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‘They Brought Dogs’: Georgia Deputies Stop Bus Full of Female Lacrosse Players from Delaware State for a Minor Traffic Violation, Then Proceeded to Search Their Belongings for Drugs — None Was Found

May 11, 2022
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While returning from playing an away game in Florida, the women’s lacrosse team from one of only three historically Black colleges and universities in the North was pulled over by deputies Georgia troopers for a traffic stop. The coach of the team believes the officers racially profiled the students, asking them to admit to trafficking…

Starting next week, European Union won’t require masks on flights

May 11, 2022
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it hoped the decision would mark “a big step forward in the normalization of air travel.” BERLIN (AP) — The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities…

Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US

May 11, 2022
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Food and Drug Administration was “working around the clock to address any possible shortages WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because supply disruptions and a massive safety recall have swept many leading brands off store shelves. Months of spot shortages…

How Much Money Do YouTubers Really Make?

May 11, 2022
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Source: Kevin Samuels/Facebook Questions are still looming about the death of controversial YouTuber Kevin Samuels. Multiple reports have claimed that 32-year-old Ortensia Alcantara was with the polarizing relationship guru at his Atlanta apartment during his final moments. TMZ obtained the 911 call from Thursday’s tragic incident, where the young woman could be heard struggling to…

Bob Lanier, NBA force who left big shoes to fill, dies at 73

May 11, 2022
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Lanier, the left-handed Hall of Famer who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, died after a short illness. Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73. The NBA said Lanier died…

‘That Movie Almost Killed Us’: Marlon Wayans Says ‘White Chicks 2’ Won’t be Happening Anytime Soon

May 11, 2022
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Marlon Wayans is well aware that fans are clamoring for a sequel to his and Shawn Wayans’ iconic film “White Chicks,” but it likely will never happen. The comedian even counts his role in the film, as a CIA agent (Marcus) who goes undercover with his partner as a white chick, as one of his…

How Howard Students Found Happiness During Chaotic Year

May 11, 2022
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Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty When historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are in the news, it’s far too many times because of nothing good. In the last year, bomb threats, dorm issues, protests and technology problems were among some of the main headlines about Black college life reported by mainstream media. Those stories always…

President of HBCU Delaware State ‘incensed’ by sheriffs’ and dog’s search of team bus

May 11, 2022
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“We do not intend to let this or any other incident like it pass idly by,” University President Tony Allen said . SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The president of a historically Black college accused sheriff’s deputies in Georgia of intimidating and humiliating the school women’s lacrosse team when deputies pulled over the athletes’ bus and…

A Jim Crow-era law allowed split-jury convictions. Judges weigh should affected inmates remain imprisoned

May 11, 2022
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Attorneys with the Promise of Justice Initiative said the issue affects an estimated 1,500 people convicted before the U.S. Supreme Court prohibited such verdicts. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state Constitution provision allowing non-unanimous jury convictions was racially motivated — and whether the now-banned policy must be…

Three years later, say ‘Ronald Greene,’ and many think ‘cover-up.’ Nobody thinks ‘justice.’

May 11, 2022
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As Greene’s May 10, 2019, death has engulfed Louisiana’s premier law enforcement agency in controversy, it remains an open wound for a grieving family still seeking justice. MONROE, La. (AP) — Three years ago, when a beaten and bloody Ronald Greene drew his final breath on a rural roadside, his death in Louisiana State Police…