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Obama Drinks Filtered Flint, Mich., Water Following Meeting With Federal Officials
While in Flint, Mich., on Wednesday, President Barack Obama vouched for the safety of using certified filter water, encouraging city residents to start using filtered water instead of bottled water. “If you’re using a filter … then Flint water at this point is drinkable,” Obama said after drinking from a glass of what he said…
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University of Iowa Student Severely Injured in Racially Motivated Beating, Family Says
A University of Iowa freshman is recovering from injuries after being severely beaten over the weekend in what his family is calling a racially motivated attack, WLS-TV reports. Marcus Owens, 19, had to get almost a dozen stitches in his lip after the attack that left his eye socket damaged and his front teeth knocked…
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Tamir Rice’s Mom to Speak at Commemoration of Kent State Shootings
Tamir Rice’s mother, Samaria Rice, has been selected as the keynote speaker for this year’s commemoration of the shootings at Kent State University in Ohio, the Associated Press reports. The group planning the event says that Samaria Rice was invited to speak because this year’s observance also focuses on the Black Lives Matter movement, which…
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Arrest Made in Case of La. Couple Who Were Shot Dead in Bed
Police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of a Louisiana couple in their bed last month while an infant slept nearby, CBS reports. Barnett is believed to be the person who was driving a gold- or champagne-colored vehicle that was seen leaving the scene after the two were killed, police said. …
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Va. Jail Recorded Over Video Footage Outside Cell of ‘Severely Emaciated’ Man Who Died in Custody
Video footage that was taken outside the cell of Jamycheal Mitchell at Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Virginia is now lost forever, despite a family attorney’s request that the jail superintendent preserve the footage, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Meanwhile, officials at the jail have refused to release the results of an internal investigation, although Taylor…
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John McCain’s Son Blasts ‘Ignorant Racists’ Mad at Old Navy Ad With Interracial Couple
Jack McCain, son of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), has no time for “ignorant racists” who spend time criticizing Old Navy because of a recent ad featuring an interracial family. It all started when racist trolls being their usual troglodyte selves posted venomous remarks about an Old Navy ad featuring an interracial family—consisting of a black woman,…
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Ore. Mom Dies After Jumping to Rescue Son, 3, Who Fell Down Embankment
A Portland, Ore., mother of four died over the weekend after jumping to rescue her 3-year-old son, who had fallen down an embankment at Horsetail Falls Trail in Corbett, Ore., KOIN reports. Stephanie Cohen, 37, was on a Saturday-afternoon hike in the Columbia River Gorge with friends and family when her son fell. She jumped…
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Legally Blind 5th-Grader Sees Mother for 1st Time With Electronic Glasses: ‘She Was Very Pretty’
A Forest, Va., fifth-grader got the chance to see his mother clearly for the first time ever through the use of new electronic glasses, ABC News reports. Thanks to the new wearable technology called eSight, Christopher Ward Jr. was able to “really see for the first time in his 12 years of life,” his mother…
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Ida Keeling, 100 Years Old, Sets World Record for 100-Meter Dash at Penn Relays
Ida Keeling isn’t slowing down for anyone. The 100-year-old runner stole the crowd with her 1-minute, 17.33-second 100-meter dash Saturday afternoon at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, speeding her way to a world record, NBC Sports reports. Keeling is the official holder of the record for the fastest 100-meter by a woman 100 years or…
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