Bring That Week Back: New Orleans: 8 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Plus, MLK family involved in minor auto accident.
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New Orleans: 8 Years After Hurricane Katrina - The family of Martin Luther King Jr. was in a minor car accident, 11-year-old starts first year at Texas Christian University, plus more. – Natelege Whaley Downtown New Orleans is thriving again, a visual sign of progression since the city was hit by Hurricane Katrina eight years ago, when many lost their homes and family members in the disaster. Revitalization has cost an estimated $150 billion and 80 percent of the pre-storm population has returned, according to the city. (Photo: REUTERS/Lee Celano)
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King Family in Minor Accident - On Wednesday, a charter bus carrying family members of the late Martin Luther King Jr. was involved in a minor car accident. The bus slammed its breaks after a van ran a red light. No one in the family was hurt. (Photo: Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)
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11-Year-Old Starts First Year at Texas Christian University - Carson Huey-You might be the youngest student to be admitted to Texas Christian University, according to the school. The 11-year-old is studying to be a quantum physicist. When asked about his first week of school, Carson said, “It was overwhelming but exciting and fun.” His parents expect Carson to graduate by the time he is 16.(Photo: Courtesy of TCU)
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Black Boys in Oakland Arrested More Than Other Groups - A study by the Black Organizing Project found that African-American boys in Oakland are arrested far more often than boys of other races. Between 2006 and 2012, Black boys were 73.5 percent of all juvenile arrests in the city, but made up 30 percent of the under-18 population. Just over 20 percent were actually prosecuted. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Oakland Barbershop Donates Haircuts to Oakland Students - Fifty low-income students in Oakland received free haircuts before they went back to school this past Monday thanks to Eboni Hoofe and the employees at her barbershop, E Cuts. She also gave away backpacks and school supplies. (Photo: Courtesy of E Cuts)
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Restaurant Kicks Out Black Family - Twenty-five members of a Black family endured a two-hour wait at Wild Wing Café in North Charleston, South Carolina, when a manager told them a white patron said that they were intimidating. A family member began recording the family’s conversation on their phone with the manager, who then asked them to leave. The CEO of the company has offered Michael Brown and his family a free meal, but Brown isn’t satisfied.(Photo: Courtesy of WCSC-TV Channel 5 News)
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Texas 12-Year-Old Dials 911 as Burglars Invade His Home - Deion Murdock, 12, was home alone in Port Arthur, Texas, when burglars broke through a window. He hid inside his mother’s bedroom closet and called 911 and followed the dispatcher’s directions to keep quiet when the home invaders entered his mother’s room. The police arrested the suspects, who had run into a wooded area. (Photo: Courtesy of ABC News)
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Transgender Woman Murdered in Harlem Attack - Vaughn Nettles, 21, a transgender woman died Thursday after being assaulted by a group of men in Harlem. Her death was ruled a homicide and is now being investigated as a hate crime. Nettles and her friend, who is a transgender woman, met with a group of men on Aug. 17. The two groups began fighting when the men realized Nettles and her friend were transgender. (Photo: Jonathan Fickies/Getty Images)
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Convict’s Mug Shot Used on N.J. Anti-Carjacking Billboards - Two New Jersey lawmakers are outraged over the use of Jahlil Thomas’ mug shot for anti-carjacking billboards. Thomas, 23, an African-American, is serving 22 years for carjacking and featured in the campaign that reads, “Seconds to carjack. Years of hard time." Assemblywoman Grace Spencer says, “Certainly there is a better way to get this important message across without potentially vilifying an entire segment of the population."(Photo: Courtesy of WCBS880)
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Washington Post Columnist Says Being Profiled Is Your Fault - Kathleen Parker, a white columnist, wrote Friday that sometimes profiling isn’t caused by race, but just a case of how you look — something anyone can change. “Nothing is fair about profiling, but one’s treatment by a stranger is not always necessarily linked to one’s racial or ethnic history. Sometimes it’s just . . . you.”(Photo: Charles Norfleet/Getty Images)
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UT-Austin Student Attacked by Bleach Bomb - Bryan Davis is the latest victim in a string of bleach bombing incidents targeting students of color at the University of Texas-Austin. Davis was hit in the leg with a balloon-filled with bleach Thursday. Davis, like other students, has reported the incident to Austin police and says nothing has been done to stop the attacks from happening. (Photo: Courtesy of Bryan Davis)
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Homeland Security Suspends Employee With Racist Website - Ayo Kimathi was put on paid leave by the Department of Homeland Security for running the website, “War on the Horizon,” that investigators say is calling for a race war that involves the murder of white people. “Warfare is eminent, and in order for Black people to survive the 21st century, we are going to have to kill a lot of whites — more than our Christian hearts can possibly count,” Kimathi writes.(Photo: WarOnTheHorizon.com)
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Black Jersey City Student Sent Racist Texts to Himself - A 16-year-old African-American Jersey City student, who was running for president of St. Peter’s Prep’s student council in May, was found to have sent racist text messages to himself. “We have NEVER and will NEVER have a (n-word) to lead our school," was one of the messages. He was elected vice president, but no longer attends the school. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Missing Teens Car Found Abandoned 400 Miles From Home - Liana Andrews, 16, and Kacie Watson, 14, who are missing, were last seen Friday night by Andrews’ grandmother. A vehicle they were traveling in was found about 400 miles away abandoned on Tuesday. Andrew’s grandmother believes they could have been going to meet someone they met on Facebook. (Photo: National Center for Exploited & Missing Children)