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Watch: Md. Substitute Teacher Reportedly Beats Students With Belt
A Prince George’s County, Md., substitute teacher has been suspended after video footage appeared on WorldStarHipHop that shows the teacher beating students with a belt. On May 15 a student at Gwynn Park Middle School in Brandywine, Md., recorded footage that appears to show a substitute teacher striking several students with a belt while other…
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Noninvasive Colon-Cancer Screening Shows Promising Results for African Americans
Clinical trial results for a noninvasive colon-cancer test approved last year by the Food and Drug Administration indicate that it is promising as an effective alternative to colonoscopy for African Americans, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The DNA-screening method, called stool DNA (sDNA), detected precancer in African Americans at…
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African-American Lawmakers Launch Initiative to Increase Diversity in the Tech Industry
The Congressional Black Caucus is taking action to address the lack of diversity at tech-industry giants like Facebook and Google. It’s hosting an event Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to launch the CBC Tech 2020 initiative, The Hill reports. The event, which will take place at the Library of Congress, will outline diversity; discuss best practices; present…
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College-Bound Student Turns Down All 8 Ivy Leagues for University of Ala.
Ronald Nelson is book-smart but also money-smart, with an eye for long-term thinking, it seems. The high school senior was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools but opted to turn them all down, as well as other prestigious schools like Stanford and Johns Hopkins, to accept a full scholarship at the University of Alabama,…
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Study: Suicide Rate Among Young Black Boys Increases
The suicide rate among elementary school children has been stable over the past 20 years, but according to a new study, a closer look reveals that there has been a significant increase in the number of young black boys committing suicide, Raw Story reports. That uptick has been masked by the proportionate decrease in the…
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NYC Twin Sentenced to 1-4 Years for Robbing 85-Year-Old ‘Sugar Daddy’
A judge has issued one sentence in the case of a pair of New York City twins who were charged after they reportedly tied up and stole cash from a 85-year-old “sugar daddy” they met through a dating website that matches older, wealthier men with younger women. According to the New York Daily News, 17-year-old…
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Biker Clubs Instead of Thugs? This Is How Racism Works
On Sunday in Waco, Texas, violence erupted when an altercation between members of two rival motorcycle gangs spilled out from a bathroom at the Twin Peaks restaurant into the main area of the eatery and eventually into the parking lot. When it was over, the bloody encounter left nine dead and over a dozen people…
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Ala. Man Receives Death Threats for Removing Confederate Flags From Grave Sites
Myron Penn, a prominent attorney in Union Springs, Ala., removed small Confederate flags that were placed at the grave sites of Confederate soldiers in a local cemetery, WSFA reports. As a result, he has drawn the ire of some locals. Penn explained why he felt compelled to remove the flags. “The reason why we picked…
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Jackson, Miss., Officer Injured in Weekend Shooting
A Jackson, Miss., officer was injured during a shooting Sunday night in an incident that reportedly left the local Police Department stunned, according to the Clarion-Ledger, coming just a week after the shooting deaths of two other police officers. No one was killed in the latest incident, but several shots were fired, one of which…
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Mo. Jury Recommends 60-Year Sentence for Former College Wrestler Convicted of Exposing Man to HIV
A St. Charles County, Mo., jury recommended six decades in prison for 23-year-old Michael L. Johnson, who was convicted of infecting one of his sexual partners with HIV, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the jury recommended a 30-year sentence for infecting one partner with the virus that causes AIDS. With Johnson’s other…