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Trinidadian Family Sentenced to Combined 418 Years in Prison in $1,800,000 Scam
Accused of bilking about 19 Caribbean immigrants out of $1.8 million in their life savings by pretending to help them avoid deportation, a Trinidadian family was sentenced by a New York City judge on Wednesday to a combined 418-year prison sentence, reports the New York Daily News. Calling them “the most despicable gang of criminal…
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Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Celebrate 1st Wedding Anniversary With Rom-Com Trailer
In a trailer appropriately called “The Wade Union,” Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade celebrated the first anniversary of their marriage by turning their wedding video into a romantic comedy, reports People magazine. The Being Mary Jane actress and the Miami Heat shooting guard shared a trailer of their August 2014 wedding exclusively with People magazine.…
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Darrien Hunt’s Mom Rejects $900,000 Settlement in Son’s Police Shooting Death
The mother of a 22-year-old man who was killed by police last year in Saratoga Springs, Utah, has rejected a $900,000 offer to settle her lawsuit against the city and two officers, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Susan Hunt told the news outlet that the deal contained an unacceptable provision, a requirement that she refrain…
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Watch: Black Man Pulled Over in RI for Driving With Air Freshener in Windshield
A video of a Providence, R.I., white officer stopping a 23-year-old black man for driving with an air freshener dangling from his car windshield has gone viral. Dana Harris Jr. uploaded a cellphone video on YouTube after he was stopped in Mount Hope, R.I., by Providence Officer Brian Murphy on Aug. 24, according to Raw…
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Ga. Brothers Accused of Stabbing and Beating Parents in Death Plot
Two brothers were arrested Saturday on charges of brutally beating their parents and trying to set their home on fire in Snellville, Ga., a suburb just outside of Atlanta, reports the New York Daily News. Cameron Ervin, 17, and Christopher Ervin, 22, were arrested at their parent’s home and each charged with two felony counts…
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White Mom Mistakenly Impregnated With Black Man’s Sperm Loses Court Battle
Saying it lacked legal merit, an Illinois judge last week dismissed a white mother’s lawsuit against a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with the semen of an African-American man, according to the Washington Post. The mother, Jennifer Cramblett of Uniontown, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Midwest Sperm Bank after she was artificially…
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Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Christian Taylor Was Hired After 2 Rejections
The former Arlington, Texas cop who shot and killed a football player last month had been rejected twice by the Arlington Police Department before he was hired on the third try, according to the New York Daily News. Brad Miller, 49, was fired in August by the police department after he shot and killed unarmed…
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Tyler Perry Posts Moving Facebook Tribute to Bobbi Kristina
Nearly a month after Bobbi Kristina Brown died in hospice care after a long hospital stay, Tyler Perry on Friday posted a moving tribute to the only child of his late friend Whitney Houston, reports the New York Daily News. At the request of the Houston family, he posted on Facebook the “sweet tribute” from…
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Fla. Teen Flees Cop Because He Does Not ‘Like White People Touching’ Him
A 19-year-old Florida man suspected of possessing marijuana reportedly tried to run from an officer with the Clearwater Police Department this week because, well, he doesn’t like “white people touching” him and “white people do weird stuff,” according to the Smoking Gun. Officer Joseph May was in a gas station convenience store in Clearwater, Fla.,…
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Watch: Damon Wayans Dismisses Bill Cosby Sex Scandal as a ‘Money Hustle’
During an interview Friday on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, actor Damon Wayans dismissed the Bill Cosby sex scandal as a “money hustle” by the women who say Cosby assaulted them, according to Mediaite. The In Living Color and Saturday Night Live veteran discussed a range of issues before he was asked to offer advice…
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