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ABOVE PHOTO:  (AP photo)   Thanks to the arrest of two Black men for #WaitingWhileBlack at its 18th and Spruce store in Rittenhouse Square, everyone from Starbucks officials to Police Commissioner Richard Ross has had a tough week.   By Denise Clay Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross apologized to the two young men arrested at…

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Chicago Tribune ???? Photo of Jennifer Riordan/Facebook Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, setting off a desperate scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out. She later died, and seven others were injured. Passengers dragged the woman back in as…

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????Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson/YouTube screengrab By Joe Pisani NEW YORK (AP) — After two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, CEO Kevin Johnson said the company will review what happened and train workers on “unconscious bias.” Johnson, in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday morning, said the arrests last week…

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CENTER CITY (WPVI) –A company spokeswoman confirms that the manager at the Starbucks location at 18th and Spruce streets who called police is no longer an employee at the store. Protesters have been calling for the manager’s firing since two black men were arrested for trespassing last week while waiting on an acquaintance for a…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill’s drug and gun convictions should be thrown out and he should be granted a new trial, prosecutors said in court Monday in an announcement that led his supporters outside to break into an impromptu dance party. Judge Genece Brinkley refused to free him on bail after the announcement from…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Videos showing two black men handcuffed and removed from a Philadelphia Starbucks have drawn outrage and prompted police investigation. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports one clip posted Thursday on YouTube shows police talking to the men for several minutes before handcuffing them and escorting them out of the Center City establishment. A second…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rapper Meek Mill says he always thought ten years of probation would bring him back to prison. Mill spoke to news anchor Lester Holt from a Pennsylvania prison in a phone interview that aired Thursday on “NBC Nightly News.” The Philadelphia-born rapper, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, is fighting for…

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By Teresa A. Emerson A little over decade ago, before Twitter and Facebook — and when Black Voices (BV) was still under AOL — I chatted with this guy who was not a bad person, just a little opinionated and arrogant (pretty much like most of the posters on BV). I was working on a…

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A SPOT OF TEA?  I never knew these tea rooms existed until I visited Queen’s Teapot in Flourtown.  Owner Annie Brown told me that since opening, the women she has hosted love to have a place to relax, socialize and enjoy a variety of teas with homemade savories and sweets.  Queen’s Teapot is open Thursday…

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