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  • Florida Man Faces Charges After Leaving Kids in Car While He Went to a Strip Club: Report

    A Fort Myers, Fla., man has been arrested after, apparently, he allegedly decided it would be a good idea to leave two children in a car alone while he popped into a strip club Thursday night. According to WINK News, 23-year-old Willie Lee Jordan Jr. is facing two charges of child neglect in the incident.…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 17, 2017
  • Texas Motorist Whose Vehicle Boasts Profane Anti-Trump Sticker Arrested on Previous, Outstanding Warrant 

    Nothing to see here. Nothing at all. It’s just that a Texas motorist whose truck caught a lot of attention in the past 24 hours over a bold sticker in its rear window declaring, “FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM,” has since been arrested. Karen Fonseca was not arrested because of the…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 17, 2017
  • Dad Stabbed to Death Defending Son During Robbery 

    A New Jersey dad was killed while trying to protect one of his young children during a robbery. According to his family, Jose “Migue” Malave, 30, was killed in front of his girlfriend and four of his children after a group of teens attempted to rob his 8-year-old son of a pair of sneakers, the…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 17, 2017
  • Charges Dropped Against Black Man Shot by Texas Cops Who Thought He Was Breaking Into His Own Damn Car

    Charges have been dropped against a black man who was shot by Mesquite, Texas, cops who wrongly assumed he was breaking into a vehicle. Actually, as the Dallas Morning News notes, 31-year-old Lyndo Jones was just trying to access his own vehicle when he was shot by the officers. Jones was wrongly charged with evading…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 16, 2017
  • Louisiana Mom Makes Her Son Do Free Yard Work Following 3-Day Suspension From School  

    Ain’t nobody got time to waste. At least Demetris Payne was not having it with her son when he was suspended from school for three days. Normally, one would think a suspension would be a three-day vacation, but not on Payne’s watch. In an inspirationally petty way (with just a whole lot of loving discipline),…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 16, 2017
  • Texas Sheriff Sparks Outrage After Warning Vehicle Owner About Profane Anti-Trump Sticker 

    One Texas motorist apparently found the perfect sticker to express certain feelings about how this past year has gone, and so it was plastered, big and bold, on the rear window of a truck. “FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM,” the sticker declared. It was eye-catching, to be sure, and a picture…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 16, 2017
  • 3rd Ohio Pastor Charged With Sex-Trafficking Underage Girls 

    A third Ohio pastor has been indicted on charges of sex-trafficking a minor, and now all three men face new charges in the case after a federal grand jury indicted the Rev. Cordell Jenkins, the Rev. Anthony Haynes and the Rev. Kenneth Butler on conspiracy to sex-traffic children. According to the Associated Press, all three…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 16, 2017
  • California Gunman Killed Wife, Hid Body Beneath the Floor of Their Home: Police 

    The Rancho Tehama Reserve, Calif., gunman who shot and killed four people during a shooting rampage in Northern California also killed his wife before hiding her body underneath their home, authorities said Wednesday. “We were looking for his wife and couldn’t find her yesterday,” Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said, according to the Los…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 15, 2017
  • LiAngelo Ball, 2 Other UCLA Basketball Players Suspected of Shoplifting in China Are Now Back in the US 

    LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA men’s basketball players who had been arrested on shoplifting charges in China last week have been allowed to return home. According to the Wall Street Journal, Ball—the younger brother of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Lonzo Ball—Jalen Hill and Cody Riley all checked in for a Los Angeles-bound flight at…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 15, 2017
  • 19-Year-Old Thug, Accused of Racist Attack on Black Cornell University Student, Charged With Hate Crime

    A white Cornell University student has now been slapped with a hate crime charge in connection with a September assault on a black classmate. According to the Associated Press, the Tompkins County, N.Y., District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that it added the new count to 19-year-old John Greenwood’s growing list of charges. Greenwood also faces…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    November 15, 2017
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