A flier insinuating that George Floyd’s death was because of drugs appeared on a Black History Month display at Duke University, causing a school-wide investigation into what officials are calling an “act of bias.”
What Black drivers are doing to protect themselves during traffic stops
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When Laura Coates' husband brought a dash camera home a few years ago, she rolled her eyes. There he goes buying yet another gadget, she remembers thinking. Then he took her hand and told her it was for her -- so s...
This Day in History: April 14
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1865: President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.; he would die the next day. Also on this day: 1841: Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is published.
XFL, CFL partnership could feature title game between championship teams: report
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Sources told FrontOfficeSports on Monday that a potential partnership between the XFL and CFL, previously announced back in March, could include a postseason title game between each of the league’s respective champio...
Queen Elizabeth ‘understands why’ Meghan Markle can’t travel for Prince Philip’s funeral: report
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"It was always a given that Harry would return to England for his grandfather's passing," a California source told People magazine, adding that after Philip's death the Duke and Duchess of Sussex "were in contact wit...
Derek Chauvin trial: Expert says cop was justified in pinning down George Floyd
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Taking the stand at Chauvin's murder trial, Barry Brodd, a former Santa Rosa, California, officer, said police don’t have to wait for something bad to happen; they need only have a reasonable fear that there's a thre...
Daunte Wright, George Floyd families unite in demanding change, justice following Brooklyn Center shooting
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The Wright and Floyd families joined prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and others on Tuesday afternoon in front of Minnesota's Hennepin County Courthouse, where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Ch...
California authorities received warnings of mother’s mental state in months before 3 kids killed: report
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Liliana Carrillo, 30, was "extremely paranoid" and had "lost touch with reality," her ex-boyfriend and the kids’ father, Erik Denton, said in court papers, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. He said that Carrillo...
TSU hires 1st-time coach Eddie George hoping for revival
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TSU, a historically Black college or university, introduced George at a news conference Tuesday inside the Gentry Center with the Aristocrat of Bands on hand. Athletic director Mikki Allen said his priority when hire...
Woman who fired into Burger King drive-thru window over wait time arrested: report
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Police in Tennessee arrested a woman they believe was responsible for a violent incident at a Burger King drive-thru last month. According to reports, the woman is believed to be the same person who allegedly fired a...
Billboards supporting Morgan Wallen pop up around Nashville following racial slur controversy: report
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Wallen, 27, was caught on camera in a leaked video in Februrary using the N-word, leading to big radio chains like iHeartRadio pulling his songs from stations. His record label Big Loud Records also suspended him. He...
Police officer jailed for breaking Black man’s knee in ‘clear case of racial profiling’
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A serving police officer from London's Metropolitan Police force has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after breaking a Black man's knee in what the judge called "a clear case of racial profilin...
This Day in History: April 13
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1999: Right-to-die advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian is sentenced in Pontiac, Mich., to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection of a Lou Gehrig’s disease patient. (Kevorkian would serve ei...