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Woman who stabbed MLK is now 98 in New York nursing home

Izola Curry, who stabbed Martin Luther King with a letter opener in 1958, is now living as a 98-year-old at a New York City nursing home.




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FBI report claims MLK had 'all-night sex orgies'

The report released on Friday was written just weeks before the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968, and details allegations about a workshop King held earlier that year in Miami.




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MLKs nephew: 'Trump racially ignorant racially uninformed'

Martin Luther King Jr.'s nephew called President Trump 'racially ignorant' but 'not a racist' after meeting with him privately before an ill-timed MLK event in the Oval Office Friday.  




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Florida prisoners declare strike to protest 'unpaid wages'

Prisoners in at least eight Florida state-run penitentiaries will strike on Monday, which falls on Martin Luther King Jr Day, it was reported on Sunday.




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Trump is like George Wallace says Martin Luther King III

Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest son is calling out President Donald Trump following accusations the president railed against immigration from 's***hole' African countries during a meeting last week.




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Melania and Trump kids trolled for their MLK Day posts

Melania and her husband's three eldest children - Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric - all took to Twitter Monday to post tributes in honor of the late civil rights leader.




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Natalie Portman wears Time's Up tee at Kingdom Day Parade

Famous names like Natalie Portman and Jussie Smollett turned up to the Kingdom Day Parade, which was held in Los Angeles on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.




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Veteran, 91, who joined Selma march recalls historic event

Dr. Gerald Newmark, 91, joined the Civil Rights marches in Selma led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Army veteran was inspired to go after watching Bloody Sunday on TV 53 years ago.




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Sir Trevor McDonald comes face-to-face with former KKK member

The ITV presenter visited Memphis, Tennessee to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Martin Luther King, where he met with former white supremacist Scott Shepherd.




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Man who was convicted of shipping guns to NFL star Aaron Hernandez is arrested for attempted murder

Oscar Hernandez, 27, is alleged to have fired shots at a man outside a restaurant in Palm Beach, Florida. He was previously convicted of sending the late NFL star an assault rifle and a pair of handguns.




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Barack Obama leads tributes to honor Martin Luther King, Jr

Thousands of people have gathered at the memorial for the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in Washington, DC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassination.




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Stevie Wonder enlists more than 70 celebs to pay tribute to MLK

Stevie Wonder was joined by more than 70 celebs including, Barack and Michelle Obama, Katy Perry and Mariah Carey to share their dreams in honor of Martin Luther King's death.




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Daughter of MLK Jr calls for boycott of Waffle House

Bernice King, 55, issued the call for a boycott Thursday on Twitter, referring to the recent arrests of Anthony Wall in North Carolina and Chikesia Clemons in Alabama.




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Former Oregon football star, 21, found dead near crash site hours after his friend got into a wreck

Fotu Leiato, 21, was found dead in Oregon Friday hours after his friend, Pedro Chavarin Jr, crashed his car in the area. Chavarin, 22, told police he was in the car alone when he crashed.




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Incredible never-before-published photos show Arthur Ashe on and off the tennis court 50 years ago 

It's been 50 years since Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the U.S. Open.A new book with photos by John G. Zimmerman shows Ashe in a new light.




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Meteorologist Jeremy Kappell fired over 'Martin Luther C**n' slur

Jeremy Kappell (pictured) referred to a park named after the civil rights leader in Rochester, New York, as 'Martin Luther C**n Park', before quickly amending his mistake during a broadcast for WHEC.




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Trump and Pence spend two minutes at Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

The White House's official schedules for the day, published Sunday night, said Trump and Pence both had 'no public events scheduled.'




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Press Secretary Sarah Sanders suffers backlash for saying MLK 'gave his life' to fight racism

Sarah Sanders tweeted a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr Monday for MLK Day. She wrote that MLK 'gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality'.




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Ocasio-Cortez says Millennials believe 'world will end in 12 YEARS' if climate change is ignored

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was invited to a special panel honoring Martin Luther King Jr at Riverside Church in New York City on Monday. Hours later, she appeared on Stephen Colbert's show on CBS.




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Adore Me is slammed over 'tone deaf' MLK Day ad

Numerous subscribers took to Twitter on Monday to call out the company by sharing screengrabs of the notification, which put a distasteful spin on Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.




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Video captures two young, shirtless Philadelphia 76ers fans in escalating 'dance-off for the ages'

Dominic Prybella, 10, and Anthony Stuard, 9, became internet famous when video of their shirtless dance battle at a 76ers game was tweeted by the NBA on TNT.




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Nas' New York Sweet Chick chicken restaurants providing free meals until government shutdown ends

New York Sweet Chick restaurants co-owned by rapper Nas and John Seymour are offering free chicken and waffles to furloughed workers until the partial government shutdown ends.




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Weatherman sues TV station after he was fired for saying Dr. Luther C**n King Jr on air

The meteorologist appeared to use the racial slur whilst describing a park in the New York state city named after Martin Luther King Jr.




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Los Angeles unveils 3.5-mile 'Barack Obama Boulevard' in a tribute to the former President

The 3.5-mile street runs across Los Angeles' black neighborhood and also intersects with Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. There was a concert on Saturday to unveil the Obama Boulevard sign.




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Militant vegans publish manifesto for 'roadmap to animal liberation' to abolish meat-eating

The manifesto encourages members to wage a war on Australian farmers by entering their properties, 'documenting the conditions' and stealing animals.




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Lost Martin Luther King speech from 1967 discovered on an old recording that also taped KKK threats

A speech by Martin Luther King was found by the children of a photographer and journalist who hid a tape recorder under a Klan robe to infiltrate a white supremacist rally in South Carolina in 1967.




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Martin Luther King III calls for NFL boycott until one of the 32 teams signs Colin Kaepernick

Martin Luther King III is calling for a boycott of the NFL until one of the league's 32 team signs controversial QB Colin Kaepernick, who's been out of the league since his infamous protests in 2016.




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Brother of Sandy Hook victim calls out Joe Biden for 'factual inaccuracy'

JT Lewis, whose six-year-old brother Jesse was one of the 26 people killed in the Connecticut mass shooting, eviscerated the 2020 hopeful for making the claim in a new video released earlier this week.




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Veteran narcotics investigator, 51, shot dead during routine patrol in Georgia

Richmond County narcotics investigator Cecil Ridley, 51 (left), was shot dead during a confrontation with convicted felon Alvin Hester Jr, 24 (pictured right in 2017) in Augusta.




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Thousands gather at ultra-Orthodox funerals to mourn two Jewish victims in Jersey City

Both Ultra-Orthodox services were held on Wednesday evening, in keeping with Jewish custom to conduct burial services as soon as possible after death.




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Daughter of Alabama governor George Wallace speaks out in new memoir

In her new memoir, The Broken Road, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, 69, reminisces on growing up with her father as he tried to block racial integration during the 1960s.




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Donald Trump boasts that MLK day marks three years since he was sworn in

President Trump tweeted about the anniversary of his inauguration Monday and said it was 'so appropriate' that the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. also occurred on the same day.




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AOC labels Democrat Party 'center-conservative', claims there is no 'left' in Medicare-for-all rant

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has claimed 'we don't have a left' party in America as she urged Democrats to help transform the healthcare system during a New York event on Monday.




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Conor McGregor calls Trump a 'phenomenal' president in a show of support on Twitter during MLK day

Conor McGregor praised Donald Trump, calling him a 'Phenomenal President'. The Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter took to Twitter on Monday as Trump celebrated his three-year anniversary.




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Alabama inmate to be executed tonight for the murders of three cops, Kim Kardashian latest to speak

The reality star took to Twitter to voice her support of Nathaniel Woods, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday at 6pm.




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Modern day treasure hunter reveals his extraordinary findings  

Nathan Raab tells about his findings in his new book The Hunt for History, On the Trail of the World's Lost Treasures , published by Scribner.




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Terrifying footage shows hungry alligator crawling towards car drivers on busy Florida intersection 

The huge alligator was spotted on the corner of MLK Boulevard and Williams Road at the Seffner intersection in Florida as it lumbered across the road.




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X Factor 2011: Kitty Brucknell sets the tone for the live shows in a bra top

Attending a press conference for the ITV show, Kitty showed off her incredible unique sense of style as she posed for photographers wearing a bejewelled bra top and bizarre sheet-style skirt, which had newspaper headlines drawn on in pen.




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X Factor 2011: Kelly Rowland watches Sophie Habibis perform at G-A-Y after live show

She chose Misha B over the former barmaid last week during a phone call from LA while she was sick




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X Factor: Amelia Lily looks every inch the pop princess in pink tutu and matching corset on the opening night of tour

So Amelia Lily didn't waste any time stealing the show at the opening night of The X Factor Live Tour.




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X Factor 2012 live tour: Little Mix look disgruntled after being upstaged by Amelia Lily

They were upstaged by runner-up Amelia Lily last night even though they were the winners of last year's X Factor.




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Jesy Nelson steps out dressed like a bizarre cartoon character as the X Factor tour rolls on to another city

The Little Mix band member looked like a mismatched cartoon character as she left her Liverpool hotel today after wowing the city last night on the X Factor live tour.




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X Factor tour 2012: Little Mix reach dizzying heights onstage

They may have won X Factor but Little Mix are no-ones puppets - although onstage they could be forgiven for looking like they were on strings.




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Tulisa and new boyfriend Jack O'Connell check into London hotel ahead of watching Little Mix perform on the X Factor tour

The couple tried to keep a low profile as they arrived at the venue casually dressed in jeans and joined by a large group of people.




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The X Factor live final moves from London to Manchester

It has been revealed that this year The X Factor will be staging their live final at Manchester Central.




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X Factor 2012: Louis Walsh hopes to capitalise on One Direction success with lookalike boy band Union J

Four-piece X Factor finalists have similar haircuts to the predecessors.




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The X Factor 2012: Tulisa gets it wrong in as Nicole stuns on first live show

In August Tulisa made the brave admission that her fellow judge Nicole Scherzinger knew better than her in regards to stylish picks.




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X Factor 2012: Nicole Scherzinger shows off a lot of leg in a daring split dress as she heads out

She's had a hectic weekend, but X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger clearly wasn't ready for the party to end as she headed out in Mayfair after Sunday night's live show.




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X Factor 2012: Ella Henderson joins the cast of Dreamboats and Petticoats

She's currently making her dreams come true as she competes to be crowned the winner of The X Factor 2012.




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X Factor 2012: Lucy Spraggan drops out of The X Factor tour

Lucy Spraggan has confirmed she will not be appearing in The X Factor Live tour next year.