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LiAngelo Ball, 2 Other UCLA Players Out on Bail After Arrest in China, but Will Not Play in Season-Opening Game
LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Lonzo Ball, and two other UCLA men’s basketball players were released on bail early Wednesday morning after being arrested in Hangzhou, China, on shoplifting charges. According to ESPN, the three players, including freshman team members Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, are accused of stealing from…
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Kansas State University Black Student Union Demands That Charges Be Filed in Racist Graffiti ‘Prank’
Despite the fact that Riley County, Kan., police opted not to charge a black man who admitted to tagging his own car with horrifying, racist graffiti and sparking tensions across the community, the Kansas State University Black Student Union is not at all pleased and is demanding that the perpetrator face charges. Earlier this week,…
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LiAngelo Ball, 2 Other UCLA Players Arrested on Shoplifting Charges in China: Report
There’s dumb and then there’s dumb, and I’m not quite sure what I mean by that yet, except that apparently LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA men’s basketball players may be both kinds of dumb, after reports of their being arrested in China on shoplifting charges just days before Friday’s season-opening game against Georgia Tech…
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Dreams Do Come True: There’s Now an App That Tells You if McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Is Broken (as Usual)
We’ve all been there. We roll into McDonald’s dreaming of our McFlurry in all its calorific deliciousness, only to be told (time and time over) that the ice cream machine is broken. Well, your unnecessary trips to the fast-food chain may soon be over because some wonderful genius has created an app that will tell…
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Air Force: Failure to Follow Policies Allowed Texas Shooter to Buy Firearms
Texas church shooter Devin P. Kelley, who was known to have a violent past, should not have been able to buy firearms and body armor because of his domestic violence conviction back in 2014 while serving at the Halloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. However, according to the Washington Post, the Air Force has…
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‘That’s How People Like You Get Shot’: Ga. Teacher on Administrative Leave, Accused of Student Threat
A Rockdale County, Ga., teacher has been put on administrative leave after being caught on camera apparently threatening a black student. The mother of the student, April Carr, posted the video on Facebook and also filed a police report, according to WSB-TV. In the video captured by someone else in the classroom, Rockdale Career Academy…
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Black Man Admits to Vandalizing His Car With Racist Graffiti in ‘Halloween Prank That Got Out of Hand’
A black Kansas man has admitted to tagging his own car with horrific, racist graffiti that disgusted residents and sparked racial tensions, calling the incident a “Halloween prank that got out of hand.” The car—which was parked in an apartment complex near Kansas State University—was covered in washable yellow paint with slurs like “Go Home…
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Fox News Host Looks for the ‘Positive’ in Texas Shooting, Insinuates Church Is the Best Place to Be Shot
I’m not sure if Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt was attempting to comfort the grieving families of those who lost loved ones in the Texas church massacre over the weekend, or if she were extolling her own faith and preferences, or if she just, as a matter of fact, enjoys shoving her whole entire foot…
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Authorities Believe ‘Domestic Situation’ May Have Motivated Gunman in Texas Church Shooting
Authorities say that a “domestic situation” within the Texas gunman’s family may have sparked the horrific shooting that left 26 dead in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church. “The suspect’s mother-in-law attended this church,” Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Freeman Martin told reporters Monday morning, according to the New York Times. “We know that he…
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Cyclist Who Flipped Off Trump Motorcade Fired From Government Contracting Firm
You all would remember our dark knight, the lone cyclist who was photographed flipping the bird at Donald Trump’s motorcade as it passed her en route from his Sterling, Va., golf club? Well, no good deed goes unpunished, and that woman, now identified as Juli Briskman, has been fired from her government contracting job since…
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