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Drugs used in execution were ‘too painful for animals’

93-year-old woman shot dead by police

Update: Nigerian girls likely split, taken across country border

Report: most companies assume blacks use drugs

Rutgers takes back invitation for paralyzed football player to speak at commencement

Parents upset over sex education book

Report: from one Census to the next, millions change racial/ethnic identity on form

City of Atlanta has eye on Morris Brown College property

Kim Kardashian expresses worries about racism, talks feelings before and after having biracial baby

Video: four Berkeley cops deployed, black man arrested for jaywalking

Teacher fired for using broom to break up fight

Update: as girls remain missing, Nigerian government defends actions

Teen paralyzed in ‘affluenza’ case to receive settlement

Motivated by death of friend, 68-year-old runner has eye set on Olympic prize

Cops keep raiding home in search of man who died 8 years ago

Teen who collapsed at weekend basketball game dies

Report: Thanks to harsh drug policies, U.S. leads world in prison population

Update: Nigerian authorities offer reward for Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by terrorist group

Report: mental health services lacking for poor youth in Washington

Mayweather set to make $70 million from fight

Jet Magazine cancels print edition

Activists call for Mother’s Day Week of Action in support of Marissa Alexander

Man jailed 13 years after conviction set free

Kansas City Housing Authority bans smoking for residents

Father graduates from college with son

Student denied participation in graduation due to disability

Teen graduating from high school, college at the same time

40% of all missing persons are black, yet their stories aren’t told

First Lady hopes to motivate students with #ReachHigher campaign

U.S. offers help to recover kidnapped Nigerian girls

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