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On Tuesday, recently acquitted George Zimmerman (pictured) was pulled over by police for speeding, making this the second time he has been pulled over in…
BRUSSELS (AP) — Usain Bolt plans to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Bolt said Wednesday he wants to win more gold in Rio, set another world record in the 200 meters next year, and perhaps win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. “So far, (it) is after the Olympics in Rio,” […]
North Carolina pastor Makeda Pennycooke sent out a mass email asking that “only white people” greet visitors at the 9:00 a.m. service at Freedom House Church and her congregation…
A new autopsy report contradicts the original autopsy that cited the death of Kendrick Johnson as an accident. The 17-year-old’s body was found January 11, 2013 inside a rolled up wrestling mat inside the gym of his high school in Valdosta, Georgia. CNN reports, the new autopsy contradicts the original findings that concluded Johnson’s death […]
The Marching 100 has returned to FAMU. The storied marching band known for its fancy footwork and its bombastic support of FAMU’s football team, the Rattlers, returned to the field this semester after a 653 day suspension. Robert Champion Jr., a member of the band was brutally beaten and died in a hazing incident in […]
DENVER (AP)— A secret meeting between a representative of the Wyoming chapter of the NAACP and a Ku Klux Klan organizer ended with the Klan organizer paying $50 to join the civil rights organization, participants said. Saturday’s meeting between Jimmy Simmons, president of the Casper NAACP, and John Abarr, a KKK organizer from Great Falls, […]
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado man who hid in the tank of a portable toilet at a yoga festival to spy on women has been sentenced to three years in prison and 10 years of probation. Luke Chrisco‘s sentence was handed down Friday in Boulder. The 31-year-old pleaded guilty in July to attempted unlawful […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade before one escaped and alerted authorities has been found dead and is believed to have committed suicide, a prison official said. Ariel Castro, 53, was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In a case that gave a legal airing to the debate over use of the N-word among blacks, a federal jury has rejected a black manager’s argument that it was a term of love and endearment when he aimed it at a black employee. Jurors awarded $30,000 in punitive damages Tuesday […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president said Tuesday that he was pleased Nelson Mandela had gone home from a hospital, saying it indicated the progress that the anti-apartheid leader had made even though he remains in critical condition. An ambulance returned 95-year-old Mandela to his Johannesburg house on Sunday, and the office of President Jacob […]
Fifty-four-year-old Allen Moye (pictured), who was reportedly stopped and frisked in Harlem three years ago, is suing N.Y.C. for false arrest, after a federal judge made…
The last day of the Electric Zoo Festival was canceled due to two people dying from an MDMA, or Molly, overdoses. Four other concert goers…
