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NYC Dad Shot Dead While Carrying 1-Year-Old Daughter
Allen McQueen of the Bronx, N.Y., was taking his 1-year-old daughter to play in the park when he was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, the New York Post reports. The 21-year-old dad, who was reportedly carrying the child when he was approached, attempted to shield the…
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12-Year-Old, Wanted for Questioning in Slaying, Is Arrested
Editor’s note: Story links in this article may contain the name and photo of the 12-year-old mentioned in this piece, but The Root is not releasing his name or photo because he is a minor who remains uncharged. A 12-year-old boy wanted for questioning in the slaying of a 31-year-old man and who had reportedly been…
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Man Disguised as Armored-Truck Driver Steals $75,000 From Okla. Wal-Mart
Authorities are trying to identify a man who strolled into a Bristow, Okla., Wal-Mart Saturday morning dressed as an armored-truck driver and walked out $75,000 richer, NBC New York reports. According to the report, Bristow Police Chief Wayne Williams said that his department has received some anonymous tips from northeast Oklahoma pertaining to the identity…
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Disney Removing Bill Cosby Statue From Hollywood Studios Theme Park
Disney is the most recent major company to distance itself from Bill Cosby following the unsealing of court documents in which the once-beloved TV dad reportedly admitted to buying drugs to give to women for the purpose of sex. According to the Orlando Sentinel, a Walt Disney World spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday evening that the…
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Muslim Group Launches Campaign to Raise Money to Help Rebuild Black Churches Damaged by Fires
Since the June 17 fatal shooting of nine African Americans inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., some six black churches have been torched throughout the South. According to Al-Jazeera, three Muslim organizations—Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, the Arab-American Association of New York and Ummah Wide—have created the “Respond With Love” campaign to raise…
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Fla. Woman Is Arrested After Reportedly Telling Teens: ‘I Hang Your Family From My Tree’
Lisa Marie Elberson, 29, of Lake County, Fla., spent the last day of her Fourth of July weekend in a county jail, the the Orlando Sentinel reports, after allegedly chasing a group of teens down a block wielding a baseball bat. She also allegedly yelled a racial slur at them. Elberson was apparently finishing her…
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Texas Makes Changes to History Textbooks: No Mention of KKK or Jim Crow, and the Civil War Was Fought Over States’ Rights, Not Slavery
A change is coming to public school education in Texas, a change that was voted for in 2010 and will take effect when students go back to school come fall. It’s happening in history class—in the new social studies textbooks that students will be using to learn U.S. history. New state academic guidelines changed some…
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SC Church-Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Indicted on 4 More Charges
Dylann Roof, the South Carolina suspect who was arrested and charged in the shooting deaths of nine people inside Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., last month, has been indicted on new charges by a grand jury. NBC News reports that Roof has been charged with three counts of attempted murder connected…
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Report: Md. Boy Dies After Brutal Beating for Eating Birthday Cake
A Maryland boy has succumbed to injuries after reportedly being brutally beaten by his mother’s boyfriend for eating a slice of birthday cake without permission, according to the Frederick News-Post. The 9-year-old, from Hagerstown, was beaten to the point of unconsciousness and died over the weekend at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.…
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16-Year-Old NYC Teen Helps Save Residents From Apartment Fire
A Brooklyn teen is being dubbed a hero after stopping to help residents in a three-story apartment building escape a deadly early-morning fire in the New York City borough’s Flatbush neighborhood, the New York Post reports. Taliq Thomas, 16, was walking home from a friend’s house around the time of the fire, which reportedly started…