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Debra Dodd, who is white, says she was fired from her job as secretary at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville after she revealed she married an African American man. Dodd is suing the all-white church for $500,000 in punitive damages for what she refers to as racial discrimination. Religious News Service Reports: Dodd said […]
The Air Force is investigating a photo in which several airmen posing with a man in an open casket with a noose and chains on. The airmen pose with their hands crossed and under the photo is written “Da Dumpt, Da Dumpt …. Sucks 2 Be U” and was posted on Facebook. The Air Force […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents “neither sought nor obtained any information” […]
Days after Forbes columnist Gene Marks wrote the highly controversial and viral “If I Were A Poor Black Kid” article, numerous pundits and opinion leaders from around the Web have weighed in. SEE ALSO: If Obama Loses, What Will He Do Next? Writer and Director of Digital for The Onion, Baratunde Thurston offered a satirical retort, underhandedly accusing […]
A 28-year-old Florida woman who was desperately in need of a kidney transplant found a donor on Craigslist. SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?
PHOENIX — The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination and carrying out heavy-handed immigration patrols based on racially charged citizen complaints. SEE ALSO: Fast Food Bandit […]
A D.C. woman says she was unlawfully accused of indecent exposure after breastfeeding her infant in a public building. SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?
One of Jerry Sandusky’s defense lawyers says that the former Penn State coach may have showered with young boys to teach them “basic hygiene skills.” SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?
A 12-year-old New York City girl who survived being abducted and pimped out by men in May has gone missing once again. SEE ALSO: Can You Guess Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year?
The number of death sentences and executions in the U.S. dropped dramatically in 2011, and for the first time in 35 years, the number of new death sentences given fell to below 100, an anti-capital-punishment group reported Thursday.