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Will Smith Wishes Jada Happy Birthday in Gushing Facebook Post
Will Smith took to Facebook on Friday to wish happy birthday to his wife of nearly 17 years, Jada Pinkett Smith, hitting back at ongoing rumors of an impending divorce. “I have sung happy birthday to you 20 times and I have bought you 19 birthday presents (I was mad that one year),” he wrote…
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Robert Champion’s Family Settles Lawsuit With FAMU for $1,100,000 in Hazing Death
The family of Robert Champion, the Florida A&M University drum major killed in a hazing ritual, has settled a lawsuit against FAMU, accepting $1.1 million and an apology for his death, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The family will receive a $300,000 payout from the school through the Florida Department of Financial Services, which will…
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Fla. Teen Passes Up Fixing Car, Buys Cross-Country Teammates New Running Shoes Instead
Most young teens wouldn’t pass up the chance to spend money on sprucing up a “new” car to do something nice for others instead—like buy 11 student-athletes new running shoes—with their hard-earned money. Stefan Pressley of Pensacola, Fla., is not most teens. The Pine Forest High School cross-country runner dropped $500 of his own money…
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Former Ole Miss Student Gets 6 Months in Jail for His Part in Hanging Noose Around Statue’s Neck
On Thursday a judge sentenced a former University of Mississippi student who admitted to placing a noose around the neck of a civil rights statue on campus to six months in jail. According to the Associated Press, Graeme Phillip Harris pleaded guilty to “a misdemeanor charge of using a threat of force to intimidate African-American…
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#IStandWithAhmed: Texas Teen Who Built Clock Receives Outpouring of Support
Ahmed Mohamed will not be returning to his Texas high school after being put in handcuffs by police for having a “bomb,” which was actually a digital clock that the brilliant 14-year-old whipped together to show to his science teacher, the Huffington Post reports. After the traumatic experience, which Ahmed said made him feel like…
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Calif. Girl, 14, Shot Twice Shielding Baby Nephew From Gunfire in Drive-By Shooting
One California teen is being called a hero after she shielded her baby nephew with her body when gunfire rained on the family’s SUV, ABC 7 reports. De Je Brewer was sitting in the back of her family’s SUV in South Los Angeles with her aunt’s 10-month-old son Wednesday night when the shooting happened. “I…
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Va. High School Students Suspended for Wearing Confederate-Flag Merchandise
The Confederate flag is under continued scrutiny, and one Virginia high school ended up suspending students at the beginning of the new school year for wearing clothes depicting the controversial flag and then refusing to comply when given the opportunity, USA Today reports. Montgomery County Public Schools spokeswoman Brenda Drake said that some 22 or…
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This Is What Happened When a Texas Officer and a Man He Arrested Saw Each Other 8 Years Later
The last time Edward “Doc” Amey saw Texas City, Texas, Police Officer Salvador Chapa, Amey was being arrested on a gun charge. That was eight years ago, back when Amey used to be a gangster, but recently he found God, and since then he’s been living a righteous life. He used to sell drugs; today…
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Baltimore High School Student Charged With Attempted Murder in Violent Cafeteria Attack
A student at Baltimore’s Frederick Douglass High School is facing attempted-murder charges in a violent attack on his football teammate who he believed stole a piece from his football helmet, school officials told the Baltimore Sun. The brutal beat-down occurred in the school cafeteria and was caught on video and posted online. The video shows…
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9 Calif. Police Forcefully Arrest Black Teen for Jaywalking
Stockton, Calif., police are under scrutiny after a video posted to YouTube Wednesday showed a total of nine officers ganging up to arrest a black teenager for jaywalking, the International Business Times reports. In the beginning, one officer approached the teen, presumably to write him a ticket for jaywalking to catch a city bus. The…