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Obama Administration Close to Announcing Russia’s Punishment for Election Interference
According to U.S. officials, the Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, to punish Russia for interfering in the 2016 election. The details are being finalized, and officials told the Washington Post that they could include covert action that will likely involve cyber operations. The public…
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Mass. Legislature Votes to Delay Recreational-Marijuana Shops
Massachusetts legislators voted Wednesday to approve a bill that overturns significant portions of the marijuana-legalization law that 1.8 million voters approved just last month. There were no public hearings and no formal public notice, but the Boston Globe reports that it took lawmakers on Beacon Hill less than an hour to pass the measure that…
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Calif. Professor Calls Trump’s Election an ‘Act of Terrorism,’ Gets Death Threats
A California professor has become the victim of threats and ongoing harassment after a recording of her criticizing Donald Trump’s election was shared by a conservative student group on her campus. Olga Perez Stable Cox, 60, is a psychology professor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., who prides herself on speaking freely, but…
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Full-Length Version of Viral Video of Fort Worth, Texas, Police Officer Posted Online
The full, nearly 30-minute version of the viral video showing an unidentified white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer antagonizing and then arresting a black mother and her two daughters was posted on YouTube on Friday. It does not reveal any new information about the arrests, but it contains graphic and explicit language, so viewer discretion…
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Comedian Ricky Harris, Featured on Many Doggystyle Skits, Dead at 54
Comedian Ricky Harris died Monday at the age of 54. The announcement of Harris’ death first came via social media from many West Coast hip-hop artists who called him a friend, including Daz Dillinger, DJ Pooh, B.G. Knocc Out and King T. OkayPlayer reports that the comedian and actor died of a heart attack. Harris…
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Fort Worth, Texas, Police Chief: Officer Acted ‘Rude’ but Not Racist in Viral Video
Officials in Fort Worth, Texas, said Friday that they were disturbed and outraged by the video of a white police officer arresting a black woman and her two daughters after she called police to report an assault on her son. The now viral video of Wednesday’s incident was posted to Facebook, causing many to accuse…
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Fort Worth, Texas, Protesters Rally Against Officer’s Treatment of Mother, 2 Daughters
Protesters gathered in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday night in response to the now viral video of a Fort Worth police officer manhandling a woman who called for help when her son was assaulted. As previously reported on The Root, Jacqueline Craig, a 46-year-old black woman, called police after her son reported being choked…
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Corruption Trial for Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca Ends in Mistrial
The corruption trial for former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca ended in a mistrial Thursday after jurors failed to reach a verdict on charges that he obstructed an FBI investigation into allegations that deputies abused jail inmates. The jurors, who have been dismissed after deliberating since Monday afternoon, said they were split 11-1 in…
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New Mo. Statute Ensures Children Are Fed Into School-to-Prison Pipeline
A Missouri statute that goes into effect Jan. 1 ensures that students there will be fed directly into the school-to-prison pipeline. The new rules state that fights between students either on school buses or on school campuses will no longer be treated as a minor offense or misdemeanor. Instead, the student or students will be…
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Flint, Mich., Plaintiffs File Emergency Motion to Force City, State to Deliver Water
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to a court order requiring delivery of bottled water to residents of Flint, Mich., filed an emergency motion Wednesday to force the state of Michigan and the city of Flint to comply with the order. Neither the city nor the state has complied with the court order that mandates…
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