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Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association Says 1,300 People Have Been Held in Jail for 4 Years Without Trial
So much for the Sixth Amendment, which should guarantee a suspect the right to a speedy trial. According to the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, that is just not the case locally, with some 1,300 people being locked up in local jails for four years while awaiting their trials. About 70 people have been waiting for five…
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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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California Polytechnic State University Fraternity Chapter Faces Backlash Over Blackface Photo
These frats are really a piece of work. You’d think by now, with the number of stories featured and the number of college students disciplined for racist, stereotypical parties and/or blackface, someone somewhere would get the memo…but nah. Instead, members of California Polytechnic State University’s Lambda Chi Alpha are facing intense scrutiny after a particularly…
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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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Is Bill Cosby’s Time Up? Comedian’s Sexual Assault Retrial to Begin Monday
Updated Monday, April 9, 2018, 11:13 a.m. EDT: It looks as if Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial has already hit a snag, with opening statements in the case being delayed Monday as Judge Steven O’Neill acknowledged that he intended to look into allegations that one of the jurors selected was overheard claiming that the 80-year-old…
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You May Think Viral Video of Toddler Terrified by Easter Bunny Is Hilarious; Her Family Is Not So Amused
A Florida family is furious after video of a toddler terrified of the Easter Bunny went viral. You know the one that shows the screaming, horrified child backing away from her seat? In a few videos, footage of Donald Trump replaces the Easter Bunny, making for what some may consider a classic joke. Except it’s…
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Real Housewives of New York’s Luann de Lesseps Accuses Russell Simmons of Groping Her in Elevator
The list of women accusing music mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct is still growing. Recently Real Housewives of New York star Luann de Lesseps added her voice to that list, accusing the 60-year-old of groping her several summers ago at a hotel. In an extended interview about her life with the Daily Beast, de…
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Tyrone Hankerson Jr., Student Caught Up in Howard University Financial Scandal, Expected to Sue School for $10 Million
Well, well, well. If you think that Howard University student Tyrone Hankerson Jr. was (allegedly) making bank before, he’s about to cash in even more if he wins the lawsuit he intends to file against the school for leaking his financial records. According to WAMU-TV, Hankerson, whose name has been dragged through the mud and…
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