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What Happened to Steve Francis?
The story of Steve Francis is becoming more bizarre by the minute. The latest is this: Francis, the onetime basketball standout and No. 2 NBA draft pick, was arrested in Houston on a DWI. He was accused of driving 85 mph in a 65 mph zone. When police pulled Francis over, authorities said that he smelled…
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'The Uniform Was the Target': Manhunt Continues for Texas Man Who Fatally Shot Cop
San Antonio police are hunting for the gunman who fatally shot a detective Sunday while he was writing a traffic ticket. The man is described as being “extremely dangerous to the police and to the public,” ABC News reports. “We have pulled out all the stops. We have engaged our federal, our state partners and…
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Senior-Living Trap House: 65-Year-Old Arrested, Charged With Selling Cocaine
A 65-year-old Chicago woman was reportedly heavy in the streets. According to the Chicago Tribune, Audrea Sanders was arrested on charges of selling cocaine out of her senior-living apartment in Cook County public housing. Sanders was arrested last week and appeared in bond court Wednesday. The Golden Towers Senior Living Center resident was “charged with…
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Faulty $2 Drug Test Lands Military Couple in Jail for 2 Months
For two-and-a-half months, Gale Griffin and her husband, Wendell Harvey, a military couple with top security clearance, sat in an Arkansas jail after bags of baking soda tested positive for cocaine because of a faulty drug-test kit used by police. “I felt cut off from reality; it felt very strange—someplace that doesn’t feel like America…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 19: Doug E. Fresh and Prince, BFFs
I never wanted to host a podcast. I also never wanted to host a podcast with my nemesis Danielle Young—aka Young Work Release, aka Ms. Patti Patti, aka The Root’s social-content producer—but God doesn’t care about my wants. As such, I have been blessed, but not with Ms. Patti Patti. She is my penance. I…
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Does Sage Steele Think All Lives Matter?
ESPN commentator Sage Steele has found herself in the middle of a Twitter fray since Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans took a knee to protest Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Steele posted this: And all hell broke loose. Steele was accused of being everything but a child of god. Many saw her stance as…
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Russell Westbrook Delivers Impassioned Okla. Hall of Fame Speech
On Thursday, Russell Westbrook gave an impassioned speech after being inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Westbrook was introduced by Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, who praised Westbrook’s loyalty to the Oklahoma City Thunder. “He could’ve easily come to Charlotte,” Jordan, owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, joked, ESPN reports. “But he decided to stay…
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Jeff Sessions Couldn't Be Judge Because of Racial Comments; Now He's Trump's Pick for AG
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sen. Jeff Sessions, a conservative from Alabama whose nomination for a federal judgeship was rejected because of racially charged comments, to be the next attorney general of the United States. According to the New York Times, Sessions, a former prosecutor, was also being considered for the position of secretary of…
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LeBron James Honors Muhammad Ali, Donates $2,500,000 to Smithsonian Exhibit
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., just got a king-size donation. On Thursday, King James, aka LeBron James, announced that he is giving the newly opened museum a $2.5 million donation to support an exhibit honoring Muhammad Ali, the Associated Press reports. “Every professional athlete, regardless of race…
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Derrick Rose Seeking $70,000 Payment From Rape Accuser
In October, New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose and two friends were found not liable in a sexual assault case. Now Rose wants the rape accuser to cover some $70,000 in court costs. According to the New York Daily News, Rose and his fellow defendants, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen, believe that they are “entitled”…
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