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5 Dead, Others Injured at Maryland Newspaper; Alleged Shooter in Custody: Report [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018, 7:15 p.m. EDT: CNN’s Jake Tapper is reporting that the unidentified shooting suspect may have altered his fingerprints so that he could not be identified. According to a tweet, the gunman has been identified using facial-recognition software, but his name has not yet been released to the press. Earlier: A…
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Waitress in Mexico Writes N-Word on Texas Woman’s Bill
Some Houston residents were just trying to have a good time at a resort in Mexico but instead were faced with the n-word. The crew went to the Be Telum resort to relax and kick back, but instead, the opposite happened, which led them to return early from the vacation, WTRK-TV reports. Tiffani Janelle, a…
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Fenty Beauty Popped Out With a Pop-Up Shop!
Surprise! Fenty Beauty is hosting a series of pop-up shops in New York City to promote the release of its Moroccan Spice palette. The Moroccan-themed event started Wednesday at New York City’s Pennsylvania Plaza. The event was outdoors and was decorated nicely with Moroccan decor—including a hookah lounge. Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty has been a huge…
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What Makes Lash Extensions Worth It? An Expert Weighs In
Eyelash extensions are a beauty indulgence that many women have been itching to try. I even caved in and tried it, but like many others, the prices are what deterred me—a recent college grad—from keeping up with the trend. But if you’re going to invest, it’s safest to do so with an expert, like Clementina…
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Georgia Man Sentenced to Life in Prison 35 Years After Racially Motivated Murder of Black Man
After 35 years of evading justice, a white Georgia man will spend life in prison for the murder of a black man. On Tuesday, Frank Gebhardt, now 60, was convicted of murder in the 1983 death of Timothy Coggins. Witnesses say Coggins was stabbed 30 times and dragged behind a pickup truck for dating a…
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Baller Alert: Is This the 2018 NBA Awards or the NBA Fashion Awards?
I don’t know much about sports, but what I do know is that NBA players have been getting really adventurous with their outfits lately. Case in point: At the 2018 NBA Awards on Monday, there were plenty of players in the building, but while many likely need to stick to their basketball careers, a lot…
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Meghan Markle, Style Icon? The Duchess Is the 1st Royal Nominated for a Teen Choice Award
If there’s one thing we know about Meghan Markle, it’s that she’s #StyleGoals. Meghan is new to the royal game, but her style has been creating lots of buzz (including around our office, where reviews are mixed but optimistic). One would have thought that by now a royal would have been nominated for a Teen…
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Meet the 1st Black Brewers of Georgia
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a black-owned brewery. Out of the 66 breweries in Georgia, only one is owned by black people: Down Home Brewing Co. Chris Reeves and William Allen Moore, the two men behind the brewery, started canning beer in March 2018 at BlueTarp, Georgia’s smallest production brewery, east of downtown…
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Michelle Alexander Joins the New York Times Opinion Pages as Full-Time Columnist
Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, will become a columnist for the New York Times Opinion pages, the Times announced Thursday. The book has captured and still captures national attention, won the NAACP’s Image Award for Outstanding Nonfiction in 2011 and was a…
