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R. Kelly to Be Brought to New York in Cuffs to Face Arraignment on Federal Sex Crime Charges in That State
The screws are being tightened on embattled singer Robert “R.” Kelly. A federal judge has ordered that Kelly, currently being held without bail in isolation in a federal prison in Chicago, be transported to New York next month for arraignment on federal racketeering charges there that he recruited girls for sexual abuse, the Chicago Tribune…
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Poll Finds Americans Fearful Heated Rhetoric Will Fan Flames of Violence
A majority of Americans fear all the racist and otherwise offensive rah rah being spewed in the name of public discourse lately will lead to outright violence, and that it needs to stop. That’s the finding of a new Pew Research Center poll in which some three-quarters of all Americans (73 percent)—Democrats and Republicans, alike—said…
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Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green, Who Integrated the Boston Red Sox, Dies at 85
Jackie Robinson may have been the broken the color barrier in Major League Baseball overall when he took to the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1947. But it would take a dozen more years, and a baseball player named Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, before the very last all-white team in the MLB, the Boston…
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Police Make Arrest in the Killing of Zoe Spears, Whose Death Marked the 10th of a Black Trans Woman This Year
A Baltimore man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old whose death last month outside Washington, D.C., marked the 10th this year of a black transgender woman. The Prince George’s County, Md., police say Gerardo Thomas, 33, admits to having been armed and in the area…
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Ilhan Omar Slams Trump as ‘Fascist’ While He Cries ‘Wasn’t Me’ on the ‘Send Her Back’ Chants
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar struck back Thursday against Donald Trump and his “Send her back”-braying fans, saying the raucous catcalls were not so much about her, but about what Trump stands for: fascism. “I believe he is fascist,” Omar said Thursday, the Daily Beast reports. “I want to remind people that this is what this…
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In the Klutch: Top Sports Agent and LeBron Homie Rich Paul Takes His Talents—and His NBA Clientele—to Hollywood in Major Deal With United Talent Agency
Powerhouse sports agent Rich Paul is bringing the basketball world to Hollywood as part of a major deal between his Klutch Sports Group and United Talent Agency, one of the major agencies representing talent in Tinseltown. On Wednesday, according to Deadline, the two firms announced that UTA had made a “significant investment” in Klutch Sports…
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#TrumpRally Erupts in Raucous Chants of ‘Send Her Back’ as Trump Goes After Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar
Donald Trump ramped up his efforts Wednesday night to demonize the four progressive, freshman congresswomen informally known as “the Squad,” reveling in a raucous crowd’s chants of “Send her back! Send her back!” in reference to his latest target, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Despite a House vote Tuesday to condemn racist comments Trump made telling…
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House Sees Red on Rep. Al Green’s Effort to Impeach Trump
Well, that didn’t take long. As many politicos predicted, the House on Wednesday rebuffed an effort put forth by Texas Democrat Al Green to impeach Donald Trump. As NBC News reports, the Democrat-controlled House voted 332-95 to table Green’s resolution. In bringing it to the House floor Tuesday night, Green had cited Trump’s recent “go…
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Has Halle Bailey’s Prince Been Found? Singer Harry Styles Is Said to Be Disney’s Pick to Play Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid
Word has it that singer Harry Styles of boy band One Direction fame is in talks to be cast as Prince Eric to Halle Bailey’s Ariel in the Disney live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. Negotiations are still in the early stages, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but if Styles is cast, it would show…
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Texas Rep. Al Green Formally Seeks to Impeach Donald Trump
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) set off the impeachment bomb in the House Tuesday evening when he formally submitted articles of impeachment against Donald Trump over the misgivings of House leadership and some of his Democratic colleagues. According to the New York Times, the move came hours after the House, during a raucous session pitting Democrats…