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Jan 24, 2025 | 
brainerddispatch.com | Sydney Anderson
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
Byron Allen, founder of Entertainment Studios, filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s, accusing the fast-food company of racial discrimination, seeking more than $10 billion in damages. In a major development, a judge permitted the case to advance forward, empowering the media entrepreneur and his legal team to resume their battle with the company.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
In early October, Alabama A&M football player Medrick Burnett Jr. sustained a head injury during a rivalry game against Alabama State, leading to his hospitalization and tragic passing last Wednesday. On Friday, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed the passing of Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old redshirt freshman linebacker. The young star died at 5:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at UAB Hospital. The exact cause of his death has not been revealed.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
On Friday At Waldorf, Maryland’s Charles County Public School, a fourth grader allegedly “hung” a second-grader in the boys’ bathroom, according to the victim’s parents, who rushed him to the hospital. The second grader’s parents say the older boy, whom they allege was a bully, said “I’m going to show you how I did people back in the day.”The disturbing incident left the 7-year-old boy hospitalized with a neck injury, resulting in blunt trauma.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
Millions of dollars are on the line, as the Kansas City Chiefs’ star duo, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, became victims of October home invasions. The quarterback and tight end will receive assistance from Cass County and Leawood officials, as they are investigating the incidents. The two athletes have been the target of recent burglaries taking place in the Kansas City area. Intruders invaded both houses within a matter of hours.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
TUSKEGEE, Ala.–On Sunday, October 15, a peaceful and exciting homecoming celebration at Tuskegee University erupted into madness and chaos. Tuskegee University, a historically Black University (HBCU), was in shambles after a mass shooting during their weekend festivities, celebrating its 100th homecoming with the football team playing Miles College. Gunshots fired as the homecoming festivities sent the crowds into a panic frenzy.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
A convicted felon cannot vote for who will become the next president, yet somehow Donald Trump is permitted to lead the nation again. A world where we doubt the capabilities of a woman because her opponent is a man. Living in a country where misogyny is still alive and present, America I am angry at myself for expecting you to change.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
On November 5th, history was made, as both Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks won their races, marking the first time two Black women will serve simultaneously in the U.S Senate. Blunt Rochester, a Democratic Congresswoman from Delaware, makes two historic accomplishments, becoming the first woman and first Black senator to represent the state. Meanwhile, Alsobrooks, a former domestic violence prosecutor and county executive, will become Maryland’s first Black senator.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
Black Girl Magic took over in Louisiana as Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Johnson cracked a math problem that had stumped scholars for ages. Both girls published a study proving the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry. Johnson and Jackson’s work challenges traditional approaches and offers new perspectives. In December 2022, a $500 prize was launched for any student who can solve a math problem by using trigonometry to establish a new way of the Pythagorean theorem.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
theblackwallsttimes.com | Sydney Anderson
An Iranian student walked outside her university in her bra and underwear before officials arrested her Sunday. The unidentified woman, who attends Tehran Islamic Azad University, claims that members of the Basij, an Iranian supporter paramilitary group, assaulted her. The student began stripping off her clothing to protest the injustice of the strict Islamic Republic dress code.
