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Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Giving Butt Injections to Woman Who Later Died
Vinnie Lysander Taylor, 44, was sentenced by a federal judge to 14 years in prison for illegally giving a woman silicone butt injections days before her death, according to the Washington Post. Taylor would travel around the country injecting women with silicone to give them larger buttocks. This particular woman in Maryland died a few…
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Man Dead After Date With Woman He Met Online
A Florida man was found dead in his home after reportedly going on a date with a woman he met online. Adam Hilarie, 27, met Hailey Rose Bustos, 18, for an arranged date after they met on an online dating site, according to WSB-TV Atlanta. After their date, he apparently dropped her off. Then she…
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Tenn. Father Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Daughter Fails Drug Test
Timothy Batts, the man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter, Timea Lashay Batts, has reportedly failed his drug screening after bonding out of jail, according to CBS News. Sumner Country, Tenn., District Attorney Ray Whitley broke the news to several news outlets and also mentioned that he has filed a motion to revoke Batts’ bond. Batts, who…
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Broadway Dancer Admits to Killing Boyfriend Via Facebook Post
Marcus Bellamy, a 32-year-old dancer on the Broadway stage, allegedly murdered his boyfriend, Bernardo Almonte, in their walkup in the Bronx borough of New York City and then took to Facebook to confess, according to the New York Daily News. “Forgive me,” he wrote Friday after reportedly beating and strangling Almonte. “I did it for love.…
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NYC Family Loses 2nd Son to Gun Violence
On Wednesday, at around 9:15 p.m., Dontay Gordon, 17, along with a 21-year-old friend, were on College Ave. near East 170th Street in the Claremont Village section of New York City’s Bronx borough when they were shot at by someone driving by in a livery cab, the New York Daily News reports. Dontay later died at Lincoln…
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Diana Ross Buys Ad Congratulating Daughter Tracee Ellis Ross on Emmy Nom
Someone is clearly proud of her daughter and wants everyone to know it. Tracee Ellis Ross was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the hit comedy show Black-ish, and her mama could not be more excited. The legendary Diana Ross gave her daughter…
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Legal, Media Experts Say White Supremacists Are Using Trump to Grow Numbers
White supremacists have found their guy. And will stop at nothing to ensure that he is elected. That was the sentiment expressed during a press call Wednesday in the wake of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s comments concerning Hillary Clinton and the Second Amendment. Legal, media and academic experts convened to discuss how white supremacists have embraced…
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How a Ga. Mom Is Promoting Social Awareness Through Black-Themed School Supplies
In a world where black people, especially black women, are underrepresented in many fields, one woman believed that this needed to change, and that it could start with something as simple as school supplies. And so Nneka, a young entrepreneur and military veteran who goes by one name, came up with the idea to start featuring black culture…
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Following Michael Brown Protest, Shots Fired as Car Hits Protester
On late Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, a young man was hit by a vehicle at a protest in Ferguson, Mo. Within 30 seconds of the collision, a series of gunshots erupted and could be heard along West Florissant Avenue, as reported by the New York Daily News. The incident, captured on video, involved…
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Gwen Ifill Wins John Chancellor Award
On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism announced that Gwen Ifill has been awarded the 2016 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. Ifill is the first African-American recipient in the award’s 21-year history. She not only is a political journalist but also serves as the co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, as…
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