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On July 9 Courtney Best, 26, stepped outside the Papa Murphy’s pizza in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she works, for a quick cigarette. Instead of her normal routine of going out back for a smoke, on this day she stepped out front, and the move may have saved a child’s life. “I stepped outside, I…

As allegations of sexual misconduct continue to mount against Bill Cosby, one historical institution has no intention of severing ties with the embattled comedian’s artwork. According to the Associated Press, the Smithsonian has no plans to pull the actor’s private art collection, which is currently on display and has been since November. “First and fundamentally,…

Ohio’s 8th District Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed an activist group’s effort to have a judge issue arrest warrants for two white Cleveland police officers in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, according to The Associated Press. The activists, calling themselves the Group of Eight, had submitted affidavits asking Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine…

Fifteen years after imposing economic sanctions against South Carolina over the presence of the Confederate flag at the Statehouse, the NAACP has lifted the ban, according to the Associated Press. The venerable civil rights group lifted the ban Saturday at its national convention in Philadelphia, ending the tourism and economic boycott that began in 2000…

In the wake of the release last week of Bill Cosby’s damning deposition that seemingly sealed the fate of his already tarnished legacy, his wife, who is also his business manager, called a crisis meeting with top advisers last week in an effort to “get back out in front of” the story, sources tell the New…

A 39-year-old black man died last week after an altercation with a Stonewall, Miss., police officer, who allegedly strangled the unarmed father of two with a flashlight during a struggle on a desolate roadside, according to the Daily Mail. Jonathan Sanders, who was unarmed, was asphyxiated during the altercation Wednesday night with Officer Kevin Harrington,…

Serena Williams demonstrated her dominance in tennis Saturday, capturing her sixth Wimbledon title, the Associated Press reports. Williams defeated Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain 6-4, 6-4, during the women’s final at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. Williams, 33, is within reach of a distinction last achieved by Steffi Graf, who won a…

Two mental-health counselors accused of being romantically involved with inmates under their care at New York City’s Rikers Island jail have resigned from their jobs, reports the New York Daily News. The two counselors, identified by sources as Kristina Rodriguez and Nicole Menna, resigned from Corizon, an independent company hired by the city to provide…