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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Share Loss of Third Child During Pregnancy: 'We Love You, Jack'
In a painful and deeply personal message posted late Wednesday on Instagram, Chrissy Teigen shared that she and husband John Legend lost their third child, a son they had been calling âJack.â The post came just days after Teigen revealed her worsening pregnancy complications. âWe are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you…
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A Fact Worth Remembering From Tuesdayâs Debate Debacle: 1 in 1,000 Black Americans Have Died This Year Because of the Coronavirus
Buried in last nightâs âpresidentialâ debate, which was mostly a melee of aggressive interruptions and President Donald Trumpâs staunch refusal to disavow white supremacists (in fact, calling one such group to attention), was a painful and important fact: To date, 1 in 1,000 Black Americans have been killed by COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.…
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron Requests Delay in Releasing Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recordings, Citing Privacy Issues [Updated]
Earlier this week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said he would not interfere with a judgeâs order to release recordings of the grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylorâs case to the court, as part of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankisonâs case file. But according to a motion filed on Tuesday, Cameron is now seeking…
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Kamala-Con: Maya Rudolph Gushes About Finally Meeting Sen. Harris IRL
Comedian Maya Rudolphâs impersonation of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris was impressive enough to net her an Emmy last week, but Rudolph feels like thereâs still room for improvementâparticularly after meeting the potential veep in real life recently. âI got to meet her, and she is so fantastic. She is so incredible, she is…
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Armed Campus Police in Texas Bombard Black Studentâs Dorm Room After Classmates File False Report
Lashondra Evans canât stop thinking about all that could have gone wrong the night campus police showed up at her daughterâs dorm room. It had been only a few weeks since 17-year-old Christin Evansâ parents saw her away to college. She had been recruited to cheer at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas,…
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Daniel Cameron Says He Will Release Grand Jury Recordings in Breonna Taylor Indictment After Juror Calls Out Process
Did Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron tell the truth about his officeâs presentation to the grand jury in the Breonna Taylor case? We could soon find out. Hours after a jury member accused Cameron of using the grand jury as a âshield to deflect accountability and responsibility,â the attorney general announced Monday that he will…
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Federal Charges for Black Lives Matter Protesters Even More Appalling in Light of Breonna Taylor Indictment
In light of the charges filed against former Louisville Metro police officer Brett Hankison in Kentucky last week, civil liberties advocates and news outlets have taken a harder look at how police and prosecutorsâ offices have been charging Black Lives Matter protesters arrested during nationwide demonstrations this year. Among them is the news website Insider,…
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Ballistics Report Seems to Contradict Kentucky AGâs Claim That Breonna Taylorâs Boyfriend Shot, Injured LMPD Officer
On March 13, 32 bullets tore through Breonna Taylorâs apartment. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Louisville Metro Police claimed Taylorâs boyfriend Kenneth Walker fired first, and that he injured one officer in the leg with that shot. That first shot is a significant one: because of it, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said…
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Ex-Employee Says Whataburger Forced Her Out After a White Woman Complained About Her BLM Mask. Sheâs Calling for a Boycott.
A 19-year-old Black woman is calling for the public to boycott Whataburger after she filed a discrimination complaint against the company this week, claiming the company forced her out of her job last month because she wore a âBlack Lives Matterâ mask. MaâKiya Congious, 19, was working at an East Fort Worth, Texas, location of…
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Attica Scott, the Only Black Woman in Kentucky's State Legislature, Arrested for Felony Rioting During Breonna Taylor Protest
People continued marching through the streets of Louisville Thursday night to protest the meager charges brought against the Louisville Metro Police department in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Among them was one Rep. Attica Scott (D), the only Black female representative in Kentuckyâs state legislature and the lawmaker who has proposed the stateâs most substantive…
