A Mississippi Walmart employee claimed that she was terminated from her job after recording a video of a customer with an underdressed child amid frigid temperatures. A woman named Felicia said her manager fired her on Saturday, Jan. 20, for posting the video on her Facebook page. She claims that a woman was in the store...
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‘She Was the Victim’: Georgia City Leader Contacted Police for Help But Ended Up Arrested, Charged with Felony
A Black woman in North Georgia has seen her new career as an elected official get off to a rocky start after her attempt to go to the local sheriff’s office for help led to her arrest. Almost a month after Commerce City Councilwoman Roshuanda Merritt was sworn into office, she was arrested on felony charges...
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‘Assumed the Worst About Him’: Jury Acquits Black Man on House Arrest, Who Lost Job After He Was Wrongful Accused of Crime Because of His Race, Attorney Says
A San Francisco jury has acquitted a Black man who was falsely accused of damaging a white person’s property, threatening to kill them, and attempting to rob him. Testimony and evidence during the trial revealed that Trevon Morgan, a man who suffered job loss due to house arrest as a result of the allegations, was...
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Tim Scott, Trump’s possible vice president, gets engaged to girlfriend
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is an engaged man. The Republican, one-time 2024 presidential candidate and potential 2024 running mate for Donald Trump, announced the news on social media that he proposed to his girlfriend Mindy Noce on Jan. 21. “She said YES,” Scott posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Mindy, thank you for...
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Racism In the Water: Jackson, Mississippi, Lifts E. Coli Advisory as Water Struggles Persist In Majority-Black Capital
Public health officials in Jackson, Mississippi, have lifted a boil-water advisory since tests came back positive for E. coli a week ago, marking the latest setback in a continuing saga of water mismanagement in the majority-Black capital. The water authority issued the alert on Jan. 11, warning that water should be “boiled vigorously for 1 minute before it...