FAMU's $238M Gift Is A Hoax, Angry NYC Hood Came For This Man, Video Shows Man Doing Unthinkable to the Elderly and More News
A collection of The Root's best posts of the week in news
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Cedric Wayne McFadden was fatally shot in 2005 during a robbery In Ocala, Fla. Naturally after the Medical Examiner’s Office took his badly decomposed body to perform an autopsy and relay their findings to law enforcement, they gave the body to a funeral home so his family members could mourn and bury him. - Noah A. McGee Read More
After the East Harlem neighborhood discovered a young girl had been struck with a knife, they seemed more prepared to pull up on the suspect than the cops themselves were. - Kalyn Womack Read More
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In a terrifying video that shook the internet, a New York man is seen dragging an elderly woman by her neck with a belt in between two cars where police say he raped her. Finally, the suspect is in custody and you’d never guess who turned him in. - Kalyn Womack Read More
Too often people share everything that they are thinking on social media. In the case of this former Black US marine in New Jersey, it could lead to some serious time in federal prison. - Noah A. McGee Read More
The morning of April 14 was just like any other morning for Khadafi Keenan Fagan-Pierre. He woke up, got dressed, and went to the driveway of his Gatineau home where he opened up the door of a Black BMW. - Noah A. McGee Read More
Last week was challenging for officials at “The Mecca” of HBCUs. The administration had been busy at the start of the school year trying to calm nerves over violent incidents on and near campus, only to have a student pistol-whipped and robbed during the holidays. - Nigel Roberts Read More
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People sentenced to the death penalty are typically found guilty of the most cruel, merciless true-crime-documentary worthy offenses. It’s safe to say this Mississippi man’s crime of torturing and killing his toddler son fell into that category. - Kalyn Womack Read More
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On Wednesday (May 15), Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson apologized for a $237 million donation that has seemingly been deemed fraudulent. - Candace McDuffie Read More
A Florida woman adopted a young boy from Haiti in 2023. He died after just a year of being in her custody, and the details behind his death are almost too sickening to read. - Kalyn Womack Read More
As the anniversary of George Floyd’s death swiftly approaches, we must remember Darnella Frazier, the young woman who recorded the video that showed the world what happened to him by the hands of crooked Minneapolis police officers. - Kalyn Womack Read More