A turkey was pardoned on Nov. 17 in a state where an innocent Black man was denied clemency. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders held the ceremony in front of the Governor’s mansion, where she joked about her last experience with a ceremonial pardoning. When she served as the Press Secretary at the White House during...
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‘Imminent Danger’: A Maine Lottery Winner Who Claimed $1.35B Prize Is Suing the Mother of His Child for Telling His Family About It
A Maine State Lottery winner decided to sue his child’s mother after she violated their non-disclosure agreement and told his parents about his $1.35 billion prize against his wishes. Court documents obtained by the Daily Beast show that the unidentified man filed the lawsuit against Sara Smith in the US District Court of Maine on...
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Man Exonerated for Malcolm X’s Murder Sues FBI for $40M Alleging Agency Concealed Identities of True Murderers
An 85-year-old man who was exonerated for the murder of civil rights activist Malcolm X is suing the FBI on allegations that the agency hid evidence of the onetime Nation of Islam leader’s actual killers and proof of his innocence. The $40 million lawsuit filed by Muhammad Aziz alleges that the Federal Bureau of Investigation,...
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GoFundMe Created By Maryland Mother with Cancer Preparing Children for ‘End’ Exceeds Goal, Raises Over $70K
The GoFundMe created for a Maryland woman who has terminal cancer has exceeded its goal. Kourtni Smith’s fundraiser had raised more than $69,000 as of Friday. The original goal was $50,000. Two years ago, Smith was diagnosed with Stage 3 invasive lobular carcinoma, a breast cancer that starts in the milk-producing gland of the breast. If the disease is detected...
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Memphis School District Says ‘Miscommunication’ Is to Blame for Why George Floyd Biography Authors Couldn’t Talk About Systemic Racism
Officials from one school district in Memphis said they were “saddened and disappointed” to learn that the authors of a biography of George Floyd were told they couldn’t talk about racism during a speaking engagement at one of their schools. According to NBC News, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, the authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning...