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Report: Darren Wilson Feared for His Life
Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department says he was in fear for his life in August when he shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown, the New York Times reports. The shooting sparked continuing protests over police violence against minorities, especially unarmed black men. Wilson’s testimony to federal investigators, shared by officials…
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Supreme Court Upholds New Texas Voter-ID Law
The Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favor of a controversial new voter-identification law in Texas, which can be used for the November election, the Associated Press reports. The order came after a majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring…
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Why President Obama’s Credit Card Was Declined
When President Barack Obama’s credit card was declined at a fancy restaurant in New York City last month, the first lady had him covered. But CNN reports that bad credit was not the issue. The card was likely declined to prevent identity theft. The president told the story Friday while speaking to workers at the…
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Trump Agency Accused of Bilking Model Out of Salary
A model has filed a federal lawsuit against Trump Model Management, charging that she was promised an annual salary of $75,000 but received only $3,380.75 for 21 jobs over three years, New York’s Daily News reports. In the suit, a proposed class action, Alexia Palmer alleges that between January 2011 and December 2013, the agency…
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Sharpton Blasts Darren Wilson’s Account of Fatal Shooting
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton Saturday rejected a report that police Officer Darren Wilson feared for his life when he shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown last summer in Ferguson, Mo., the New York Daily News reports. During a speech Saturday at the Harlem-based headquarters of his National Action Network, Sharpton accused officials of…
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Tennis Chief Suspended After Insulting Venus and Serena
The Women’s Tennis Organization suspended and fined a Russian tennis chief Saturday after he made a demeaning remark about Serena and Venus Williams on a television show, CNN reports. Shamil Tarpischev referred to the tennis stars as “the Williams brothers” during a recent appearance on the late-night Russian talk show Evening Urgant. He made the comment…
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Watch: Obama Warns Against ‘Hysteria’ and 'Fear’ in Ebola Battle
In an effort to tamp down fear about the spread of Ebola in the U.S., President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans not to give in to hysteria or fear. “This is a serious disease, but we can’t give in to hysteria or fear—because that only makes it harder to get people the accurate information…
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NY and NJ Impose Ebola Quarantines
After the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in New York City, state officials in New York and New Jersey announced a screening system on Friday that is stricter than federal guidelines for those entering the United States from some West African nations. Medical personnel and others coming from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia after…
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Mass. Man Beats Staggering Odds, Winning Twice in 1 Lottery Drawing
Some may call it an accident, but by most accounts, Kenneth J. Stokes of Norwood, Mass., is a lucky man. He won $546,000 in the Massachusetts State Lottery this week after his number came up twice, according to ABC’s Good Morning America. This is what happened: He is a lottery season ticket holder in the…
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LAPD Officer Accused in Brutal Attack on Restrained Man
A Los Angeles police officer is under fire amid allegations that he kicked and beat a man who was being held down by other officers, sources close to the investigation told the Los Angeles Times. Four officers involved in the arrest and a sergeant who arrived on the scene have been relieved of duty with…
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