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March 1, 2016
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four white men convicted in the 2011 beating and rundown death of a black autoworker in…
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February 29, 2016
Melanie Roberts was celebrating her 50th birthday in style. Roberts, along with her friends, traveled to New York City to…
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February 29, 2016
At the Oscars last night, Chris Rock called out Jada Pinkett-Smith for her call to boycott the awards ceremony, and…
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February 29, 2016
Daisy Belle Ward was born on February 29, 1916, making her the oldest living person born on leap day. Because…
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February 29, 2016
Somebody on Total Beauty's Twitter account dropped the ball.
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February 29, 2016
Members of the congregation at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Alabama couldn't get inside the church Sunday. So they…
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February 29, 2016
K. Michelle has announced her endorsement for Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, and fans are not at all happy…
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February 29, 2016
A young black couple who were killed in a police shooting last week were reportedly "unconscious" inside a vehicle when…
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February 29, 2016
Amid the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the ratings for this year's Oscars were the lowest ABC has seen in eight years...
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February 29, 2016
Orlando Brown is back in the headlines once more as he has alleged that his fellow That's So Raven star…
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February 29, 2016
Chris Rock hosted the Oscars last night in the middle of a huge #OscarsSoWhite controversy, and comedian Kevin Hart had…
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February 29, 2016
Stacey Dash is breaking her silence on her bizarre appearance alongside Chris Rock on the Oscars...
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February 28, 2016
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — "Creed" director Ryan Coogler says a benefit for residents affected by the lead-contaminated water crisis in…
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February 28, 2016
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary, drawing staggering support from the…
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February 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a…
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February 28, 2016
Melissa Harris-Perry may have just tweeted her final goodbye to her show and MSNBC.
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February 27, 2016
Tell us how you really feel about Black Lives Matter Bill Maher. In a segment for his HBO show Real…
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February 27, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Iowa high school students has been admonished for seemingly using Republican presidential…
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February 27, 2016
SLIDESHOW - With all the focus on Tom Brady and Eli Manning this weekend, theGrio is paying homage to the…
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February 26, 2016
Melissa Harris-Perry will not appear on her MSNBC show Saturday because she said she feels editorial control was taken from…