Students Throw Noose Around Black Student's Neck in Mississippi (Video)

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Students Throw Noose Around Black Student's Neck in Mississippi
NAACP leaders want federal officials to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
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Students Throw Noose Around Black Student's Neck in Mississippi

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Students Throw Noose Around Black Student's Neck in Mississippi

NAACP leaders want federal officials to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

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"We apologize to Elis and our viewers," NBC Sports said in a statement.

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Authorities have identified the shooter that killed eight people as an 18-year-old local resident.

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It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.

Indiana will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognizing transgender residents' gender changes.

“By any measure, the detainees surely fell victim to constitutionally inadequate process," Chief Judge James E. Boasberg ruled.

Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.