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  • 'KKK' Marked Across Black Sheriff Candidate's Sign in Kan.

    LeRoy McConico, who is running as a Democratic candidate for sheriff in Linn County, Kan., has had issues with people messing with his campaign signs. However, earlier this week, he discovered that one of his campaign signs had been vandalized with white lettering that said “KKK,” the first time he’d ever seen something this blatant, the Kansas…

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  • Protesters Clash With Police Over David Duke’s Appearance at Historically Black Dillard University

    Police used pepper spray on a group of protesters who were rallying against former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke’s appearance at the historically black Dillard University as part of the U.S. Senate candidate debate Wednesday in Louisiana, CNN reports. Protesters clashed with law enforcement outside the event, and pepper spray was deployed on the…

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  • FBI Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Arson, Vandalism at Black Miss. Church 

    The FBI has launched a civil rights investigation into the arson and vandalism of a black church in Greenville, Miss., where someone spray-painted “Vote Trump” on the side of the damaged building, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, approximately 80 percent of the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was destroyed in the blaze. Greenville Mayor…

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  • Pa. Woman Sent Video of Lifeless Toddler to Father, Police Say 

    A young McKeesport, Pa., mother is accused of killing her toddler son and then sending disturbing video footage and texts to the child’s father, CBS Pittsburgh reports.  According to police, upon responding to a call at the Hi View Gardens housing complex at around 11 p.m. Tuesday, authorities found the unresponsive 17-month-old boy, who was…

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  • NY Woman Thinks She Won $42,900,000 at Slots, but Casino Says Machine Malfunctioned

    Katrina Bookman started making plans when the slot machine she was gambling at flashed a $42.9 million win. “I kept thinking about my family,” Bookman said, according to ABC7. She was going to buy a barbershop for her son and give a big chunk of change back to her community with her apparent jackpot that…

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  • Miss. Black Church Burned, Vandalized With Words ‘Vote Trump’

    A Greenville, Miss., black church was burned and vandalized Tuesday night, Mississippi News Now reports. According to the report, authorities responded to a call about a church burning after 11 p.m. The Hopewell M.B. Church was found burned and also vandalized, with the words “Vote Trump” spray-painted in white on the outside of the building.…

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  • Parents of Ezell Ford Settle Lawsuit With City of Los Angeles

    The parents of a mentally ill man who was shot and killed by Los Angeles police officers in 2014 have settled their wrongful death and state civil rights lawsuit with the city, the Los Angeles Times reports. Attorneys for the parents of Ezell Ford and the city of Los Angeles reportedly reached a tentative settlement…

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  • KKK's Official Newspaper Backs Trump; Trump Campaign Rejects Support 

    The Crusader, the official newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan, has announced its support for the candidacy of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in its current issue, the Washington Post reports. The newspaper’s entire front page is used for a lengthy defense of Trump’s run for the White House under the banner, “Make America Great…

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  • Suspect Identified After 2 Officers Killed in 'Ambush-Style' Attacks in Iowa

    Updated Wednesday, Nov. 2, 11 a.m. EDT: Police have a suspect in custody after two police officers in Iowa were shot and killed in “ambush-style attacks,” NPR reports. Police announced earlier Wednesday that they were searching for 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, who was considered armed and dangerous. Updated Wednesday, Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m. EDT: Police…

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  • 6 Dead After School Bus and Commuter Bus Collide in Baltimore

    Six people are dead and at least five have been injured after a commuter bus and a school bus collided in southwest Baltimore Tuesday in what authorities have described as a “significant wreck,” the Washington Post reports. According to the report, no schoolchildren were aboard the school bus at the time of the crash, which…

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