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Jennifer Hart Was Drunk When She Drove Family, Including Adopted Children, Off a California Cliff: Report
California Patrol Capt. Bruce Carpenter confirmed Friday that the woman who drove her family off a cliff in California last month was drunk. Toxicology tests revealed that Jennifer Hart, who was driving the family SUV when it careered off a cliff in Northern California, had a blood alcohol level of .102, the Associated Press reports.…
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Black Teen Who Missed Bus to School Gets Shot at While Trying to Ask for Directions
A 14-year-old boy nearly lost his life after being shot at while trying to stop at a home in Rochester Hills, Mich., to ask for directions to school. According to Brennan Walker, for some reason, the homeowner seemed to think that when he knocked on her door, he wanted to rob her, Fox 2 Detroit…
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Lorna M. Mahlock Could Be the 1st Black Woman to Serve as Brigadier General in the Marine Corps
Earlier this week, Defense Secretary James Mattis announced a very important and historic nomination, that of Marine Corps Col. Lorna M. Mahlock, who was selected to serve as brigadier general. If confirmed, Mahlock will be the first black woman to ever hold that position. As ABC notes, women make up a mere 8 percent of…
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Police Officer Who Shot and Killed Washington, DC, Motorcyclist Terrence Sterling Is Fighting to Keep His Job
It takes a certain type of gall to kill an unarmed man in a shooting that a police department internal review has already determined to be unjustified and still be determined to fight for your job. But I suppose anything is possible when you’re a white police officer, and so that is exactly what Washington,…
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Accused Parkland, Fla., School Shooter Wants to Donate Inheritance to Victims, Lawyers Say
After the shooting and killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the accused gunman now wants to donate his six-figure inheritance to the victims to help “heal the community.” A lawyer for accused Parkland, Fla., gunman Nikolas Cruz said that any of the money that his client receives would go to the…
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Target Agrees to $3.74 Million Settlement After Being Accused of Using Criminal-Background Checks to Keep Blacks, Hispanics Out of Jobs
Target Corp. is dishing out a hefty $3.74 million to settle a lawsuit in which it is accused of using criminal-background checks to keep thousands of black and/or Hispanic people from getting jobs. As part of the agreement, the retail giant has also agreed to review its policies for screening applicants, Reuters reports. The preliminary…
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Body Recovered From Ocean Near California Cliff That Hart Family’s SUV Drove Over
A tourist couple vacationing near the Northern California coast where the Hart family’s SUV went careering over a cliff spotted a body floating in the surf not far from the crash site on Saturday afternoon. According to the Washington Post, a third person pulled the body onto the beach, and authorities responded, recovering it. The…
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Money Bag, Money Bag, Money Bag: Cardi B Becomes 1st Co-Host of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Our based hustle queen Cardi B continues to make money moves and collect her money bag and, in general, make history. On Monday night, the rapper, who just dropped her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, and confirmed her pregnancy, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, becoming the first official co-host in the history…
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Neighbor ‘Hesitant About Calling 911 Again’ After Stephon Clark Shooting Death
A Sacramento, Calif., man will probably not be as quick to call 911 in the future, given his knowledge that his call on March 18 led up to the shooting death of Stephon Clark. According to the Sacramento Bee, Dave Reiling was watching TV in his trailer when he heard the crash of glass breaking.…
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Topless Activist Who Ran Toward Bill Cosby Is Former Cosby Show Actress
The topless protester who jumped over a barrier and rushed toward disgraced comedian Bill Cosby at the beginning of his sexual assault retrial on Monday in Norristown, Pa., has been identified as an activist as well as an actress who happened to appear on Cosby’s renowned sitcom The Cosby Show as a child. According to…
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