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A sheriff's deputy in Tulsa, Oklahoma, unintentionally killed a suspected black market gun dealer, shooting him with a pistol when the officer meant to draw a Taser, the sheriff's office said Friday. Eric Harris, 44, died Thursday after the deputy shot him once. Authorities wouldn't name the deputy, but the Tulsa World identified him as Robert Charles Bates, 73, a local insurance agent who also works as a "special deputy." Bates confirmed to the newspaper that he was the shooter, but declined to elaborate. "The reserve deputy was attempting to use less lethal force, believing he was utilizing a Taser, when he inadvertently discharged his service weapon," the sheriff's office said...

Texas police on Monday arrested a white teenager who allegedly shot out a window in the campaign headquarters of an African-American woman running for sheriff in Beaumont.  Witnesses said...

The latest in an overflowing, voluminous list of offences that President Barak Hussein Obama, the 44th President in the 240 year history of the United States of America,...

With the postponement of football at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this fall, players and coaches are staying active, not only physically but mentally to prepare for the...

The latest season of the FOX hit series Empire is already off to a great start, as the storyline for the current third season is filled with the...

When rapper George Moss posted a photo of himself cleaning his wife's breast pump on Facebook last week, he received thousands of positive messages praising his support for breastfeeding mothers. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));If you ever wonder what #rappers do when they get off stage, they clean breast pumps for their wives so their baby can eat. #thuglife George Moss on Monday, June 22, 2015 "Love...

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Let's be honest, some of the feats athletes are able to accomplish seem not of this world. So it's only fitting that ESPN teamed up with Marvel Entertainment to give some sports stars the superhero treatment. The network will premiere its new eight-part series, "1 of 1 - Origins" on Friday, July 10, which will pair each short docu-style film with Marvel art and animation to profile different athletes, following the rise of each with brand-new interviews. Courtesy of ESPN and Marvel, The Huffington Post has been given an exclusive look into some of the athletes' new Marvel looks. ; The first film's subject is San Francisco...

The Beygency is going to be mad. Beck took home the Album of the Year award at the Grammys on Sunday night for "Morning Phase." He beat Beyoncé's "Beyonce," Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour," Ed Sheeran's "X" and Pharrell Williams' "Girl" for the honor. "Morning Phase" is the 12th studio album from Beck. It also won Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. (The album's lead single, "Blue Moon," was also nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, but did not win.) Beck received his award from Prince. "Like books and black lives, albums still matter," Prince...

NEW YORK -- Tear down Rikers Island. ; That idea -- to close one of the country's largest jail complexes -- has in recent months inspired op-eds, protest signs and a hashtag. On Wednesday, the idea got the endorsement of a New York City lawmaker. ; “Ultimately, what we should really be talking about is abolishing Rikers Island completely," City Council member Daniel Dromm (D-Queens) told reporters outside City Hall in lower Manhattan. ; Dromm, who was speaking at a rally against a measure to limit visitors to Rikers, explained that the biggest problem facing the jail complex is the sheer density of people on the ...