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Ted Cruz ends his bid for Republican presidential nomination

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump's march to the Republican nomination.

The conservative tea party firebrand who tried to cast himself as the only viable alternative to Trump ended his campaign after a stinging defeat in Indiana's Republican primary.

"It appears that path has been foreclosed," Cruz told supporters in Indianapolis. "Together, we left it... MORE

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S.P.D. Searching for Runaway Teen

Shreveport police are looking for a teenaged girl who reportedly ran away from a local youth shelter last week.

​Juvenile detectives say 17-year-old Kaleigh Sheldon apparently left Rutherford House on April 27 and hasn’t returned to the facility. No one has been able to contact her. 

Sheldon is a white female, about 5’3″ tall and 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. If you know where she is, call police at 318-673-6955.
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​Kentucky Confederate monument to be removed after 120 years

© AP Photo/Dylan Lovan Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks in front of the Confederate monument near the University of Louisville with university President James Ramsey, left, in Louisville, Ky., Friday, April 29, 2016. The Confederate monument…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Confederate monument will be removed from a spot near the University of Louisville campus where it has stood since 1895.

The stone monument honoring Kentuckians who died for the Confederacy in the Civil War will be moved to another location, University President James Ramsey and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said during a surprise announcement Friday. The monument is capped with a statue of a Confederate soldier.

American Ballerina, Misty Copeland, Gets Own Barbie Doll
New York--- Barbie doll manufacturer, Mattel, has just announced that they will honor the African-American celebrity Ballet dancer with her very own Barbie in their collection.

​Mitochondrial dysfunction linked to chemotherapeutic resistance in African-American men with prostate cancer

Improper functioning of the mitochondria, a cell's source of energy, may help account for the fact that African-American men with prostate cancer respond poorly to the same conventional therapies provided to Caucasian-American men, according to research led by Dhyan Chandra, PhD, Associate Professor of Oncology in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). The study was published online ahead of print in the British Journal of Cancer.

"In an earlier study, we provided the first evidence that African-American men possess reduced levels of mitochondrial genetic material in healthy prostate tissues,... MORE
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Senate confirms first female combatant commander

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Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson is the new commander of U.S. Northern Command. (Photo: Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Air Force)
Senators confirmed Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson as the new head of U.S. Northern Command during wrap-up work late Thursday, making her the first woman to serve as a combatant commander.

Robinson’s confirmation was approved without opposition before lawmakers started their week-long congressional recess. Lawmakers also confirmed Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti to serve as the new head of U.S. European Command and Army Gen. Vincent Brooks to lead U.S. Forces Korea.  MORE

​13 Year Old Boy, With Replica Pistol Shot By Baltimore Police

​A 13-year-old African American male caring a toy gun, was shot by a Baltimore police officer Wednesday afternoon.

The teen, who was later identified as Dedric Colvin, allegedly ran when approached by two undercover police officers driving an unmarked police car, the authorities said.

The teen is expected to survive after suffering non-fatal injuries; he was hit in the leg and the... MORE

TAMIR RICE: Settlement of $6 Million, No Culpability

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CLEVELAND --- Cleveland officials chose a settlement amount of $6 million on Monday, to end the lawsuit concerning the killing of a black, twelve year old with a pellet pistol. The child was named Tamir Rice, and was killed by a white officer outside Cudell Recreation Center center. MORE

​Risks of harm from spanking confirmed by analysis of 5 decades of research

The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of research on spanking... MORE

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REVIEW: Larry Wilmore's Set on the White House Correspondent's Dinner

Comedian, and Late-night host, Larry Wilmore, had a very tough act to follow, having played immediately after the President, at the top of the White House Correspondent's dinner.

The room was icy to his pitch. His took a daring number of risky punchlines, most of which, in the room, were, painfully, DOA.  Wilmore appeared to be utterly shocked that he was landing only roughly one in 8 deliveries. And then he beat the "Zodiac Killer" horse to a pulp.  What did I just watch?  MORE

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REVIEW: "United Shades of America" with W. Kamau Bell

​Premiering on CNN last Sunday, "United Shades of America", with host W. Kamau Bell, dilutes shadows.

​REVIEW: “United Shades of America”, Hosted by W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
by Marcinho Savant, Entertainment Writer

I witnessed, while sitting at my desk Sunday night, a KKK cross “̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶i̶n̶g̶”  burning on prime-time television, in 2016.

​Whoodathunk it? All I could see in my mind’s eye were the ancestors who were terrorized by the sight, lynched, discarded.

My family has a role in the civil rights movement which makes such images highly personal and impactful to me. What was I volunteering to watch?  MORE
In this March 31, 2016 file photo, W. Kamau Bell poses for a portrait to promote the series, "United Shades of America" in New York. Bell's series, premiers Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT on CNN. (Photo by Scott Gries/Invision/AP)

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Racism Litmus Test: Caught on Video

Anti-Racism Activist & Educator, Jane Elliot, Speaks To White Citizens On Receiving The Same Treatment As Black Citizens

 "I want every white person in this room, who would be happy to be treated as this society in general treats our citizens, our black citizens. If you as a white person would be happy to receive the same treatment that our black citizens do in this society - please stand! 

"​You didn't understand the directions. If you white folks want to be treated the way blacks are in this society - stand! - Nobody is standing here. That says very plainly that you KNOW what's happening. You KNOW you don't want it for YOU. I want to know why YOU are so willing to accept it or to ALLOW it to happen for others?" - Jane Elliot.​

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. WHAT TED CRUZ FACES IN MIDWESTERN PRIMARY

It's a high-stakes test for the Texas senator's slumping presidential campaign in Indiana, one of the last opportunities for him to halt Trump's stunning march toward the GOP nomination.

2. GOALS CLEAR, DETAILS SECRET FOR PYONGYANG'S SHOWCASE CONGRESS

North Korea is the world's last great master of Cold War-era spectacle and it is likely to deliver a big one when Kim Jong Un's ruling party holds its first congress in 36 years.merica have been prevented from enrolling in mainstream classrooms in at least 35 districts in 14 states... MORE

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•  ABC Selects First African-American Female to Head
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•  American Girl Debuts African-American Doll From the Civil  
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• ​Jeb Bush drops out of the Republican race for president  
​• Southern University Shreveport Gets New Chancellor
• SCOTUS analyst: Loretta Lynch ‘most likely candidate’ to
   replace Scalia
• Landmark Study Finds U.S. Dementia Incidence Highest
​   In African Americans And American Indians
•  Tornado Watch for Natchitoches Parish, LA
•  Unrestrained Sterlington Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash
•  Bossier Parish Crash Claims the Life of a Shreveport Man 
•  What you need to know about Zika virus​
•  Baton Rouge Police: Teenager arrested after loaded
   shotgun he was playing with discharges, kills friend
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May is Mental Health Month 2016​

Since 1949, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. 

This year’s theme for Mental Health Month is - Life with a Mental Illness - and will call on individuals to share what life with a mental illness feels like for them in words, pictures and video by tagging their social media posts with #mentalillnessfeelslike (or submitting to MHA anonymously). Posts will be collected and displayed at mentalhealthamerica.net/feelslike.  ​More...
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