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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…
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Md. Man Confesses to Killing 2-Year-Old Daughter and Her Mother Over Child Support, Court Documents Say
A Maryland father reportedly confessed to lying in wait for his 2-year-old daughter and the child’s mother outside their home Tuesday before shooting each of them multiple times, according to court documents, NBC Washington reports. Daron Boswell-Johnson, 25, was charged Wednesday with the murders of 26-year-old elementary school teacher NeShante Davis and their daughter, Chloe…
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Police Search for Suspect After Morgan State Student, 20, Fatally Stabbed
Baltimore police are looking for the person who fatally stabbed a Morgan State student after a basketball game Monday night. According to police, the altercation began at a university basketball game against Coppin State University. Officials believe that the incident at the game led to an off-campus fight between some 15-20 students that left 20-year-old…
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Unarmed Fla. Man Left Paralyzed in Cop Shooting Awarded $23,100,000
Dontrell Stephens was riding his bike back to a friend’s house in a Florida neighborhood in 2013 when an officer stopped him. The officer claimed that Stephens rode into traffic. Stephens dropped his bike, and within seconds the officer opened fire, paralyzing the 22-year-old, who police would later admit was not armed. On Wednesday, a…