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Avonte Oquendo Body Parts Have Been Found - A man was indicted for a hate crime in "knockout" game attack on elderly Black man, Washington principal put on leave after using n-word, plus more national news. — Natelege Whaley (@nateIege) Officials say the human remains found near the East River in Queens, New York, on Thursday are that of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teenager who was been missing since October. The medical examiner is still determining the cause of death. (Photo: AP Photo/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

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Man Indicted for Hate Crime in "Knock Out" Game Attack - Conrad Alvin Barrett has been indicted on a hate crime charge in a "knockout game" attack on a 79-year-old Black man. Barrett struck the victim on Nov. 24 and broke his jaw in two places. (Photo: Lia Eustachewich /AP/File)

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Washington Principal Placed on Leave for Using N-Word - The principal of a elementary school in Poulsbo, Washington, was placed on paid leave after her use of the n-word during a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration upset one of her students. She repeated the n-word as she was explaining its differences with the word "negro." (Photo: Lia Eustachewich /AP/File)

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Air Force Mom Surprises Son at Basketball Game - Derrick Jerkins, 13, of Texas, got the biggest surprise of his young life when his mother, Lt. Col. Cotina Jenkins-Sellers, who was deployed in Kuwait for eight months, showed up at his basketball game this past week. As the teen shot free throws, his mother snuck up behind him. “Mom, I missed you!” he yelled.(Photo: Courtesy of KSAT TV)

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Arizona Fraternity Suspended for Racist MLK Party - Tau Kappa Epsilon, a fraternity at Arizona State University, has been suspended for throwing a distasteful MLK party over the weekend. Attendees wore basketball jerseys, flashed gang signs and held watermelon-shaped cups in photos. Local activists are calling on the school to expel all students involved. (Photo: AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)

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Heartbreaking: Mom Kills Two of Her Children During Attempted Exorcism - Zakieya L. Avery, 28, stabbed two of her children to death in an attempt to perform an exorcism. She is being charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for attempting to kill her other two children. (Photo: AP Photo/Montgomery County Police Dept.)

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Obama Nominates His First Black Lesbian Federal Judge - President Obama nominated the first African-American lesbian federal judge in 20 years on Thursday. Michelle Yandle will become the first Black judge in the Southern District court of Illinois.(Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

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Black Gay Fathers Respond to Racist and Homophobic Comments - Kordale and Kaleb, a gay couple raising three children, responded to racist and homophobic verbal attacks they received for posting a photo of them brushing their daughter’s hair on Instagram. “We do what is necessary for them to succeed in this ever-changing world but it's sad that we're discriminated against because of our sexuality," they wrote to Huffington Post Gay Voices.(Photo: kordalenkaleb via Instagram)

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Black Media Seeks Inclusion in Tobacco Settlement - The National Association of Newspaper Publishers and the National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters want in on a proposed settlement that requires the tobacco industry to run ads to correct their misleading claims about the harmful effects of smoking. They have filed a brief objecting to the exclusion of Black media in the original case. (Photo: Courtesy of the National Newspaper Publishers Association)

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Mom Furious After School Gives Black Student a Confederate Cap - Jacob Lea, a 9-year-old student, came home wearing a Confederate flag hat and this outraged his mother. “I did not want to believe that…the school actually let him walk around as an African-American child with a Confederate cap on,” she said. The North Carolina school said the hat was donated by families for a classroom auction. (Photo: Courtesy of WGHP FOX 8)

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Board Says Stuffing Kendrick Johnson's Body With Newspaper Was Not Illegal - A state board of Georgia said it was not illegal for a mortician to stuff the body of Kendrick Johnson with newspaper before his burial. Johnson, 17, was found dead last year in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Georgia, a case full of sketchy details his family continues to investigate.(Photo: Justice for Kendrick Johnson via Facebook)

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Study: Light-Skinned Blacks Perceived as Smarter - A recent study showed the continued biased perceptions against people with darker skin tones. Lighter-skinned Blacks were remembered as being more educated, according to an experiment by the San Francisco State University.  (Photo: Roy Mehta/Getty Images)