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Ohio Man Claims Employer Ordered Him to Cut Dreads or Be Fired
Charles Craddock of Cleveland is studying mechanics at a local community college, and he needs a steady job to help pay his tuition, ABC News reports. So it was a godsend when the 20-year-old landed a job recently as a food-service associate at Cedar Point amusement park, which describes itself as the “roller coaster capital…
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Baltimore 6 File Motion to Toss Case and Remove Marilyn Mosby
In a court motion filed Friday, lawyers for six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray called for the charges to be dismissed and/or for State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby to be removed from the case, according to Time magazine. The papers filed in Baltimore City District Court list multiple concerns, CNN…
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‘White Appreciation Day’ to Be Held at Latino-Owned Restaurant in Colo.
What began as a joke for Edgar Antillon, the Latino owner of a barbecue restaurant in Milliken, Colo., has become, well, a thing that shows America’s race problem is not limited to policing. NBC News is reporting that Antillon plans to host “White Appreciation Day” on June 11 at his Rubbin’ Buttz restaurant, offering white…
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Watch: Dash-Cam Footage Appears to Show Del. Cop Kicking Black Suspect in the Face
In August 2013, Dover, Del., police officers were responding to a call regarding a major fight happening outside a Hess gas station. When the first units arrived, the men involved in the melee ran. Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, 41, and another officer responded to the scene and began searching for men who may have been…
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214 Out of 234 Former Boko Haram Hostages Are Reportedly Pregnant
The world is already aware that many of the women and girls abducted by Boko Haram have been sexually assaulted and forced to convert to Islam and then into marriage. Now it is being reported that some 214 out of the 234 women and girls who were recently rescued by Nigerian authorities are visibly pregnant,…
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Jesus Saves: Kids Use Bible to Stop Bully
Pasadena, Texas, siblings Phoenix Walywyn, 8, and her 7-year-old brother, Kingston Walwyn, were tired of being bullied on the bus home from school. “It made me feel like I wanted to yell at him,” Phoenix told news station KHOU. “I wanted to say [something] back to him,” Kingston added. They resisted the urge to confront…
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Jeb Bush Used State Funds to Invest in Porn Company: Report
In 2005, then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took $1.3 million out of his state’s pension fund to invest in Movie Gallery, a now-defunct video-rental company known for its wide selection of pornographic films. Political observers predict that the investment might come back to haunt Bush now that he’s seeking the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election,…
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Surprise! This Woman Didn’t Know She Was 8 Months Pregnant
The couple were at a concert in California when he placed his hands on her belly and felt the baby kick. Only problem was, neither of them knew she was pregnant. “I felt the baby kick and I looked at her and said, ‘I think you’re definitely pregnant,'” Jarryd Gorman told CBS Los Angeles. “We…
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Harlem Globetrotters Teach Pope Francis Some Tricks While Touring Italy
Spinning a basketball on your finger is easy when the Harlem Globetrotters are your teachers. Just ask Pope Francis, who was captured attempting the trick in St. Peter’s Square Wednesday while meeting with the team, Fox News Latino reports. The pope, who met the Globetrotters during his weekly general audience, was given a framed jersey…
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Google Plans to Invest $150 Million in Diversity Initiatives
Google is upping the ante in the quest for diversity. The tech giant plans to spend $150 million on an extensive campaign to bring more women and racial minorities into the industry, USA Today reported in an exclusive interview with Nancy Lee, Google’s vice president of people operations. Last year the company spent some $115…