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LAPD Off-Duty Officer Saves Man From Burning Car
Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad officer Don Thompson didn’t know he would become a hero on his way to work Christmas afternoon. The 26-year veteran of the LAPD was driving on Los Angeles’ 405 Freeway when he saw a car crash. “I saw this car just veer into the retaining wall,” Thompson told ABC…
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Happy Kwanzaa From the GOP
If there was ever any doubt as to the voter power welded by African Americans in upcoming elections, the latest tweet from the GOP should cast away all doubt. On Thursday the GOP tweeted, “Happy Kwanzaa! Wishing those celebrating a joyous time with loved ones and a time of meaningful reflection ahead of the New…
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Family Moving Brain-Dead Teen to Nursing Home
The family of Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old girl who has been declared brain-dead after a tonsillectomy gone wrong, is hoping to transfer her to a nursing facility that is willing to continue to care for her, the Associated Press reports. In order for the teen to be accepted at a nursing home, doctors at Children’s…
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President Obama Signs Bill to Crack Down on Sexual Assault in the Military
President Obama may be vacationing with his family in Hawaii but that hasn’t stopped him from working. On Thursday the president signed into law a defense bill that will crack down on sexual assault in the military, the Associated Press reports via the New York Daily News. As reported by the Pentagon, some 26,000 members…
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Father Charged With DUI After 4-Year-Old Son Is Ejected From Car
Franklin Jackson, 46, was driving with his wife and kids on a Chicago expressway when he lost control of the blue and gray Ford Expedition and slammed into a guardrail. The allegedly drunk Jackson kept driving and stopped at a gas station to assess the damage done to the SUV when he realized that his…
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White Teacher to Black Student: We Don’t Need Another Black President
A white Cincinnati-area teacher has been suspended for allegedly telling an African-American student that “we do not need another black president” after the student said he would like to become president, the Cincinnati Inquirer reports. The Fairfield Board of Education suspended Fairfield Freshman School science teacher Gil Voigt after he allegedly made the comments with…
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Jesse Jackson Goes Duck Wild
Jesse Jackson wants a formal sit-down with the executives at A&E over the comments made by Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, the Chicago Tribune reports. Jackson compared Robertson’s recent comments about African Americans, gay people and women to comments made by the driver of Rosa Parks’ bus, in a statement issued Tuesday, the Tribune reports.…
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President Urges Americans to Volunteer This Holiday Season
President Barack Obama gave his annual Christmas message Wednesday and used the opportunity to ask Americans to remember the troops who are serving the country far from their loved ones. “Our extraordinary men and women in uniform are serving so that the rest of us can enjoy the blessings we cherish during the holidays,” the…
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Family Spends Christmas With Brain-Dead Teen
The family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who has been on life support since tonsillectomy surgery earlier this month, spent Christmas next to her in the hospital. They set up a Christmas tree in her room with presents for her and her siblings, ABC 7 reports. On Tuesday, McMath’s family got the news that the girl…
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What Would Jesus Do?
On the eve of the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birthday, the Associated Press has published a story via ABC News on the race of the son of Christ. Was he black, white—or even human? It’s tough to say, but the piece aims to cut through a broad and rather dubious debate that has been going…
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