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Adults Told Black Girl Scouts Protesting Animal Cruelty to ‘Go Back to Baltimore’
The members of a Maryland Girl Scouts troop—the Chesapeake Bay Troop 176—attended a public meeting of the Animal Care and Control Oversight Commission in Cecil County, Md., to protest the mistreatment of animals at a county animal-control facility. The Girl Scouts were allegedly told by a group of adults to “go back to Baltimore, where…
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Shots Fired Into Tenn. Church
Shots were fired into a Memphis, Tenn., church early Thursday morning during a choir rehearsal, WMC Action News reports. There was a bullet in the wall of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, the news station reports. No one was present at the time of the shooting. A pastor noticed the bullet in the front door,…
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10-Year-Old Hero Pulls 2 Kids Out of Burning Mobile Home in Fla.
When a fire broke out early Tuesday morning inside a mobile home in Orange County, Fla., Isiah Francis leaped into action, even though he’s only 10, WFTV reports. The boy rushed into the burning home and successfully pulled two young children out of the blaze with the help of his friend, 11-year-old Jeremiah Grimes. The…
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Woman Suspended From Job Over McKinney Pool Fight Denies Using Racist Slurs
One of the white women seen on video in a scuffle with black teens in a fight at the notorious McKinney, Texas, pool party is now defending her name, insisting at a press conference in Los Angeles Tuesday that she never said anything racist toward the teens, the Dallas Morning News reports. Tracey Carver told…
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Kan. Family Files Claim Against Wichita Police Officers in 2014 Shooting Death of Mentally Ill Vet
The city of Wichita, Kan., released a copy Tuesday of the full claim document that a grieving family filed against the city claiming that Icarus Randolph, a Marine veteran struggling with his mental health, was needlessly and wrongly shot by a police officer who ignored the Wichita Police Department’s policy on engaging mentally ill individuals,…
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Deadline for Legal Status Passes in Dominican Republic; What Happens to Haitian Families?
Tensions are high in the Dominican Republic, and communities around the world are watching. The deadline for Dominicans of Haitian descent to produce paperwork to apply for legal residency has passed, and many are worried about when the government will begin deporting them to Haiti. More than 200,000 undocumented immigrants living in the Dominican Republic…
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Rachel Dolezal’s Older Brother Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Her: Report
Rachel Dolezal may have accused her older, biological brother, Joshua Dolezal, of sexually attacking her when she was a teenager, and forcing her to look at nude photos in a National Geographic magazine, according to court documents obtained by TMZ and BuzzFeed. According to the documents, Joshua Dolezal has been charged with four counts of sexual…
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FBI Examines Whether Assault on Black Man Thrown Onto Train Tracks and Beaten Is Federal Hate Crime
The FBI is examining whether a nearly fatal attack on a black man at a Pittsburgh train station was a federal hate crime, WTAE-TV reports. Ryan Kyle, 21, faces the most serious charges among the five white men who allegedly attacked 55-year-old Kevin Lockett May 30. State authorities charged Kyle with attempted homicide, ethnic intimidation,…
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WNBA Star Donates Half Her Salary to Preventing Deaths From Sudden Cardiac Arrest
The New York Liberty’s Tina Charles will again donate half of her WNBA salary to Hopey’s Heart, the foundation she established in honor of her beloved aunt, Maureen “Hopey” Vaz, who died of multiple organ failure in 2013, the Associated Press reports. According to the foundation’s website, “Hopey was known for having a very giving…
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Ohio Family Accuses Police of Using Excessive Force in Fairfield Pool Incident
Fairfield, Ohio, police and a local family are disagreeing on almost every point of an altercation last week that led to the arrest of two adults, Krystal and Maya Dixon, and two children, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The family is accusing the officers of using excessive force against its members, while the police are saying that…