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Man burned to death for being gay in Uganda

Tracy Martin: ‘America values guns more than the lives of our kids’

Radical mayor Chokwe Lumumba dead at 66

Boy who spent day as Detroit police chief dies

Man found guilty in crash that killed Usher’s stepson

Georgia health program targets HIV treatment, prevention in black women

Family says Oklahoma police beat man to death in front of them

Man fatally shoots 15-year-old girl for prank

Angela Corey announces that Michael Dunn will be retried for murder of Jordan Davis

Justice for Jordan Davis trial: ‘Jordan had no gun’

Justice Department to investigate mysterious death of Texas man

Black youth who face frequent discrimination at higher risk for deadly illnesses, diseases

4 charged in death of Omaha girl killed by stray bullet

NYC man found dead in ER after waiting 8 hours for treatment

One year ago today, the world lost Hadiya Pendleton

Nebraska has highest black homicide rate in nation

Analysis: Youth violence in Chicago down 40 percent

UPDATE: Second grand jury indicts cop who shot unarmed man 10 times

Killer of Sean Taylor sentenced to 57.5 years in prison

Former Dallas Cowboy player Josh Brent convicted of intoxication manslaughter

Oakland mother loses two sons to gun violence in less than 3 weeks

Avonte Oquendo’s remains found near Queens beach

Father who accidentally shot daughter denied release for funeral

Family left with more questions than answers to details surrounding Alfred Wright’s mysterious death

Family of unarmed man shot 10 times by police files lawsuit

Man wrongfully convicted of murder dies while waiting 46 minutes for ambulance

James Avery autopsy reveals star had a series of medical problems

Kendrick Johnson honored one year after mysterious death, family still demands justice

Frank McCain of the ‘Greensboro Four’ dead at 73

Update: Lawyer for family of teen declared brain dead says she’s ‘improving’

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