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August 5, 2016
George Zimmerman was assaulted by a man at a restaurant who punched him in the face after hearing him brag…
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August 5, 2016
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — ABC's hit comedy "black-ish" dwells on an African-American family, but Kenya Barris, the show's creator,…
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August 4, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the massacre of nine black parishioners at a Charleston…
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August 4, 2016
A Gary, Indiana, woman says that she was kicked out of a store for wearing a niqab and hijab, and…
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August 4, 2016
Jason Wilson isn't here for the idea that boys don't cry...
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August 4, 2016
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The lone surviving Ku Klux Klansman imprisoned for killing four black girls in a church bombing…
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August 4, 2016
NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — Fire officials are investigating after a blaze damaged the western New York apartment of a…
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August 3, 2016
Joyce Quaweay was beaten to death by her boyfriend and his best friend because he felt that she was not…
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August 3, 2016
Democratic strategist and CNN commentator Angela Rye is not taking any nonsense on air. On Tuesday, Rye appeared on a panel in…
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August 3, 2016
Recently, a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles captured national headlines when it shut down the 405 Freeway, but…
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August 3, 2016
It’s finally happening: Frank Ocean is giving us a new album. Fans have been anticipating Boys Don’t Cry since its announcement last…
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August 3, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyh4ZdTnD-k Makana Milho, a transgender woman in Hawaii, secretly recorded her supervisor’s creepy sexual harassment and put the whole thing…
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August 3, 2016
Three Chicago police officers have been relieved following the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last week, as the police superintendent…
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August 3, 2016
When Beyoncé came out with “Lemonade,” the one lyric that everyone was talking about came from the song “Sorry” and included…
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August 3, 2016
Jonathan Greer used to be a pastor at the Mt. Sterling Baptist Church in Butler, Alabama, but he was unanimously voted…
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August 3, 2016
Two teenage boys recently opened fire on police officers, but their parents are blaming the Black Lives Matter movement for…
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August 3, 2016
Jason Mitchell, of Straight Outta Compton fame, is in hot water after he allegedly assaulted an 18-year-old woman, grabbing her and throwing…
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August 3, 2016
A former high school basketball star is now facing a 25-year sentence after having shot down a former basketball opponent…