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Fla. Man Running for Local Office Posts Phony Obama Endorsement Letter to Facebook
Turns out that not everyone running for office is trying to distance himself from the president. An Orlando, Fla.-area construction-company owner who’s running for local office proudly boasted a letter of endorsement written by President Barack Obama and posted the letter on his Facebook page. There was only one problem: The president didn’t write the…
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White Teacher Reportedly Tells Student That Killing All Black People Is on Her Bucket List
A student at Camden County High School in North Carolina was having lunch in the classroom when she began discussing with her teacher items on her bucket list. Cynthia Ramsey, who teaches math at the school, reportedly shocked the student with one of her items. “She conveyed to me that Mrs. Ramsey had indicated that…
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Charges Refiled Against Homeless Ariz. Woman Who Left Kids in the Car While on Job Interview
The homeless Arizona woman who was arrested after she left her two children in the car while she went to a job interview has had charges against her reinstated after authorities say she failed to follow court guidelines conditional to her release. Shanesha Taylor found herself at the center of a national debate surrounding child…
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Illinois Substitute Teacher Calls Students the N-Word
Illinois eighth-graders Mea Thompson, Zaria Daniel and two other students were working in a classroom group earlier this week when, they say, a substitute teacher referred to them as “African American.” “All four of us that were sitting there got offended because none of us are from Africa,” Mea told NBC Chicago. “I’m Jamaican. So…
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High School Football Player Has Leg Amputated After Game Injury
On Friday Leshawn Williams, a defensive lineman for Northeast High School in Florida, took a nasty spill, and at first everyone believed it affected his knee. He would most likely miss the rest of the season. The game was delayed for almost 30 minutes as team medics tried to figure out if there was just…
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Watch: Michigan Police Fatally Shoot Homeless Man, Firing 46 Shots
Editor’s note: This video contains graphic images. In 2012 eight Saginaw, Mich., police officers surrounded a 49-year-old mentally ill, homeless man armed only with a penknife and shot him some 46 times. On Monday the American Civil Liberties Union released the disturbing footage, the New York Daily News reports. According to reports, police received a…
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From Homeless to Hollywood: Ted ‘Golden Voice’ Williams, 3 Years Later
Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice who was panhandling on a street corner in Ohio three years ago when a Columbus Dispatch videographer filmed video of him that quickly went viral, hasn’t had the easiest road since his newfound fame. Appearing Monday on Today, Williams told the NBC morning show that since the…
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Report: 5-Year-Old Boy Being Observed for Ebola in NYC Hospital
A 5-year-old boy is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and is being observed for Ebola, ABC News reports. According to ABC News, the boy arrived in New York on Saturday from Guinea. It is unclear when the boy’s temperature spiked, but according to media reports he posted a fever of 103…
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Detroit Man Is Not the Father, but Court Says He Owes $30,000 in Child Support
A Detroit man is facing a choice given him by the state of Michigan. The first option is to pay $30,000 in back child support for a child that is not his. His second option? Go to prison. But wait, it gets worse. Everything and everyone involved in this story—including a paternity test, the child’s…
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Ind. Teen Shot Dead for Laughing at Neighbor
Police say 13-year-old Kobe Jones was shot dead by his Gary, Ind., neighbor after the boy reportedly laughed at the man, whose home was burglarized earlier that day. According to NBC Chicago, the neighbor, whose name had not been released, returned home with his girlfriend to find that his house had been robbed while they…
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