Six juveniles in Massachusetts were charged in a racial online bullying incident that involved “heinous” language, threats of “violence toward people of color” and a mock slave auction, the district …
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A Haitian woman escaped gunshots and terror in Port-au-Prince only to lose contact with her husband
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsA woman who has been shuttling her family to hide from violent gangs throughout Port-au-Prince, Haiti, said that she and her children are safe for now but that she has…
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Haitian Americans in Florida are desperate to hear from relatives as violence roils their homeland
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsMIAMI — It has been over two weeks since the family of Steeve Pierre, a Miami resident originally from Haiti, received the dreaded phone call asking for a ransom for…
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A long-simmering crisis over Haiti’s ability to govern itself, particularly after a series of natural disasters and an increasingly dire humanitarian emergency, has come to a head in the Caribbean…
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Flames engulf Haitian penitentiary as chaos reigns in Port-au-Prince
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsFlames erupted inside Haiti’s almost empty national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, adding to the chaos already engulfing the capital. Live video of thick, black smoke billowing out from the…
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Terrified mother hiding in Haitian church with her children fights starvation
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsA woman who fled her home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with her three young children says her family has been forced to move into a nearby church made of sheet metal…
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A hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reopened last week after it was forced to shut down in December because of a wave of gang violence affecting the Caribbean country. Dr. James…
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MLB sees slowly improving diversity in its youth pipeline, despite record-low number of Black major leaguers
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsFor much of Lee Allen Jr.’s childhood, baseball seemed quite far from him. Major League Baseball’s Royals played in his hometown Kansas City, Missouri, but Allen — who is Black…
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U.S. ‘prepper’ culture diversifies amid fear of disaster and political unrest
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsLONGMONT, Colorado — Brook Morgan surveyed booths at the “Survival & Prepper Show” in Colorado that were stocked with boxes of ammunition, mounds of trauma medical kits, and every type…