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Fire at Historic SC Black Church Ruled ‘Natural’
There was reportedly no criminal intent behind the fire overnight Tuesday at a historic black church in Greeleyville, S.C. According to local investigators, along with the the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the blaze at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church must have been sparked by “natural causes,” according to reporting by NBC News.…
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Dustin Brown Stuns Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon
He was trained in his father’s home country of Jamaica but now plays for his mother’s native Germany, according to The Independent. Today Dustin Brown, ranked 102nd in the world, is celebrating a stunner in the tennis world, knocking out two-time Wimbledon champ Rafael Nadal in four sets: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. It’s the first time…
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Dylann Roof’s Sister Created GoFundMe Asking for Wedding, Honeymoon Donations After Emanuel AME Massacre
Talk about classy. Amber Roof, the sister of accused Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooter Dylann Roof, created a GoFundMe page asking for help financing her wedding and honeymoon, hoping to raise some $5,000, the Post and Courier reports. The page, which the news site notes has since been removed, had raised almost $1,500 of…
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Black Man Arrested After Admitting to Posting Racist Signs Outside Black Churches
A Colorado Springs, Colo., man was arrested Tuesday after admitting to local station KRDO that he was the one who posted racially charged signs outside two churches and around the city, KRDO reports. Vincent Broughton, who is black, faces charges of committing a bias-motivated crime, disorderly conduct, harassment and littering, the news site notes. The…
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SC Female Pastors Get Threatening Letters: ‘You and Your Children Will Die’
Three female pastors in South Carolina have received threatening letters, Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett has confirmed, WLTX reports. The letters addressed to the pastors of the Greater Union Cypress African Methodist Episcopal Church, Society Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church and Reeseville African Methodist Episcopal Church came from someone calling himself the apostle prophet Harry L.…
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Poll: Many Still See Confederate Flag as Symbol of Southern Pride
Even after the South Carolina church massacre during which nine African-American worshippers were fatally shot, and the subsequent public outcry that the Confederate flag be removed from the Statehouse, a new CNN/ORC poll shows that public opinion on the flag has not changed in 15 years. According to the poll, most still believe that the…
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Man Arrested Over $749 Cab Fare
On Saturday, John S. Williams Jr. and his children took a cab from Philadelphia to Uniontown, Pa., to surprise his fiancee, but the person who got the biggest surprise was the cabbie, who officials say had driven some 300 miles, only to be stiffed on the fare. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Williams, 35, told…
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Mom Takes Action After Catholic School Dismisses Kindergarten Son for Haircut
Jalyn Broussard went to kindergarten one day, proudly sporting a new hairstyle. But his modern fade quickly raised eyebrows among administrators at his Belmont, Calif., Catholic school. Officials called the 5-year-old’s mother to pick him up because his haircut violated the school’s standards. She was outraged. The school and Jalyn’s family reached a stalemate. According to…
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Purple Heart Veteran With PTSD Barred From Boarding NJ Bus Over Pit Bull Service Dog
Daniel Wright, a U.S. veteran, was just trying to get home from school when he was denied a bus ride on a New Jersey Transit bus because of his registered service dog, Tank, a pit bull, Fox News reports. According to Wright, a retired staff sergeant, he was coming home from school when he attempted…
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KKK Planning Protest Against Removal of Confederate Flag From SC Statehouse Grounds
While some people and political leaders across the nation are calling for the removal of Confederate symbols, others, the Ku Klux Klan included, are protesting on its behalf. According to the Post and Courier, the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan applied for a permit to hold a rally of 100-200 people on…