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5 NY Hasidic Men Arrested in the Beating of a Black Gay Man
Police arrested five Hasidic men Wednesday in a mob attack against a gay black man in a case that was initially investigated as a bias attack, the New York Daily News reports. After a night of partying last December, fashion student Taj Patterson, 22, told authorities that he was headed to his home in Fort…
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Richard Sherman, NFL Players School Harvard Students on Race
Richard Sherman wants to make a couple of things clear: First, he was fully aware of the impact that his NFC championship game rant would cause and second, and maybe more importantly, he liked it that way. On Wednesday, the outspoken Seattle Seahawks cornerback told a standing-room-only crowd at the Harvard Business School that the…
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Chris Brown’s Bodyguard Denied Immunity; Trial Delayed
Looks as if Chris Brown will have to wait to learn his fate regarding the alleged beating of a Maryland man. His trial, which was set to begin in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, has been put on hold for months and could be delayed as long as a year, the Associated Press reports. Brown’s bodyguard, Christopher…
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The Man Police Forgot to Lock Up for 13 Years Now Wants to Be Set Free
A St. Louis, Mo., man was convicted in May 2000 of robbing a Burger King and told that he would receive instructions about when and where to report to prison. He waited. The instructions never arrived. While waiting, he got married … twice, raised four children, trained as a carpenter, and started a home-improvement company.…
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You Won’t Believe What Oprah’s Ex-Stepmom Has to Say About Her
Oprah Winfrey called her stepmother on her birthday and told her she had only a few days to get out of the house she had shared with Oprah’s father for over a dozen years. That is just one of the scandalous claims that Barbara Winfrey made about the media mogul in an explosive interview with…
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Jon Bon Jovi Helps Open Low-Income Housing in Philly
On Tuesday, rock star Jon Bon Jovi helped cut the ribbon on a 55-unit housing development for formerly homeless and low-income residents in Philadelphia, the Associated Press reports. After some 18 months of construction, JBJ Soul Homes opened in the Francisville neighborhood. The four-story building also will include retail and office space. Bon Jovi’s Soul…
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Paul Ryan to Meet With CBC After Remarks Called Racially Insensitive
After making what many in the black community deemed racially insensitive comments last month, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is scheduled to meet later this week with the Congressional Black Caucus. According to NBC News, the meeting is ostensibly about the issue of poverty. But Ryan also will have to clear up comments he…
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Mom Charged After Tossing Newborn in Trash
A South Carolina woman has been charged with attempted murder and child abandonment after she threw her newborn in a trash can, NBC News reports. According to the news station, police arrested Sharon Lenise Ferguson, 28, shortly after a neighbor who followed a trail of blood to the family’s trash can found the boy wrapped…
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Chris Brown’s Bodyguard Guilty of Assault
On a punching power scale of 1 to 10, Chris Brown is around a 6. His bodyguard’s punch tips the scale at 10. This was the testimony of Parker Adams, an art student who was asked to evaluate the two men’s punching strength in the trial of Brown’s bodyguard, Chris Hollosy, whom Adams alleged beat…
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4 Men Charged With Attempted Murder in Mob Beating of Detroit Motorist
A judge has ruled that four Detroit men accused of beating a driver who accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy will stand trial on attempted murder charges. On Monday, Judge Thomas Jackson found probable cause to move the case to trial after hearing witnesses testify that driver Steve Utash was repeatedly kicked and punched by the…
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