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Aaliyah’s family protesting biopic, fans start petition in protest of film

No more Washington Redskins? patent office cancels team trademark

Harlem teen opens first ever sneaker pawn shop

Police chief resigns with clean record despite use of racial slur

Staci Yandle and Darrin Gayles confirmed as federal judges

Video: 9-year-old girl courted by college basketball team

Student accepted into 9 medical schools

Tracy Morgan’s condition upgraded to ‘fair’

From felon to role model: Sheldon Smith helps fathers find success

High Schools students’ epic response to offensive flyers makes us all proud

Zendaya Coleman to star as Aaliyah in biopic

Police officers in France under investigation for Blackface party

Single mother graduates with 3 degrees

Man Hailed as hero dies after saving 4 from Brooklyn fire

Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dead at 54

Gabby Douglas honored with wax figure at Madame Tussauds

Over Father’s Day Weekend, 27 shot in Chicago

What you didn’t know about Blue Ivy’s hair, a list

It’s (almost) official: Michael Jordan is a billionaire

Man who served six years in prison acquitted of killing son

Repo man dies after ‘accidentally’ being shot twice by vehicle owner

Black man dressed in KKK attire awarded $215,000

Students collect $3,000 in can tabs for classmate’s surgery

Ruby Dee dead at 91

Man celebrates 50 years of empowering youth in Harlem

Petition calls for Jay Z & Beyoncé to comb Blue Ivy’s hair

Update: brain-dead teen to receive honorary diploma

Men’s Health Month: health advocates host #BrothersWhoTweet chat series

Marissa Alexander trial delayed until December 1

Donda’s House member receives prestigious Mary King/Julian Bond Communications Fellowship

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