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Fla. Teen Loses Battle to Cancer Weeks After Going to Prom With NFL Player Sen’Derrick Marks
A Jacksonville, Fla., teen who went on a dream date to her high school prom earlier this month with Jaguars tackle Sen’Derrick Marks has passed away following a long bout with cancer, reports the Florida Times-Union. Khameyea Jennings, 18, died Thursday after a battle with liver cancer, which was diagnosed in 2013, said Cindy Hamilton,…
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Protests, Arrests in Cleveland After Judge Acquits Cop in Deaths of Unarmed Couple Shot at 137 Times
Protests erupted in Cleveland Saturday after a judge found a white officer not guilty in the deaths of two unarmed black motorists who were shot at 137 times by police after a high-speed chase in November 2012, according to NBC News. Cuyahoga County judge John P. O’Donnell on Saturday found Michael Brelo, 31, not guilty…
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Ex-Va. Delegate in Antebellum Family Portrait Plans to Marry Teen Baby Mama
Just days after a former Virginia House delegate took a hit on social media for posing in an antebellum family portrait with the teenage mother of his child, Joe Morrissey announced plans to marry the 19-year-old African-American woman, reports Richmond Magazine. Morrissey, 57, who is white, last week publicly acknowledged fathering a child with the…
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Cleveland Officer Found Not Guilty on All Counts in Deadly Chase
On Saturday a judge found Brelo, 31, who is white, not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, who were both black, according to NBC News. In the case, he stood on the hood of the couple’s vehicle and fired multiple shots through the windshield. Experts testified at the…
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World’s Oldest Person, Jeralean Talley, Marks 116th Birthday
Nearly a month after gerontology experts named Jeralean Talley the world’s oldest person, USA Today reports, the Detroit-area woman is celebrating yet another milestone: her 116th birthday. Talley was born in Montrose, Ga., on May 23, 1899, and has lived in Michigan since 1935, the report says. Relatives tell the newspaper that she remains active and…
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Watch: Virginia Cop Uses Taser on Black Driver Having Medical Emergency
Disturbing police body-camera videos show a Fredericksburg, Va., police officer using a Taser and pepper spray on a motionless and silent driver who was having a medical emergency, according to WTOP News. The incident occurred on May 4 about 5 p.m. after three officers responded to multiple calls for a hit-and-run and driver traveling in…
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Brothers Johnson Bassist Louis Johnson Dies at 60
Louis Johnson, bassist for the popular 1970s group the Brothers Johnson, whose “Strawberry Letter 23” and “I’ll Be Good to You” have become staples at family reunions and other parties, died Thursday, Rolling Stone reports. He was 60. In his heyday, Johnson, a native of Los Angeles who was a self-taught musician, was much in…
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Black Soldier Killed in Iraq Gets Justice
A British court sentenced a London cabdriver to life in prison Friday for the murder of a U.S. soldier in Iraq in a roadside bombing in 2007. As NBC News reports, for the family of Sgt. Randy Johnson, this case was a rare opportunity to see a person involved in a service member’s death face…
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Reported NY Serial Killer Takes Plea Deal
Lucius Crawford has pleaded guilty to murdering three women in New York since 1993 and faces a sentence of 25 years to life, the New York Post reports. Crawford, who is originally from Charleston, S.C., admitted to killing two women in 1993 and 1994, as well as another woman in 2012, after being confronted by…
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Olympia, Wash., Officer Shoots Unarmed Black Men Who Allegedly Attempted to Steal Beer
Two Olympia, Wash., stepbrothers are suspected of attempting to steal beer from a grocery store on Thursday. The men, however, who were unarmed, are now in the hospital after a confrontation with local law enforcement during which the brothers were shot, the Associated Press reports. A police officer claims that he was assaulted by one…