After quitting NAACP, Rachel Dolezal turns to hairstyling; Hillary Clinton asked about grooming - Los Angeles Times
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After quitting NAACP, Rachel Dolezal turns to hairstyling; Hillary Clinton asked about grooming

Rachel Dolezal, shown in file photo from March 2015, says after quitting the Spokane, Wash., NAACP, she now supports herself as a hairdresser.

Rachel Dolezal, shown in file photo from March 2015, says after quitting the Spokane, Wash., NAACP, she now supports herself as a hairdresser.

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Rachel Dolezal, the woman who resigned as head of the Spokane, Wash., NAACP after her parents said she was white passing for black, also lost her job as an African Studies instructor at Eastern Washington University. Now, she tells Vanity Fair, she’s supporting herself by doing weaves and braids three times a week. She also is interested in writing a book.

Hillary Clinton hosted the first Facebook Q&A of her presidential campaign on Monday. It was supposed to be about her vision for a better economy. But then a questioner asked how she puts herself together in the morning, and the topic got sidetracked a bit to grooming. Something that happens far less often to Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders.

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Victor Gruen, regarded to be the father of the enclosed shopping mall, was honored Saturday with the first annual Gruen Day, held in a suburb of San Francisco. When Gruen died in 1978, he had repudiated his invention, saying that suburban malls destroyed cities.

Italian fashion designer Elio Fiorucci was found dead at his home in Milan on Monday. Fiorucci, 80, opened his first store in 1967 and had a client roster that included Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger.

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