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A fourth-grader in Alabama died by suicide after being bullied with racist taunts, according to the child’s family. McKenzie Nicole Adams, 9, a U.S. Jones Elementary School student, was found dead in her home on Dec. 3 by her grandmother, according to Tuscaloosa News. Eddwina Harris, the girl’s aunt, told Tuscaloosa News that the bullying her niece experienced stemmed from...

The normal liveliness found in Havana’s streets was notably absent Sunday afternoon as Cubans prepare to nationally memorialize the late Fidel Castro. The somber atmosphere marks the beginning of an eight-day period of mourning.

Expecto Patronum, y’all

George Martin, the Beatles’ urbane producer who guided, assisted and stood aside through the band’s swift, historic transformation from rowdy club act to musical and cultural revolutionaries, has died, his management said Wednesday. He was 90....
“We can confirm that Sir George Martin passed away peacefully at home yesterday evening,” Adam Sharp, a founder of CA Management, said Wednesday in an...

The 88th annual Academy Awards released its 2016 nominees this morning with a familiar look — only white actors were nominated in the acting categories..