Bring That Week Back: 4-Year-Old Helps Save Pregnant Mom
Plus, Virginia official calls Black reporter "boy."
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Girl Saves Mother's Life - Virginia official in hot water for racially charged words towards Black reporter. —Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) Calise Manning, 4, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a tiny hero who helped save her mother, Centerria Manning, when she called 911 after she had a seizure. She stayed on the phone with the dispatcher until the ambulance arrived. "I was so proud of her because we practice and I teach her because I am epileptic.... I teach her the address and my full name and things like that, and how to dial 911," she said according to WMTT. (Photo: WWMT-TV, CBS 3 Local News Kalamazoo)
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Virginia Official in Hot Water for Racially Charged Words - “You got it wrong, boy — uh, son.” This comment Augusta County supervisor Tracy Pyles made to African-American reporter Calvin Trice, reporting for the News Leader, has put him at the center of controversy, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Boy" has historically been used in a condescending manner by white men to Black men. Pyles said he speaks to his sons that way and "knew it was going to be misinterpreted." (Photo: Calvin Trice via Twitter)
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Missouri Man Arrested for Racial Harassment Toward Waitress - Tommy Dean Gaa is facing a felony assault charge in an alleged hate crime for telling an African-American waitress, "I have a place I would like to take you where I hung your grandpa," the Maryville Daily Forum reports. Gaa was having breakfast at a Maryville restaurant (Jan. 25) and decided to start his day by serving up some racial jokes that weren't very funny. When asked if he wanted white or wheat toast, he said, "I'm prejudiced. I'll take white." (Photo: Nodaway County Sherriff's Office)
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Woman, 56, Dies Days After Giving Birth - Lisa Swinton McLauglin, 56, died just a week after givng birth to twins, according to the Daily News. The Baltimore woman took fertility treatments for more than 10 years before becoming pregnant. She gave birth on Dec. 27 to Jordan and Dylan by Caesarean section. The premature babies are healthy. (Photo: NY Daily News via Twitter)
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Transgender Woman Is Killed in Possible Hate Crime - Ty Underwood, a transgender woman, was shot and killed on Monday (Jan. 26) in Tyler, Texas. Authorities are investigating the possible hate crime. "This has to be a hate crime, nothing else, because that was an upstanding person with a good heart,” Underwood's roommate said to KYTX. The 24-year-old was working as a nursing assistant and looking forward to attending Kilgore College before she was killed. (Photo: Ty Kardash Underwood via Facebook)
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