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R&B Legend Ben E. King Dies at 76
Ben E. King, the soul singer known for big hits like “Stand by Me,” has died of natural causes, according to his agent, who spoke to The Telegraph. The North Carolina-born singer was 76 years old. According to the BBC, King started his career in the late 1950s with the Drifters. Their midtempo love song…
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Man Who Recorded Freddie Gray Video Arrested, Claims Police Harassment Ever Since Footage Went Viral
Kevin Moore recorded video on April 12 of Freddie Gray being dragged into a police van by three Baltimore officers. Gray would die a week later from injuries sustained while in police custody. Since then, the video has gone viral and Baltimore has been set aflame by protesters demanding an explanation of what happened to…
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Md. Legislator Thinks Cutting Parents’ Food Stamps Would Stop Baltimore Protest
A Republican member of the Maryland General Assembly thinks he may have a way to stop the rioting in Baltimore and quell what he deemed “Thug Nation”: Take away food stamps. Maryland state Del. Pat McDonough appeared on a conservative radio program and agreed with a caller who suggested that the way to end rioting…
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And the Presidential Library Goes to …
For months there has been speculation that three places—New York, Chicago and Hawaii—were the front-runners to land the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum, and now there appears to be a clear winner. According to the Chicago Tribune, the president’s birthplace (Hawaii) and New York (where the president earned his undergraduate degree) were both close to…
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AT&T Fires President Over Racist Memes
Knoyme King, a 50-year-old assistant at AT&T, says that she was asked to transfer data from her boss’s old phone to his new phone and found racist memes that were offensive to African Americans. That discovery, along with being denied promotions and getting meager salary raises, King said, led her to file a $100 million…
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Baltimore Police Finish Investigation Into Freddie Gray’s Death
The Baltimore Police Department has finished its investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, the young, unarmed black man who was injured in its custody and later succumbed to his injuries. The department handed its findings over to the state’s attorney on Thursday, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the van that…
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Baltimore Teen Encouraged by Parents to Turn Himself in Is Held on $500,000 Bail, Faces Life in Prison
Allen Bullock, the 18-year-old seen in photos smashing in a police car with a traffic cone, turned himself in after being encouraged by his parents. But now he is being held on $500,000 bail, an amount his parents cannot afford, The Guardian reports. Bullock faces charges of rioting and malicious destruction of property, among other…
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Freddie Gray Protests Spread Across US Cities
Rallies spread to different U.S. cities overnight as protesters marched in solidarity with the latest alleged victim of police brutality, Baltimore’s Freddie Gray. According to NBC News, hundreds gathered in New York City’s Union Square on Wednesday, picking up protesters as they marched to different areas of the city and growing to a force of more…
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Memphis Teen Who Was Accepted at All 8 Ivy League Schools Is Headed to …
Because of health concerns, doctors once suggested that Dellarontay Readus’ mother not carry her pregnancy to term. She wouldn’t hear of it. Instead she had the boy and raised him on her own. On Tuesday Readus, who was accepted at all eight Ivy League institutions, announced that he is heading to Stanford University. “I would…
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SC Prep School Investigating Photo of Black Students With Nooses Drawn on Necks
A South Carolina independent college-preparatory school has launched an investigation after attention was drawn to a photo circulating of black students with nooses stenciled around their necks, the Greenville News reports. The headmaster at Christ Church Episcopal School, Leonard Kupersmith, said that the photo was created on Snapchat and was shared via text messages before…