Tuesday’s Morning Buzz: Craig Mack Dead at 46, Trump Fires Rex Tillerson and More

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Top stories for March 13 include the death of rapper and former Bad Boy artist Craig Mack and Donald Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Rapper Craig Mack Dead at 46

Rapper Craig Mack, best known for his hit 1994 single “Flava in Ya Ear,” has died of heart failure at 46 years old, according to the New York Daily News. Reportedly, he passed away on Monday at a hospital near his Walterboro, SC home.
-theGrio

Trump Fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all,” Trump said in the tweet.
-Twitter

White Student Accused of Smearing Bodily Fluids on Black Roommate’s Belongings will likely Avoid a Criminal Record

Monday,18-year-old Brianna Brochu, the former University of Hartford student — who was notoriously accused of harassing her Black roommate by smearing bodily fluids on the girl’s backpack and tampering with other items – received a special form of probation that could allow her to avoid a criminal record.
-theGrio

Police: Deadly Package Bombs that Killed 2 in Austin are Linked, Possibly Hate Crimes

Authorities in Austin, Tex., say the three package bomb explosions that killed two people and injured two others within the last two weeks are related and could be hate crimes. Police officials now believe that the package bomb that killed a teenager and wounded a woman on Monday is linked to a similar attackthat killed a man in another part of the city earlier this month.