues
A Virginia man admitted to a judge that he planned to attack black churches and synagogues in hopes of triggering a race war. Robert Doyle pleaded guilty Friday to several charges related to that plot, NBC12.com reports. The FBI said it foiled the scheme, which involved two other suspects, in a sting operation. According to…
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Beyoncé Treats Fans to New Music Video
Beyoncé grabbed music’s center stage Saturday when she surprised her fans by releasing “Formation (Dirty),” a hot new single and accompanying music video. Queen Bey sends a powerful message about black culture and joins the hot-button conversation on race and policing. The New Orleans-set video features images of Beyoncé lying on top of a police car sinking…
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No Pork on His Fork, and 5 Other Things You Didn’t Know About Cam Newton
Cam Newton lives his life out loud. His dress, dance and exuberance for a game he’s been playing since he was a child are evident every time he steps on the field. He lives for these moments. It’s as if the universe blessed him with pearly whites just so he could smile at his haters.…
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It’s All About the Benjamins, Baby: Jealous Endorses Sanders, While Crump Backs Clinton
Two major African-American activists made their presidential endorsements known Friday as former NAACP head Benjamin Jealous released a statement sanctioning Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. On the same day, civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump threw his support behind Sanders’ rival in the race, Hillary Clinton. Jealous, who went to New Hampshire on Friday to stump…
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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…