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Hillary Clinton Distances Herself From Controversial ‘CP Time’ Joke: ‘It Was Mayor de Blasio’s Skit’
Hillary Clinton is leaving the answers to all questions about the controversial “C.P. Time” skit she did with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to de Blasio himself, distancing herself a bit from the matter, the New York Times reports. “Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” Clinton told Cosmopolitan magazine when asked about…
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Memorial, Second Line Planned in New Orleans in Honor of Former Saints Player Will Smith
New Orleanians are planning to celebrate former NFL player Will Smith’s life with style, holding a second line, a brass band parade, in the slain player’s memory. The second line will take place Wednesday at 6 p.m. and will be led by musician James Andrews, WWL-TV reports. The New Orleans Saints is also planning its…
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Mich. Family Wants Answers After Woman Dies Following Dental Visit [Updated]
This original post has been removed because the original source of the reporting has retracted the story.
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Black and Latina Girls Walk Off Soccer Field at Wis. School After Taunts of ‘Donald Trump, Build That Wall’
The Elkhorn Area School District in Wisconsin is investigating claims of racially charged taunts made by a group of its students that were directed at soccer players from Beloit Memorial High School, WISC-TV reports. The incident unfolded Thursday night when the Beloit girls varsity soccer team visited Elkhorn. Beloit girls soccer coach Brian Denu said…
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Report: Boko Haram Used Children to Carry Out 1 in 5 Suicide Attacks
Terrorist group Boko Haram has been using children to carry out about 1 in 5 of its suicide bombings, a UNICEF report has revealed (pdf). The report points to a dramatic increase in child suicide bombers over the past year, going up from four in 2014 to 44 in in 2015, according to the “Beyond…
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White Student at NY High School Claims He Was Bullied, Beaten Because of His Race
A white student who attended a predominantly black and Hispanic high school in a New York City suburb is now seeking restitution, claiming that he was routinely beaten and bullied because of his race and that administrators did nothing to protect him, the New York Post reports. Giovanni Micheli, now 23, says he was punched, hit…
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SC Woman Allegedly Set Sleeping Husband on Fire
A South Carolina woman has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to kill her husband by setting him on fire while he was sleeping, the Associated Press reports. In addition to the attempted-murder charge, Lashawn Stevens Hardy, 44, is also facing a second-degree arson charge in the early-Saturday attack. The victim, who remains…
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2 Calif. Teens Charged With Hate Crime After Snapchat Video Threatening Black Classmate With Noose, Gun
Two Modesto, Calif., teens were arrested Monday after allegedly threatening a black classmate via a video sent through the social media app Snapchat, police confirmed, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the 12-second video shows a white teen holding a noose around his neck and threatening the black student by name. “You must…
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Former SC Police Officer Gets 3 Years’ Probation in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Motorist
A white ex-cop in South Carolina was sentenced to three years’ probation Monday in the fatal 2014 shooting of an unarmed black man, local media are reporting, according to Reuters. Justin Craven, a former police officer in North Augusta, pleaded guilty to misconduct in office Monday and was given the probation sentence, as well as…
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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch’s Case Now Eligible to Be Heard in Texas’ Adult Court
Infamous “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch is now legally an adult, making his case eligible, as of Monday, to be transferred to Texas’ adult system, the Associated Press reports. Couch has turned 19, which is the age that Texas deems teens no longer eligible to have their cases heard in juvenile courts. Earlier this year, on Feb.…
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