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Leslie Jones promoted to featured cast member on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Comedian Hannibal Buress brings light to Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations in stand-up routine

Michael Sam released from Dallas Cowboys practice squad

Georgia man sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing iPod

Despite decline in black student suspension, huge discrepancies remain high in Oakland schools

Lawsuit: Georgia teen arrested, held at gunpoint for seatbelt violation

Princeton graduate creates app for Chicago Public School students

Brooklyn man who served 29 years in prison exonerated after being wrongfully convicted

Stacey Dash blames Obama, calls blacks ‘uneducated’ and ‘worthless’ due to his policies

40,000 registered voters absent from Georgia preliminary voter rolls

Student pepper-sprayed for recording police officer in Texas

Ferguson October: police arrest Cornel West

Report: people of color have tech degrees, they just don’t get hired

Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood to host first annual 5k this November

St. Louis now has five fatal police shootings under investigation

Adrian Peterson facing jail time after pot admission

Video: Cops knock out teen for smoking cigarette

Inmate beaten to death at Florida jail after reporting threats by guard

Teen pepper-sprayed in own home after cops mistake him for intruder

Video: Hammond family sues police for excessive force after being tased during routine traffic stop

Famed entertainer Geoffrey Holder dead at 84

Heisman candidate Todd Gurley falsely accused of assault, video shows white male committed crime

After Mike Brown killing, voter registration surges in Ferguson

Teacher fired for defending 9-year-old who was called n-word by bullies

Boston Herald cartoonist says sorry, calls Obama watermelon cartoon an innocent mistake

Video: police shoots 62-year-old woman with taser

Cop fatally shoots man in own driveway, charges filed against officer

Boston Herald cartoon mocks Obama intruder situation, has him asking president for watermelon

Hulk Hogan’s restaurant removes racist dress code after complaints

Report: Eric Holder quit because of his health

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