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https://twitter.com/WBRCnews/status/869551978103414786 Jordan Blackwell is the real definition of a superhero. The Mississippi teenager died while risking his life by shielding his 15-year-old cousin, Caleb, from the bullets when suspect Willie Cory Godbolt came into their Brookhaven home and fired shots. According to the Associated Press, it started when Godbolt burst into the living room where the […]

The university's pioneering student raps about the African-American experience—from slavery to police violence.

Timothy Loehmann was fired for lying on his application with the Cleveland police department, not for killing Tamir, reports say.

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Ben Jeanty, 27, graduated with his father, Duvinson, a Haitian immigrant who drove an NJ Transit bus for more than 25 years, from college on the same day.

Another person tried to justify blackface this week when a makeup artist “transformed” a White woman into a Black woman via the magic of makeup. The Instagram account @PaintDatFace posted a picture to their account, giving the disclaimer: “This is a transformation that I’ve been holding back from releasing for a while now, solely because of the fear I’ve […]

School awards can sometimes be a controversial tradition depending on who you ask. From “most popular” to “most likely to succeed,” the titles could be a celebration of school or a reminder of how some people were left out. One Texas school teacher took things to a whole new level when she had the nerve […]

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Ajibola and Adeboye Taiwo, a couple from western Nigeria, had been trying to conceive for 17 years and delivered six healthy babies at a Virginia hospital in mid-May.

LeDajrick Cox defended a female friend from cat-callers before the shooting.

Destinee Mangum, 16, said she and her friend would be dead without the heroes.

Tiger Woods, 41, was arrested early Monday in Jupiter, Florida, where he owns a home, on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Faith leaders met in Dallas, Texas, in May for Bishop TD Jakes' 2017 International Pastors and Leadership Conference.

A road rage incident that resulted in the arrest of the 2016 Miss Black Texas, Carmen Ponder, is being investigated. Ponder, a 23-year-old pre-law student at Texas A&M University-Commerce, shared on Twitter that she was driving when she was cut off by someone in a black truck. She thought the driver might be drunk, so she […]