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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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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…
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NC’s GOP Elects Its 1st Black Party Chairman
Delegates to the 2015 North Carolina Republican State Convention took a major step toward diversity. They elected Hasan Harnett as the party’s chairman—the first African American to hold that position. Harnett says he can make the party more appealing to minorities, the Charlotte Observer reports. His June 6 victory was “a rebuke” of Craig Collins,…
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Golden State Warriors Snag 1st NBA Title Since 1975
The Golden State Warriors made their claim to the NBA title Tuesday night, ending the grueling showdown between the California team and the Cleveland Cavaliers, CNN reports. Tuesday night’s game was close, 105-97, with the Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Andrew Iguodala scoring 25 points each. Iguodala was named MVP of the series. “They were all in…
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Former Ga. ‘Miracle Baby’ Gets Anti-Bullying Book Published
When little Emmanuel Hawkins discovered that his mother had died at the hands of a “bully,” his confusion prompted his grandmother to help him write an anti-bullying book, featuring the active 11-year-old as a superhero, My Fox Atlanta reports. In 2003, while his mother, Tara Hawkins, was only three months pregnant, she was viciously attacked by…