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Several employees at a Wendy’s location in Michigan are fired after the restaurant came under fire for an online video of a young man submerged in one of the kitchen sinks. The TikTok video, later posted to a community Facebook page, was taken at Wendy’s in Greenville, Michigan. It shows a shirtless man in a soapy […]

A Ball State University professor who called the police when a black student wouldn’t switch seats will not be back to teach for the rest of the semester, the school said. “The decision was made to ensure continuity in the curriculum, eliminate any unnecessary distractions, and help our students complete the appropriate course expectations,” Kathy […]

On Thursday, before the 49ers’ game against the Rams, Eric Reid continued his protest during the national anthem by taking a knee. On Friday, President Donald Trump had an idea as to what should happen to players like Reid. Speaking in Huntsville, AL, Trump told a group of his supporters during a campaign rally, “wouldn’t […]

Guards at the Santa Rita Jail in California say they dashed prisoners’ plans for a boozy Super Bowl when they confiscated ingredients used to make illegal jailhouse alcohol. A photo posted on Instagram by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday shows about two dozen officers standing behind at least 20 plastic bags of what […]

The President has expanded his travel ban.  This time he has included 4 African nations one of which is the most populous country on the continent with the largest economy. The President has included Nigeria on the travel ban.  Many Nigerians don’t know why they aren’t welcome in the U.S. The U.S. has been an […]

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) found himself trending on Twitter late Thursday after announcing he would not vote to allow witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. And the word trending alongside his name wasn’t exactly a compliment: House impeachment managers have been pressing senators to allow testimony from former White House national […]

A red-faced BBC News is apologizing profusely – with a characteristic stiff upper lip – for flashing footage of Lakers star LeBron James in a report about the death of iconic basketball great Kobe Bryant. The 41-year-old NBA player died along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a private helicopter crash outside […]

A US reporter is facing backlash after viewers claimed she appeared to use the ‘n’ word in a live on-air blunder as she presented the news of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash death. Some called for the NBC news anchor to be sacked after a clip of the broadcast quickly went viral as the world reacted […]

A man is suing a Michigan bank for racial discrimination after he says the staff refused to deposit settlement checks from another racial discrimination case and called police on him. “Something else was afoot here,” the man’s attorney, Deborah Gordon, told CNN affiliate WXYZ. “And in my opinion, there’s only one thing: banking while black.” […]

A black teenager in Texas said he had been suspended and told he can’t walk in his high school graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks to meet the school district’s dress code. DeAndre Arnold, a senior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, about 30 miles east of Houston, told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston […]

President Trump used the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday to tweet about what he has personally done for African Americans and brag about his support for gun ownership on what would have been the 91st birthday of the slain civil rights leader. “It was exactly three years ago today, January 20, 2017, that I […]

Delonte West, who played 10 seasons in the NBA for four teams including the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks as well as stints overseas, was allegedly shown in a video getting beaten up by an unidentified man and talking incoherently in or near Washington, D.C. The video footage first surfaced on social media on Sunday. […]