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Mom Says Jahi McMath ‘Is Still Alive and Beautiful as Ever’
An Oakland, Calif., teen who was declared brain-dead by doctors in December 2013 “is still alive and just as beautiful as ever,” her mother wrote in a recent Facebook post. The mom, Nailah Winkfield, gave an update about her daughter, Jahi McMath, on Wednesday, saying that she was moving more on her mother’s command. “Hello…
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‘Sorry, Malia Obama’: Brown University Newspaper Apologizes After Students Post Photos of Visit
Noting that the college application process is stressful enough without the whole world watching, the Brown Daily Herald apologized this week on behalf of students who posted images of the first daughter’s recent campus tour at Brown University, creating a social media frenzy. ” ‘Brown University had no chill when Malia Obama came to visit,’…
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Black Mich. Cop Says He Was Demoted Because of Race
A black former Michigan State Police officer believes that race is the reason he was demoted after he reportedly left work early, while a white colleague who had two dogs from his K-9 unit die in his care got a second chance, Click on Detroit reports. The now-retired trooper, who was not identified, is reportedly…
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Va. Mom From Viral Pregnancy Announcement Did ‘the Most Selfless Thing,’ Risking Her Life to Give Birth to Son
By now we know the Virginia couple whose adorable “bun in the oven” pregnancy announcement welcomed their son 16 weeks early after mom Dana Griffin-Graves’ condition became critical. It turns out, however, that the new mom took a calculated risk, ignoring doctors’ concerns about her own health and safety in order to give her son,…
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Corey Jones Was Standing on a Fla. Highway Waiting for a Tow Truck, so How Did He End Up Dead? Here Is Everything We Know
Around 3 a.m. Sunday, a white van with tinted windows rolled up next to Corey Jones’ broken-down car on a Florida highway, and a man dressed in jeans, T-shirt and a baseball cap hopped out. Moments later, Jones was dead. We now know that Jones was a drummer who grew up in the church. We…
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Calif. Cop Who Threatened Activists Online No Longer on Force
The San Jose, Calif., police officer who posted threatening comments on social media no longer works with the police force. According to the Associated Press, a spokesman confirmed that Phillip White no longer works for the San Jose Police Department, but would not confirm whether White had been fired or had resigned. White gained national…
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Obama Breaks Down ‘Black Lives Matter’ During Panel on Criminal-Justice Reform
To President Barack Obama, the Black Lives Matter creed-turned-movement makes sense. Speaking on a panel on criminal justice, held in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday, the president attempted to explain the difference between and relevancy of the BLM mantra versus the counter chants of “All lives matter.” “I think everybody understands all lives matter,”…
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Report: Freddie Gray’s Mother Attempts Suicide
Updated Friday, Oct. 23, 12:15 p.m. EDT: According to the Washington Post, Billy Murphy, the lawyer for the Gray family, issued the following statement regarding the matter: Because of an improper invasion of her privacy, Ms. Darden is being thrust into the national spotlight about an extraordinarily personal matter while she is still mourning the…
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Chicago Day Care Under Investigation After Toddler, Mistaken for a Doll, Was Left Alone in the Dark
A Chicago family is demanding answers after their baby girl was left behind in a locked day care center Monday night, Fox 32 Chicago reports. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the incident that unfolded at All Things Are Possible for Kids day care center when Cornelius Jones realized that his…
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Fla. Drummer Killed by Plainclothes Officer Was ‘Running Away at Some Point,’ ‘Never Fired’ His Gun: Lawyer
A Florida musician who was fatally shot by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on a highway exit early Sunday morning was trying to run away and never fired the weapon he had on him, lawyers for the man’s family said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Corey Jones, 31, who was on his…