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In today’s top news, a third protest has erupted in Brooklyn over the police killing of Kimani Gray; First Lady Michella Obama will cover Vogue’s April issue; and Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose has offered to pay for the funeral of Jonylah Watkins, an infant who was shot and killed in Chicago.
A third protest erupted Wednesday night in Brooklyn, New York, where police killed Kimani Gray. [BET]
First Lady Michelle Obama will cover the April issue of Vogue magazine. [BET]
Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose has offered to pay for the funeral of Jonylah Watkins, a 6-month-old that was shot and killed in Chicago. [NBC Chicago]
The White House said Tuesday that all criticism of the level of diversity in President Obama’s second-term cabinet should be held until he completes it. [Black Voices]
Lawyers suing the New York Police Department for its stop-and-frisk policy are calling it the “the trial of the century.” [Black Voices]
Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant will be out “indefinitely” after spraining his left ankle. [AP]
A New York woman plummets to her death from an 8th floor apartment with her baby, who survives. [Huffington Post]
Carnival Cruise Lines will fly their passengers on one of its cruises back to Florida after the ship’s generator failed while docked in the Caribbean. [AP]
Scientists are saying that embalming the body of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be difficult. [CNN]
Xi Jinping was named China’s president Thursday by the country’s parliament. [Al Jazeera]
