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Ohio State University Suspect Shot and Killed; 10 Injured in Campus Attack
Updated Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, 8:46 p.m. EST: The suspect in the Ohio State University attack has been identified as 20-year-old Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a logistics-management major in the College of Business at Ohio State, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The officer who shot and killed Artan has been identified as Ohio State University Police Officer Alan…
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Minn. Bus Driver Uses Racial Slurs Before Kicking Kids Off Bus, Stranding Them
A Minnesota bus driver hurled racial slurs at a bunch of middle school students before forcing them off the bus and leaving them stranded in an industrial park in Moorhead, Minn. Horizon Middle School student DeShanna Dotson told WDAY that the bus driver left her and about 20 students on a street around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.…
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Donald Trump’s Baseless Claim That Illegal Votes Cost Him Popular Vote Is Classic Trump
President-elect Donald Trump is continuing the same ridiculous stunts that got him elected. On Sunday, after learning that Hillary Clinton had joined Jill Stein’s movement to challenge voter results in three states, Trump tweeted that millions of votes were cast illegally for Clinton. “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won…
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Say Cheese? Black CVS Customer Asks for Cheese and Employees Hide and Call Police
Maybe “cheese” sounded like “freeze” to the Richmond, Va., CVS workers who ran to the back and called the police on a young black man who asked for sliced cheese. That’s right; Ricky Berry had the audacity to ask a store worker for cheese, and for some reason—which I’m sure has nothing to do with…
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Unique Views, Episode 20: Jive Turkey, Featuring Pam Grier
Are you like me? Have you ever wished that there was a bigger, blacker Netflix for all the blaxploitation movies of the past? Well, wait no more! Introducing Brown Sugar, the biggest, baddest, blackest mutha— Patti LaDanielle: Shut yo’ mouth! Just talking about Brown Sugar on Bounce TV. Seriously, the service is dope, free for the first…
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After Months of Spouting White Nationalist Sentiments, Trump Denounces Alt-Right
President-elect Donald Trump, who spent his entire campaign spouting white nationalist rhetoric, has once again tried to distance himself from the hate-filled groups. White supremacists, who have tried to rebrand themselves as the “alt-right,” have been praising Trump’s victory as a plus for their agenda, the Associated Press reports. “I disavow and condemn them,” Trump…
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Trump Picks SC Gov. Nikki Haley for US Ambassador to UN
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is reported to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Haley, the first woman and critic of Trump’s campaign to be chosen for a top-level position, sources told the Associated Press. If confirmed by the Senate, Haley, an Asian American, would be the…
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Academic Scandal Forces Notre Dame Football Team to Vacate 2012, 2013 Wins
An academic scandal at the storied Notre Dame football team will put the team on probation; the team must also forfeit wins from the 2012 and 2013 seasons. According to WNDU, the trouble started after the university investigated claims that a student athletic adviser committed academic violations for several players, including giving six players prohibited…
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Trump 'Strongly Considering' Ben Carson for Housing Secretary
On Tuesday, Donald Trump tweeted that he’s strongly considering former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson for a Cabinet position. Here’s the kicker: Carson has already said he doesn’t want a job in the president-elect’s administration. So, either someone isn’t listening or someone has reneged on his earlier statement, or both. While a spokesperson for Carson…
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Ex-NBA Star Dennis Rodman Faces Jail Time in Hit-and-Run
Former NBA wild man and five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman is in hot water after police say he was driving on the wrong side of the freeway, caused an accident and then drove off. According to a CNN report, in June, Rodman entered a Santa Ana, Calif., freeway, headed the wrong way. A driver was…
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