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Schnucks employee fired after couple claims racial bias over money order denial

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: SuperMedia

A grocery store in St. Louis has apologized after an employee initially refused to sell a money order to a black couple. Schnucks CEO Todd Schnuck announced Tuesday that the employee had been fired after a video of the incident went viral. "I deeply apologize to the customers and am incredibly disappointed i...

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Nordstrom Rack apologizes for falsely accusing black teens of stealing

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: hipthreads

The president of Nordstrom Rack has apologized in person to three African-American teenagers after they were falsely accused of stealing from a store in Missouri. Dirone Taylor, Mekhi Lee and Eric Rogers II said they were shopping on Thursday at a Nordstrom Rack in Brentwood, near St. Louis, when store employ...

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Navy vet beaten by racist guards at Dallas strip club

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: SuperMedia

A Plano man plans to sue a Dallas strip club where he says security guards beat him and a friend and called them a racial slur after a confrontation with a patron there. Jalen Bell, who says he is a Navy veteran, went to XTC Cabaret in the Stemmons Corridor over the weekend to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a ...

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LaToya Cantrell sworn in as the first female mayor of New Orleans

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: getpolitical

LaToya Cantrell has been sworn in as the first female mayor in the history of the City of New Orleans. Cantrell took the oath of office around 11 a.m., an hour into a ceremony at the Mahalia Jackson Theater presided over by former Democratic National Committee Chairperson Donna Brazile. The new mayor’s ca...

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Hockey prospect needs police escort after receiving racist death threat

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: thirdbone

Detroit Red Wings prospect and Kitchener Rangers forward Givani Smith was the subject of racial slurs and a death threat, according to multiple media outlets. Detroit Red Wings prospect and Kitchener Rangers forward Givani Smith was the subject of racial slurs and a death threat, according to multiple media o...

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TIDAL accused of faking Kanye West and Beyoncé streaming #’s

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: HipHopNow

Tidal, the subscription music service owned by Jay-Z and other artists, has been accused of faking the streaming numbers for two of its highest profile exclusive releases. Kanye West’s "The Life of Pablo," which was the first album to go platinum primarily from streaming, and Beyoncé’s platinum record "...

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Tiny & T.I.’s Family May Be Coming Back to Reality TV

Posted: 5-9-2018 By: SuperMedia

Tameka "Tiny" Harris has been creating new music with Xscap3, but according to reports, the singer has been given two separate offers by two networks to return to reality television. "Both are really good offers for Tiny and her career, but it’s really about what’s best for her brand," - Tiny. Harris app...

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Michelle Obama Says She’s Not Running for Office

Posted: 5-7-2018 By: getpolitical

Former first lady Michelle Obama told a Florida crowd Thursday that she won’t run for office because of the toll it takes on the family. "It’s all well and good until you start running, and then the knives come out," Mrs. Obama said at the American Institute of Architects convention in Orlando in her fir...

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Dr. Dre Loses Trademark Battle With Gynecologist Dr. Drai

Posted: 5-7-2018 By: HipHopNow

Dr. Dre’s attempt to stop an actual doctor from using a similar name has been shut down after the trademark office sided with the medical doctor. According to a May 7 report , Pennsylvania-based gynecologist Dr. Drai filed to trademark his name, as well as "Doctor Drai OBGYN & Media Personality" in 2015. T...

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Trey Songz Domestic Violence Charges Dropped

Posted: 5-7-2018 By: SuperMedia

In March, Trey Songz (born Tremaine Aldon Neverson) turned himself in following a charge of felony domestic violence. The accuser, a woman named Andrea Buera, alleged that the singer "called her names, choked her and repeatedly punched her in the face" at a Los Angeles party and threw her phones off of a clif...

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Teen Accepted Into 113 Colleges

Posted: 5-4-2018 By: SuperMedia

Receiving an acceptance letter to college can be one of the most exciting moments of a teen’s life. And one 17-year-old in Greensboro, North Carolina just experienced that moment 113 times. Jasmine Harrison will graduate from high school on May 24th with a perfect GPA. Thanks to that projected 4.0 grade po...

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Affion Crockett Gives His Thoughts On Kanye

Posted: 5-4-2018 By: TooFunny

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103 Uber Drivers Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Or Abusing Customers

Posted: 5-3-2018 By: SuperMedia

After an evening of cocktails in San Diego, a woman got into the back of an Uber for a ride home. She was so intoxicated she had to ask the driver to stop so she could vomit. She says she then passed out in the backseat. When she regained consciousness, the Uber driver was on top of her, raping her, a block ...

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Kansas City Woman Says Dancer Bit Her Finger Off During Strip Club Brawl

Posted: 5-3-2018 By: SuperMedia

KC woman has alleged that her finger was bitten off my an exotic dancer at a strip club after she got caught up in brawl while waiting in line for the bathroom. Karen Osuji, 25, from Kansas City, Missouri, told BuzzFeed News that she was at the local strip club Baccala on Friday night when two women on sta...

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The Weeknd and Bape Have a Collaboration on the Way

Posted: 5-3-2018 By: hipthreads

A new Bape collaboration is on the way! Joining forces with Canadian superstar The Weeknd, the Japanese retailer and the Starboy tease the first sample of their upcoming capsule. Previewing the collaborative garment via Instagram last night, The Weeknd gave his followers a glimpse at an unreleased black jac...

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