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Found that 70% of african-american children cannot swim. according to the cdc, black children ages 5 through 19 drown in swimming pools at rates 5 1/2 times higher than those of white people. but a group of brooklyn youngsters on the ymca piranha swim team are changing those sta tis tigs. they're making a splash since the '90s, and 18 of the 45 swimmers qualified for state championships this year. >> joining us right now, one of the piranhas that qualified for the championship for the 50-yard free style, and her 8-year-old brother matthew, and the guy behind all of this, welcome all three. >> ...

The cover of "eboni" right now, and you know, you have these white women who love black culture but dismiss the understanding and the cultural weight that black people have to actually go through. so nicki minaj having a conversation about how black women influence the music industry like nobody else and are pushed aside as not seeming mainstream. >> thank you so much. up next making a splash. >> the piranhas are in nerd land. stick around for that. mazing? but you get there and find out it's far from amazing. it's almost like it was too good to be true? that's like when you switch wireless ...

Tracks. what drove a boston police captain's father to turn in his own son? >> timeless on the highway how a traffic stop turned into a life saving situation for that officer there. >> talk will making a splash 1,175 feet the world's longest water slide. >> let's go. ♪ your body was made for better things

The sunlight. it's a health scare, you want to hear about this. gone in 60 seconds. tow truck drivers just waiting for you to park somewhere you shouldn't. this undercover video that is exposing the practice and the growing complaints from motorists. a little later, it was called the technological revolution that will forever change the way you watch television. it was the vcr. remember that thing? it's making a splash. it was in 1985. "throwback thursday" on "world news now." >> "world news now" weather br >> "world news now" weather brought to you by resolve. does your carpet ever feel r...

Relieved to hear his son was alive. >> crazy, you thought i was dad, and i wasn't dead. >> we were, i thought i lost you. >> he says he survived by rationing food he brought with him. and then catching fish and drinking rain water. a display of wooden crosses sparking a protest on a college campus. more than 200 university of texas arlington students signed a petition calling for the removal of the memorial display organized by pro-life student groups on campus. a display consistented of 2,900 small wooden crosses and despite the opposition and vandalism, property-life group feels it was suc...