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We all know that Prince was a brilliant songwriter who could make anything—from casual sex to partying down before the nuclear apocalypse—sound cool. That skill even applies to loathsome politicians like Donald Trump.

A Clemson University student is accused of posting intimidating and harassing comments about student protests over diversity issues on the South Carolina school’s campus, WSPA reports. 

A woman who was at the center of a leading Flint, Mich., contaminated-water lawsuit was one of two women who were found shot to death inside a townhouse in the city earlier this week, MLive reports. 

Dashcam footage released shows that sheriff's deputies did not try to save three Florida teenagers who were drowning after driving into a cemetery pond in a stolen car last month, Raw Story reports. 

Dear Demetria:

Whoever called 911 to report that Prince was in dire need of medical assistance didn't seem to know that he was at Paisley Park or the address or the city in which it is located.

Some of my favorite Scandal episodes are the ones in which we dig into the back stories of the characters and find out how they came to be the sick, sordid individuals they are now—like when we found out that Cyrus was once married to a woman or that Huck had a wife and a son. Well, this week’s Scandal episode could have been titled, “Becoming Jake Ballard.”

Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer had a happy reunion with her former middle school classmate Arthur Booth as Booth walked free after serving a brief jail sentence, the New York Daily News reports. 

Amy Inita Joyner-Francis didn't believe in fighting. She was a quiet teen, who managed her high school's wrestling team and was focused on her studies.

The world is still in shock at the passing of Prince, one of the greatest musical artists in American history. Prince was an entertainer, an icon (at one point a symbol), but even more importantly, he was an explicitly political artist in how he presented himself, his music and his quest for creative independence. While his career spans almost 40 years and he has many legendary moments, a few stand out as some of the most political and poignant of his career.

In America, communities in the most polluted environments are often poor and/or made up of people of color, with race being the dominant factor. A report published by PLOS One in 2014 indicates that nonwhite Americans breathe in almost 40 percent more polluted air than white Americans.  

Dear Professor Gates:

My maternal grandfather is Grover Cleveland Ryman Jr.  He was adopted sometime after age 7.  His birth mother was white, and his father was Indian.  We have been told by my mother that my grandfather’s parents were married in Virginia, when this was illegal.  My great-grandfather, Grover Cleveland Ryman Sr., was run off, and my grandfather, Grover Cleveland Ryman Jr., was taken from his mother, Mary (Unknown), and put up for adoption.

I found a record of my grandfather... Читать дальше...

To say that Prince Rogers Nelson was a musical genius would be a gross understatement.