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Ala. Pastor and Congregation Wrestle Gun Away From Assailant
The pastor and members of the congregation of an Alabama church are being hailed as heroes after wrestling a gun away from a man who opened fire during a Sunday-morning service, CBS News and the Associated Press report. James Junior Minter was arrested and is being held without bond after reportedly shooting his girlfriend, his…
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Ben Carson Stands Firm: No Muslims in the White House
Former neurosurgeon and current Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson stood firm on his position that a Muslim should not be president of the United States in an interview with The Hill on Sunday, despite backlash. Earlier Sunday, during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Carson had created a media firestorm after saying that he…
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Fla. Teen Who Was Also Arrested for a Science Project Tells Ahmed Mohamed, ‘Keep Moving Forward’
By now we’ve all heard the story of Ahmed Mohamed, the brilliant 14-year-old who brought his homemade digital clock to school to show his science teacher, only to wind up arrested. Unfortunately, it’s not the first time that the scientific creativity of a person of color has been mistaken for a threat. In fact, Kiera…
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Colo. Father Upset After Teacher Gives Bizarre Letter and Photo to Daughter, 7
A 7-year-old Colorado girl came home with a note from the teacher. The note, according to the girl’s father, used nicknames and included a photo of the male teacher sticking his tongue out. “As I read over the letter, it was concerning since it had the teacher’s face and he was using pet names to…
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Calif. Teen Who Was Violently Arrested by 9 Cops for Jaywalking Speaks
On Tuesday, cellphone video showing some five Stockton, Calif., police officers violently arresting a teen for jaywalking went viral on social media. Since then, demonstrations have been held in and around Northern California to protest the use of force against the teen, who says he did nothing wrong. Emilio Mayfield, 16, told CBS Sacramento that…
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Hockey Player P.K. Subban Donates $10,000,000 to Children’s Hospital
Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban is one of the most hated players in the NHL, and he is also one of the most generous. According to CBC News, Subban will donate $10 million to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation over the next seven years. The donation will be used to fund P.K.’s Hands, which will…
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Watch: Boston Cop Probed in Violent Encounter With Female Transit Rider
A Boston transit cop has been reassigned to administrative duty after a video emerged of a violent encounter between him and a female passenger aboard a bus filled with fightened and startled passengers, according to the Boston Globe. The video shows the unnamed transit officer raising his baton and repeatedly striking the woman, who is…
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Ben Carson Would Not Back a Muslim for President
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson absolutely “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” he said in an interview with NBC News that aired Sunday morning. “I absolutely would not agree with that,” the lone black Republican presidential candidate told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd during a discussion about…
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Watch: Obama Shines Spotlight on Black Women in CBCF Speech
During a short but hard-hitting speech to African-American leaders Saturday, President Barack Obama pushed for “greater focus on helping black women who are more likely to be stuck in minimum wage jobs, have higher rates of illness and face higher rates of incarceration than other women,” according to the Washington Post. He made the statement…
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NYC Blames Woman’s Murder on ‘Risks’ of Living in Public Housing
In a strange case of blaming the victim, lawyers for New York City say the family of a woman murdered at her home in New York City’s East Harlem community does not deserve a court settlement because the 23-year-old woman should have known the risks of living in public housing, according to the New York…