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#PhilandoCastile: Killer Cop Receives $48,500 Buyout to Leave St. Anthony, Minn., Police Department
Just three weeks after he was acquitted of all charges connected to the shooting death of Philando Castile, St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez signed a separation agreement with the city Monday to leave the department in exchange for $48,500. A statement posted to the city’s website reads: In order to serve the public…
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James Harden Signs 4-Year, $228,000,000 Extension With Houston Rockets. Will He Lead Their Super Team?
James Harden, the bearded dynamo guard for the Houston Rockets, signed a four-year extension with his team Saturday that will earn him a total of $228 million over the next six years. Do you think Khloé Kardashian has hit him up with that “Hey big head” message yet? Because I know I did. According to…
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Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins to Write, Direct Film Version of James Baldwin Novel
Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning feature film Moonlight, has plans to bring more black excellence to the screen in the form of a screen adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, a novel by celebrated author James Baldwin. Deadline reports that the upcoming movie was already in development in May when Jenkins inked his…
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#Flint: US Health and Human Services Sends $15,000,000 in Aid to Help Families Impacted by Lead Contamination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it was providing approximately $15 million in funding to help the Genesee County Healthy Start program provide health and social services to mothers and families who have or are at risk for lead exposure in Flint, Mich., and surrounding communities. The fund, announced…
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Black Lives Matter L.A. Demands NRA Remove ‘Dangerous Propaganda’ Videos
Last week the National Rifle Association reposted a controversial propaganda video disguised as a recruitment ad that takes aim at the Black Lives Matter movement and uses lies in order to whip its supporters into a frenzy and encourage them to take up arms to protect themselves from a supposed enemy. Friday, a Black Lives…
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Trump Administration’s Biggest Critic in the Office of Government Ethics Announces Resignation
Walter Shaub, director of the independent Office of Government Ethics, has been one of the loudest and most vocal critics of the questionable ethics of those in the Trump administration. He called for President Donald Trump to divest from his business interests, chastised a senior Trump adviser for violating ethics rules, and questioned the speed…
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Bill Cosby Will Be Retried in November for Sexual Assault Against Andrea Constand
Bill Cosby’s legal troubles stemming from the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him are far from over. On the heels of the announcement last week that he would go on trial in California in June 2018, his Philadelphia trial will get a do-over in November. Prosecutors will once again try Cosby, 79, for allegedly…
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Minn. Governor Wants to Name Police Training Fund After Philando Castile
Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of Philando Castile’s shooting death at the hands of St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton marked the occasion by recommending that the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training Board be named after Castile. The $12 million fund, which was approved by the Legislature earlier this…
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Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers: Are a Man’s Pride and a Father’s Love Ruining a Basketball Franchise?
Let me preface all of this by saying that I am a diehard Los Angeles Lakers fan. The Clippers will always be the JV squad in this city, and everyone knows it. It doesn’t matter how close they get to winning a championship or how bad a season the Lakers are having—this city rides for…
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2 Chainz Just Gave Me a Few More Reasons to Love Him
I have a confession: I secretly love 2 Chainz. OK, maybe it’s not so secretly, because my friends know that anytime he appears on a song, I am going to turn the volume up as loud as it can go on his parts, and I’m going to rap along at the top of my lungs.…
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