Bring That Week Back: FDNY Commissioner's Son Resigns Over Offensive Tweets
Grad rates rise for Black college athletes and other news.
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FDNY Commissioner's Son Resigns Over Offensive Tweets - Grad rates improve for Black college athletes; Black federal employees face many obstacles in equality; and other news headlines. —Dorkys Ramos Fire Department commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano's son Joseph resigned from his job after several of his offensive Twitter posts surfaced. The 23-year-old, who worked as an emergency medical technician for the FDNY, criticized Jews, Martin Luther King Jr. and "Obama lovers." (Photo: Twitter via JCASSANO15)
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Black Fed Employees Face Many Obstacles in Equality - A report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds that African-Americans working for the federal government are still facing many hurdles to achieve equality in the workforce. Some of the reasons for these obstacles include agencies neglecting to follow laws of diversity and inclusion. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Grad Rates for NCAA Athletes Improve - The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida has released a study stating that overall graduation rates are up for African-American NCAA tournament players. The rate increased from 59 percent in 2012 to 65 percent this year and is higher than the college graduation rate for Black men overall, which is 38 percent. (Photo: AP Photo/Bob Leverone)
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26-Year-Old Teacher Goes Missing in New Orleans - Surveillance video captured from red light cameras show that Terrilynn Monette, 26, was driving alone shortly before going missing in New Orleans on March 2. Monette, who's from Long Beach, California, left Parlay's Lounge at 5:15 a.m. and headed toward City Park in her black 2012 Honda Accord when she was last seen. Her mother, Toni Enclade, told CNN she believes Monette was taken against her will. (Photo: TERRILYNN MONETTE Family via People Magazine)
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Kevin Clash Sued for Underage Crystal Meth Sex Parties - Elmo's puppeteer Kevin Clash has been hit with a lawsuit by Sheldon Stephens, the same man who said he had a sexual relationship with Clash when he was underage. This time, Stephens is accusing the former Sesame Street actor of engaging him in crystal meth sex parties when he was a minor. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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Teen Identified in Fatal Break-In Mistake - Caleb Gordley, 16, has been identified as the Loudoun County teen shot by his neighbor after the boy mistook the home for his own and tried to sneak in through a back window. Gordley had been grounded, snuck out to drink at a party, and was dropped off by friends at a house two doors away from his own. (Photo: AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)