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Okla. Teen Gets Life in Prison for Shooting Death of Australian Student
An Oklahoma teen was sentenced to spend the remainder of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for the 2013 murder of an Australian student baseball player, Reuters reports. Chancey Luna was 16 when he and two other teenagers drove by 22-year-old Christopher Lane and shot him to death as he was jogging…
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Rachel Dolezal Decried Exodus Movie as ‘Highly Offensive’ for Portraying Ancient Egyptians as White
This morning in: irony. Turns out, former Spokane, Wash., NAACP President Rachel Dolezal was not a fan of Exodus, the embattled movie starring The Dark Knight trilogy’s Christian Bale as Moses. More specifically, she echoed a lot of the complaints that circled the movie last year, decrying the casting of white actors as ancient Egyptians. In an interview…
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Rachel Dolezal’s Older Brother Will Stand Trial in Molestation of Young Black Child
One reason Rachel Dolezal’s parents may have outed her as the white woman she is—since she’s been successfully masquerading as a black woman for years—is the role she may have played in her older brother’s standing trial in the sexual assault of a young black child, the Washington Post reports. Joshua Dolezal is Rachel Dolezal’s only…
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Norfolk, Va., Policeman Accused of Fatally Shooting David Latham Released on Bond
Norfolk, Va., Officer Michael Carlton Edington Jr., accused of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a mentally ill man, was released on a personal recognizance bond, the Virginian-Pilot reports. On June 6, 2014, David Latham’s family called 911 to get emergency psychiatric treatment for him. Latham, 35, was mentally ill and had previous interactions…
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NC Elementary School Teacher, Assistant Principal Resign Amid Controversy Over LGBT Fairy Tale
A North Carolina elementary school teacher and an assistant principal have resigned amid parental outrage over an LGBT-friendly fairy tale that was read to third-grade students at the school, the News & Observer reports. Teacher Omar Currie and Assistant Principal Meg Goodhand, from Efland-Cheeks Elementary School, officially submitted their resignation letters on Monday, an Orange…
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Obama Gives Props to Ambitious Teens Who Were Mentored by White House Aides
When one teen in the White House Mentorship and Leadership Program told President Barack Obama that he hoped to become attorney general one day, Obama broke down some of the steps the student would need to take in order to get closer to that goal. “I walked him through all the other steps: He had…
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Chicago Aldermen May Call for Termination of Police Chief as Violence Continues
Over this past weekend alone, four people were killed and 24 injured in Chicago, prompting new calls for the resignation of its police chief, Fox 32 News reports. According to the report, except for one fatal stabbing in the Uptown neighborhood, the other incidents took place on the South Side or West Side, which have…
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Michelle Obama Serves Up Summer Chicness in London While Promoting Girls’ Education
The ladies of the first family stepped off the plane in style Monday as Michelle Obama—with daughters Malia and Sasha in tow—prepared to promote her Let Girls Learn initiative across the pond, People reports. Obama, representing the United States oh so well in the fashion department, will meet with Prince Harry and British Prime Minister…
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Fla. Grand Jury to Hear Evidence in Fatal Police Shooting of Jermaine McBean
Homicide detectives have completed their investigation into the fatal police shooting of Jermaine McBean, the Florida man who was killed while carrying an unloaded pellet gun and who may have been wearing earbud headphones at the time, impairing his ability to hear the police. Detectives have turned the case over to the prosecutors, who will…
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Ala. Authorities Say Alleged Assault of White Family by Black Teens Is Not a Hate Crime
The police are continuing their investigation into an alleged attack on a white family by a group of black teens in Florence, Ala. Many people there want the authorities to label the incident a hate crime. But the authorities are ruling out that possibility for now. Investigator Shannon Harris says the police don’t believe it…