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Presidential candidate Jim Webb, the former Senator of Virginia, shared his discontent with the Democratic debate.

The White man who was caught on video berating another White man about his White privilege is speaking out about the footage.

Apparently, a White man who is a "fighter" for a living discovered and settled what we know as Brooklyn.

There's a newest oldest person on the block (er, in the world). Susannah Mushatt Jones was deemed Oldest Living Person by Guinness World Records today,

“Brownsville’s Unlikely Rugby Dynasty” by ANDREW COTTO via NYT http://t.co/7GmOk849Wgpic.twitter.com/TsqLUOgt2J — Michael Gabrill (@michael_gabrill) June 12, 2015 In one of the most socio-economically depressed neighborhoods in New York City, an crew of middle schoolers is doing damage in what was previously a historically very white, very British sport – rugby. As outlined in a recent […]

If you’ve been a New York City resident for some time, you’ve likely noticed how your once empty subway car is still packed with people, even after crossing that once undesirable Manhattan/Brooklyn line. The L train doesn’t empty out after Bedford Avenue. The G train, the ignored ghost train of the city, now boasts a […]

Cast members of HBO’s The Wire, which has a storyline based in the streets of Baltimore, took to social media to ask that those in the area hold peaceful protests instead of destroying their city. “To my Beloved city Baltimore..I feel your pain,” tweeted actor Andre Royo. “Stand up..rise UP without breaking down! Discipline not Destruction. #VictorynotVictims.” […]

Gentrification will soon drop to the second most-powerful force in Brooklyn, NY, thanks to a big political move. According to MSNBC, Hillary Clinton has signed a new lease for her campaign headquarters and it happens to be in the birthplace of Biggie and, most recently, hipster beards. The One Pierrepont Plaza building, located in what Gothamist dubbed “the […]

A family is mourning the loss of 45-year-old Simone Jones, who died during a plastic surgery procedure in New York last month. The family is seeking a full refund for the botched job that caused Jones to lose her life, the Daily Mail reports. Jones went into cardiac arrest while getting liposuction at Lexington Plastic Surgeons in […]

Police have identified and arrested a 16-year-old girl in connection with a massive brawl inside a Brooklyn-area McDonald’s, NBC reports. The brutal brawl, which left a teenager beaten and bruised, occurred in the McDonald’s on Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush. Witnesses claim there were up to 10 girls attacking the teen throughout the 3-minute fight, but authorities have […]

A terrifying tale about a woman who was raped in the middle of the night turned out to be fake because…racism. A 20-year-old white woman recanted a story Saturday after claiming she was raped in a Brooklyn park by a black man. The alleged victim says she was at Rodney Park North in Williamsburg around 12:15 a.m. when the […]

Officials arrested a Brooklyn teenager for creating emojis showing a gun to a police officer’s head, DNAinfo reports. SEE ALSO: Willow Smith At Center Of Seemingly Topless Instagram Officers cuffed Osiris Aristy (pictured) last Sunday in his Bushwick apartment for using the symbols in a way causing “New York City police to fear for their safety,” per a […]