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Simone Biles Finishes Rio Olympics With 4 Gold Medals
Simone Biles didn’t become the first female gymnast to win five gold medals in a single Olympics. However, the 4-foot-9-inch powerhouse joined a very small group of elite gymnasts when she snagged her fourth gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Games after coming out on top for the floor exercise, Time magazine reports. According…
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Baltimore Police Lieutenant Suspended After Email Calling Protesters ‘Thugs’
A Baltimore police lieutenant has been suspended after sending an email to the city’s entire police force calling members of the Black Lives Matter movement “thugs,” ABC2 reports. Police Lt. Victor Gearhart is also vice president of Maryland’s Fraternal Order of Police. Protesters gathered outside the Fraternal Order of Police’s annual convention Sunday, demanding that…
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Noose Display Along Okla. Highway Shocks Drivers
A controversial warning that included three nooses put up on private property along Highway 75 in Oklahoma was taken down after social media began to take notice of the display, NewsOn6 reports. According to the report, the nooses, which were hung on a tree, accompanied a sign that read, “It’s best not to be hanging…
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NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000
New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Akai Gurley, who was fatally shot by a city police officer in the stairwell of a housing project in the city’s Brooklyn borough, the New York Post reports. According to the report, the city…
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NM Restaurant Is Now Selling 'Black Olives Matter' Shirts, Hats
Paisano’s Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, N.M., is back at it again with the stirring of the controversial pot, now selling “Black Olives Matter” shirts and hats, after sparking outrage and national headlines, KOAT reports. The controversy started last month when the Italian spot posted the slogan on a sign outside, claiming to promote its tapenade,…
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Vanderbilt University to Pay $1,200,000 to Rename Its Confederate Memorial Hall
Vanderbilt University has agreed to dole out $1.2 million to the United Daughters of the Confederacy to settle a long-running lawsuit and move forward in its bid to rename its Confederate Memorial Hall, WPLN reports. According to the report, the $1.2 million is considered the current value of the original $50,000 donation that the United…
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Simone Biles Medals Up Again, Secures Bronze for Balance Beam
Simone Biles is taking home yet another medal from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, securing the bronze Monday for the balance beam, the Washington Post reports. The bronze is Biles’ fourth medal of the Rio Games and the only nongold medal she currently has in her possession. The third-place finish marks an end to…
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Family of Martin Luther King Jr. Settles Dispute Over 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Medal
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. has settled a disagreement over what to do with the civil rights icon’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal, although the terms of the settlement are not exactly known, Reuters reports. A judge confirmed that the matter was settled in an Atlanta court Monday. The trial to settle the…
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Texas Mom Charged With Murder After Bodies of Her 2 Kids Found Under Neighbor's House
A Texas mother has been charged with capital murder after the bodies of her two children were found under her neighbor’s house, KHOU reports. According to police, Sheborah Thomas, 30, confessed Sunday to drowning her 5-year-old daughter, Kayana Thomas, and 7-year-old son, O’Raylan Thomas, on Friday. “She was very matter-of-fact in terms of what she…
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Former Aston Villa Footballer Dalian Atkinson Dies After Police in England Use Taser on Him
English footballer Dalian Atkinson died after police used a Taser on him near his father’s home in Telford, England, The Guardian reports. Atkinson, a former Aston Villa striker, who also played for Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town, was 48. He was believed to have been visiting his 85-year-old father when the incident occurred. According to…
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