Thursday’s Morning Buzz: Ben Carson Changes HUD’s Mission Statement, Rachel Dolezal has a New Netflix Documentary, and More

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Top stories for March 8, 2018 include Ben Carson changing HUD’s mission statement, Michelle Obama having a dance party with a famous two-year-old and more.

Ben Carson Removes Anti-Discrimination Language from HUD’s Mission Statement

Secretary Ben Carson is changing the Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) mission and omitting words that are clearly anti-discrimination. The omitted words are “inclusive” and “free from discrimination.” Amy Thompson, the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs, said the change was “an effort to align HUD’s mission with the Secretary’s priorities and that of the Administration.”
-theGrio

Mother of little girl who met Michelle Obama talks to The Grio about their unforgettable afternoon

When Jessica Curry took her 2-year-old daughter, Parker to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., a museum that they have visited many times before, she never expected her little girl would become a viral sensation and an inspiration to people all over the world. Parker and her family experienced a moment of a lifetime when they received an invitation to meet the former First Lady at her D.C. office. TheGrio caught up with Jessica what it was like hanging out with Queen Michelle.
-theGrio

Dwyane Wade Gets Warm Welcome at Surprise Visit to Parkland High School

Dwyane Wade paid a surprise visit to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School to thank students for their inspiring response to last month’s mass shooting at their Parkland, FL, campus. Wade is just one of the many celebrities who has called for increased awareness around gun safety in the wake of the massacre. Excited students and faculty posted pictures and video all over social media when word got around that the Miami Heat basketball star had dropped by.
-theGrio

Parkland school shooting suspect indicted on 17 counts of murder

Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was formally charged Wednesday with 17 counts of first-degree murder, which could mean a death sentence if he is convicted. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale also charges the 19-year-old with 17 counts of attempted murder for the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in which 17 people died and more than a dozen others were wounded.
-Associated Press via theGrio

Netflix Debuts Trailer for a New Rachel Dolezal Documentary

“Trans-racial” activist Rachel Dolezal is back in the news now that Netfilx has debuted the trailer for her new documentary called The Rachel Divide. Filmmaker Laura Brownson spent two years following Dolezal and her sons. Dolezal made headlines in 2015 as the head of the Spokene, WA NAACP chapter when she was exposed as a white woman falsely claiming to be African-American.
-Vulture