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Ind. Man Charged After Reportedly Making Threats Against Donald Trump
A Clarksville, Ind., man reportedly on probation has been charged with making threats against presidential candidate Donald Trump, WLKY reports. Richard Deville Jr. is accused of posting a threatening video on YouTube that was put under the spotlight after someone hundreds of miles away saw the three-and-a-half-minute video and contacted authorities in Atlanta. Federal agents…
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Former BET Host Jeff Johnson Has $5 Million to Convince Black Voters to Support Hillary Clinton
Former BET host and producer Jeff Johnson will be joining Democratic super PAC Priorities USA as a consultant, handling part of the group’s $5.3 million advertising budget focused on black and Hispanic markets, All Digitocracy reports. Priorities USA is supporting Hillary Clinton for president, and Johnson, who is president of his Baltimore firm, JIJ Communications, will…
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Trump’s Butler: Obama Should’ve Been Shot in His 1st Term
Donald Trump’s longtime butler, Anthony Senecal, seems to have a penchant for blasting President Barack Obama in Facebook posts calling for him to be killed. According to Mother Jones, Senecal, who is 84, took to Facebook to declare that Obama should have been “shot as an enemy agent in his first term.” “To all my…
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Lee McCollum, Featured in Chicagoland Documentary, Shot Dead on South Side
A young South Side Chicago man who starred in the CNN documentary Chicagoland, detailing his struggle to escape violence in his city, was shot to death Thursday, DNAinfo reports. Lee McCollum Jr.—who started out with his gang affiliations but ended up graduating as an honor roll student, athlete and prom king from Fenger High School, even…
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Azealia Banks’ Twitter Account Gets Suspended
Professional Twitter troll Azealia Banks has finally been stopped—at least for now. But seriously, the rapper-singer, who is most famous for her bizarre Twitter rants and attacks, can no longer be found on the social media platform because her account has been suspended. The suspension comes a day after after Banks hurled racist and homophobic…
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South African Judge Placed on ‘Special Leave’ After Facebook Rant Claiming Rape Is Black People’s Pastime
A South African High Court judge is under heavy scrutiny for comments made about black culture and rape, saying that rape is a pastime for black people, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the Facebook rant is from an exchange between activist Gillian Schutte and Judge Mabel Jansen that occurred about a year…
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Del. Teen Didn’t Expect High School Bathroom Assault to End in Death, Attorney Says
Attorney John Deckers is calling the Delaware high school bathroom assault that left a 16-year-old dead an “unforeseeable tragedy,” saying that his client—who is charged with criminally negligent homicide—had no way of knowing that the incident would end in death, the Associated Press reports. Deckers says that his client, who is also 16, has maintained…
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Susan Rice Promotes Diversity in National Security at Fla. International University Commencement
While giving a commencement address at Florida International University in Miami on Wednesday, National Security Adviser Susan Rice spoke passionately about the importance of diversity in the national security space. Rice highlighted the importance of having the field reflect “America’s best self to the world.” “A diverse national security workforce enables us to unlock all…
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