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Judge Tammy Kemp, who is presiding over Amber Guyger's murder trial for killing Botham Jean, suggested a fair jury can be selected in Dallas despite heavy publicity.

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Lanez Perry, Spa Manager of The Underground Spa on Logan Square, sat down with Dyana Williams to talk about National Relaxation Day and what The Underground Spa is doing for the community to celebrate. T.U.S. is offering clients Yoga classes, self-taught facials and an opportunity to get away from the “digital world.” National Relaxation Day […]

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As the nation mourns in the wake of a week of multiple mass shootings, thousands of Black journalists are set to converge on Miami, Florida for the annual National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ) Convention.

Galveston police are apologizing after a dramatic photo went viral on Monday with two horse-mounted officers leading a handcuffed Black man by what appears to be a rope. https://twitter.com/AdrBell/status/1158496622059433990 A man, 43-year-old Donald Neely was arrested on a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge, was being led by two officers who were on horseback and that they had […]

Former President Barack Obama released a personal statement on Monday condemning “language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders” that “normalizes racist sentiments.” Although the statement did not directly name Donald Trump, the statement comes on the heels of two mass shootings in the country on Saturday, one of which carried out by […]

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The suspect in a deadly mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday was widely identified on the internet as a young white man whose social media activity showed support and sympathy for the president's apparent white nationalist agenda.

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A Tennessee woman who’s been in prison since she was 16 is scheduled to be released from prison next week. Cyntoia Brown, 31, received an August 7 release date after having her sentence commuted by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. Brown is currently incarcerated at Tennessee State Prison. Brown’s case gained national attention nearly two years […]