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This South Side Great-Grandmother Meeting Denzel Washington Is the Best Thing Ever
One South Side Chicago great-grandmother, who is a die-hard Denzel Washington fan, got the surprise of her life over the weekend when the actor pulled up in a car outside her own house—as if that sort of thing happens every day. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Juanita Hubbard, 86, was waiting for Sears to deliver…
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Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman Returns to the US
The girlfriend of the Las Vegas mass shooter has returned to the United States after traveling abroad for the week and will now be at the center of the investigation into the horrific attack as authorities try to pin down a motive for Stephen Paddock’s deadly rampage. Paddock’s girlfriend, 62-year-old Marilou Danley, was in the…
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Pregnant Mich. Mom, Walking Around Her Neighborhood to Help Induce Labor, Harassed, Called Racial Slurs
Imagine being nine months pregnant and enduring contractions, which can be stressful enough already. Now imagine you’ve decided to take a walk around your neighborhood to help move your labor along. Now imagine that while you’re strolling along with your other two kids, enjoying the weather, someone starts hurling racial slurs at you. That is…
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NYC Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend Less Than 24 Hours After Being Released From Jail: Report
A convicted sex offender who was serving time at New York City’s Rikers Island jail after beating his estranged girlfriend is believed to have taken his revenge by strangling the terrified woman less than 24 hours after being released from prison. According to the New York Post, Jerome Rivers, 52, called Gia Pender on Thursday…
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After Slamming Former Tennis Star James Blake to the Ground, This NYPD Officer Has Now Decided to Sue the Athlete
The things about which you can file a lawsuit in this country continue to amaze me. Take James Frascatore, for example. The New York City police officer was put under severe scrutiny back in 2015 after he was caught on camera tackling former tennis pro James Blake to the ground and cuffing him outside a…
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Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Las Vegas Mass Shooting, FBI Refutes That the Gunman Had Any Connection
A website affiliated with the Islamic State claims that the Las Vegas mass shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who killed some 58 people and injured hundreds of others did so on behalf of the Islamic State. The terrorist group claimed responsibility for what is being described as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. “The Las…
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Sen. Kamala Harris Drops Some Truth Bombs, Defends NFL Protests During Remarks at Historically Black Church
Sen. Kamala Harris had some time Sunday to do the Lord’s work and speak some major truths that more than just a couple of people (like President Twitter Fingers) probably needed to hear said out loud. Talking at the 150th anniversary of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta, which is the second-oldest African-American Congregational church…
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‘I Don’t See People Dying’: Ever Classy, Fox’s Geraldo Rivera Questions San Juan’s Mayor About the Devastation in Puerto Rico
Apparently, someone thought it would be a great idea to hand Fox’s Geraldo Rivera a mic and send him to Puerto Rico. Rivera did a one-on-one interview with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who has been the target of President Twitter Fingers’ ever-continuing social media attacks after she complained about his lack of response…
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Fla. Woman Upset After Tropical Smoothie Cafe Receipt Labels Her ‘Black Chick’
A Gainesville, Fla., woman is looking for answers after she received a receipt after purchasing a smoothie last week that labeled her “black chick.” Cassandra Peoples is especially upset because she says that the employees at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe asked her for her name while taking her order, only to completely dismiss that detail…
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Fla. Elementary School Blasted After Refusing to Put Toilet Paper in Bathroom Stalls, Handing Out Wads of Paper to Students as Needed
I know it’s important not to be wasteful, and to teach small children the importance of not being wasteful, but not putting toilet paper in school bathroom stalls and instead handing out wads of paper to students on an as-needed basis seems like some next-level anxiety-inducing shit, no pun intended. One Jacksonville, Fla., elementary school…
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