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A woman in Pennsylvania faces animal cruelty charges after police say she was selling what she describes as “gothic kittens”, cats she pierced in the ears, neck or tail. 35-year-old dog groomer Holly Crawford’s lawyers contend that she wasn’t trying to hurt the cats and used sterilized needles to perform the procedures. The pierced felines […]

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Four police officers are among six people that were indicted in the beating of Luis Eduardo Ramirez Zavala, as was reported by the Justice Department today. The indictments, handed out by a federal grand jury last week, have racked up to three and include federal hate crime charges, along with conspiracy, extortion charges, obstruction of […]

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30 Asian students are South Philadelphia High School are refusing to return to the classroom after they were assaulted by a group of Black students no more than one week ago. Some of the students involved in the attack have faced the wrath of America’s school system and have since been sent to public institutions […]

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A novel idea from a college sophomore garnered laughter from a packed, raucous crowd in a meeting on a subject that is far from a laughing matter. While speaking at a town hall meeting on job creation in Allentown, Pennsylvania,  President Obama was asked to consider legalizing several nonviolent crimes such as gambling, prostitution, and […]

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“Lose weight to graduate” is the mantra that administrators at Lincoln University are shouting to undergraduate students that are on the cusp of receiving their degrees. Designed to combat the health devouring monster known as obesity, which is especially prevalent within the Black community, faculty and staff at the Philadelphia Historically Black College have instituted […]

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A 6-foot tall burning cross gave view to a side of one small Pennsylvania community that Joe and Candy Walbeck never knew existed. The couple was shocked to find the charred remains of what was once a staple in the old south upon their doorstep. Residing in a predominately white neighborhood, the Walbecks have been […]