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It’s never to late too achieve your dreams.  A 92-year-old Memphis woman proved that old saying to be true when she walked across the stage to receive her high school diploma last month. 

    A Chicago man died while defending his 15-year-old daughter from an alleged hate crime Wednesday.   Each day, 59-year-old Michael Tingling would walk his daughter Masharah to school and be waiting for her to finish up when classes were over. When a man hurled racial epithets at them, Tingling pulled his daughter behind […]

An Albuquerque woman has filed a lawsuit against Planet Fitness for barring her from entering the gym. The reason? Her head covering that she wears as part of her Muslim faith. 

  Late last year, we reported the story of Leon Ford, a Pittsburgh teen who was shot by police during a routine traffic stop. No drugs or weapons were found on Ford. Ford is paralyzed and faces up to 20 years in prison for the incident. 

Students in Michigan could attend college for free thanks to a new measure. A version of the pay-it-forward tuition, plan was introduced recently in the Michigan Legislature and is awaiting a vote. 

A California woman says she was asked to cover up while working out at a Planet Fitness because she was “intimidating people with her toned body.”  Tiffany Austin, who resides in the Bay area, said she was excited to get back in shape after a recent car accident left her unable to work out. 

A North Carolina mother of three is being held in isolation and on $1.2 million bond after attempting to drown her children by driving them into the ocean. Ebony Wilkerson’s defense attorneys have argued that she belongs in a mental hospital, not a jail cell. 

A police officer in Texas has been placed on administrative leave without pay following an incident at West Brook High School. Beaumont Independent School district Officer Steve Rivers was placed on leave following an investigation of the March 7 incident that lead to the breaking of a student’s arm. 

Some members of Rutgers University voted to cancel plans for Condoleezza Rice to speak at the May’s commencement ceremony. Professors at Rutgers-Newark voted to call on the administration to disinvite the former Secretary of State because of her role in the Iraq war.

A couple who met in a homeless shelter is paying it forward. Ressurection Graves met her husband Deven when they were both going through hard times. Now, the couple devotes their time to helping those who need shelter, food and resources. 

Last week, we wrote about the “I, Too Am Harvard” photo campaign meant to highlight the voices of black students on the college’s campus. It appears that the campaign has spread to other campuses, with activists attending the University of Iowa and Oxford created their own campaigns.

Former NFL star Darren Sharper returns to court Thursday for a hearing in Los Angeles that will determine whether he is released on bail. The decision follows a new set of charges against Sharper alleging that he sexually assaulted and drugged two women in Tempe, Ariz. last year.