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“It’s so much easier to talk to someone about market opportunities if they actually value the market."

Tony Burton, best known for his pivotal role in the Rocky franchise, has died at the age of 78, USA Today reports. The actor was most famous for playing Tony “Duke” Evers, the trainer to Carl Weathers’ character Apollo Creed in the original 1976 film. Burton continued the role as Rocky Balboa’s trainer in the next […]

A shooting event that broke out early Thursday evening in Central Kansas has resulted in several people dead with dozens of others injured. The shooting took place at a workplace and the gunman has been killed, local news outlet KWCH reports. In a case that is still developing, the Witchita Eagle reports that Harvey County […]

A case from 2011 where a New Jersey woman tossed her neighbor’s dog into oncoming traffic during an argument came to an end this week. Haniyyah Barnes was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the neighbor, NJ.com reports. The news outlet shared details of the case, […]

Rashaad Hunter was nearly suspended because the part in his haircut was considered a "design" which according to the school's handbook is prohibited.

Michelle Obama launched a project that will allow students and educators around the nation to access scores of e-books.

Mississippi's governor signed a proclamation declaring April Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation tries to justify the celebration, but is silent on slavery.

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Joyce Curnell, who was battling sickle-cell anemia, alcoholism and hypertension, was found dead in her cell just before 5 p.m. ET on July 22. She had been deprived of water for 27 hours.

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If Hillary Rodham Clinton is looking to appeal to more Black women voters, she might want to rethink her strategies.

A segregation law prevents an honors student from attending a charter school in St. Louis after his family moves out of the area.