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Black Women Are Still More Likely to Die From Breast CancerÂ
According to a recent study (pdf), black women are more likely than white women to die from breast cancer. The study, conducted by Mark Hurlbert, chief mission officer at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and Bijou Hunt, an epidemiologist at the Sinai Urban Health Institute, was conducted over the last decade and analyzed breast-cancer mortality…
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Bill Cosby's Attorneys File Motion to Drop Sexual Assault Case
Attorneys representing Bill Cosby filed a motion in court Thursday requesting that the sexual assault charges against him be dropped, the Los Angeles Times reports. The motion was filed in the Pennsylvania court where Cobsy is facing trial for a 2004 incident involving Andrea Constand, who was a Temple University basketball staffer at the time.…
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NJ Train in Hoboken Terminal Crash Was Going 21 MPH
The NJ Transit commuter train that crashed into the Hoboken Terminal was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact, the National Transportation Safety Board said, NBC News reports. New details about the Sept. 29 crash that killed one person and injured hundreds more were released in an agency update Thursday. The NTSB said…
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#FreeBresha Day of Action in Support of Teen Jailed for Killing Her Abusive Father
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 5, 8:30 p.m. EDT: The pretrial hearing for Bresha Meadows has been delayed because of “voluminous evidence being exchanged,” according to Bresha’s attorney Ian Friedman. “When we learned that Bresha was on suicide watch, we recognized the urgency of getting her released from jail,” said Mariame Kaba, a member of Survived & Punished…
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Donald Trump Appeared in Softcore-Porn Videos for Playboy Magazine
Donald Trump should have kept his mouth shut a few weeks ago when he attacked former Miss Universe Alicia Machado on Twitter, telling his followers to check out her âsex tape.â Andrew Kaczynski, formerly of BuzzFeed, now with CNN, has uncovered three videos Trump made for Playboy, dating back to 1994. In a video from…
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Atlantic Coast Prepares for Evacuations as Hurricane Matthew Approaches
The Atlantic coast is braced for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, a deadly storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph that is expected to make landfall Thursday. The New York Times reports that the governors of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have declared emergencies, and more than 7,800 National Guard soldiers were…
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sergeant Shot in Lancaster, Calif.
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 5, 8:33 p.m. EDT: Sergeant Steve Owen, a 29-year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, has died as a result of his injuries, the Los Angeles Times reports. Earlier: A Los Angeles County sheriffâs sergeant has been gravely wounded after being shot in the face Wednesday afternoon in Lancaster, Calif., 70…
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Damian Marley Is Turning Calif. Prison Into Pot FarmÂ
Damian Marley is turning a California prison that formerly housed nonviolent drug offenders into a cannabis-cultivation facility. Marley, 38, along with his business partner Ocean Grown Extracts, will be converting the 77,000-square-foot Claremont Custody Center into a farm that will grow medicinal marijuana for state dispensaries, Billboard reports. “Many people sacrificed so much for the…
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Registered Sex Offender Sues His Sexual Assault Victim for Defamation of Character
A registered sex offender who pleaded no contest to felony assault and was sentenced to a year in jail sued his victim for defamation of character in a California court. Lang Her, 26, sued Yee Xiong, 24, on the day he was sentenced to one year in jail for assaulting Xiong after a party at…
