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In Tanner’s Words: The Journey to Playing Professional Basketball

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By: Brittany Young   It's no secret that most hoop dreams don't come true. But for Tyrese Tanner, she arrived, she saw and she conquered everything...

Raven-Symoné’s Dad Says ‘She Says Some Dumb S#%T!’

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3&v=qYNcc5mo-Qs Christopher B. Pearman, father of child-star turned self-hating, anti-Black talk show personality Raven-Symoné, has spoken out about the controversy his daughter sparked after saying...

20 years after the Million Man March, a fresh call for...

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  Thousands of black men, women and children gathered on the Mall on Saturday to demand justice at a time of growing anger and fraying...

Mustangs Looking to Make Playoffs for First Time in 16 Years

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By: Brittany Young The Jackson Olin High School football team hasn't made the playoffs since 1999, but the Mustangs are hoping to turn things around...

Little boy wants to be Elsa for Halloween, his dad’s response...

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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Here’s a dad who is winning at parenting. Paul Henson, 28, from Virginia took his son Caiden shopping for a Halloween costume. Caiden said he wanted...

UCLA Students Wear Blackface To Kanye West-Themed Party

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  Yup, people still haven’t learned that blackface just isn’t cool. Black student groups at UCLA are up in arms about a predominantly White fraternity and...

CLASHES INTENSIFY IN SYRIA FROM RUSSIA-BACKED OFFENSIVE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJ-zV1wDXE DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Clashes intensified Thursday between Syrian troops and insurgents in central and northwestern Syria, part of what a top general called...

MCCARTHY ABRUPTLY WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY FOR HOUSE SPEAKER

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufbg9CNL8E WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no warning, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew Thursday from the contest for speaker of the U.S. House, shocking fellow Republicans...

U.S. aircraft diverted to avoid Russian fighter in Syria

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Washington (CNN)The U.S. military has had to divert two aircraft over Syria to ensure they could maintain a safe flying distance from a Russian...

Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders after deadly Afghanistan airstrike

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Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama has called and apologized to the head of Doctors Without Borders, whose staff and patients were killed and injured during...