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Confirmed: Former FBI Director James Comey to Testify Publicly That Trump Attempted to Obstruct Russia Probe
Former FBI Director James Comey will testify publicly as early as next week before the Senate to confirm accusations that President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct his agency’s probe into alleged connections between top Trump campaign associates and Russia. No official date has been set for Comey’s testimony, but CNN reports that the final details…
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‘Black Lives Still Don’t Matter’ Protest Blocks Traffic on Las Vegas Strip
About 100 people gathered in front of the Venetian Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday to protest police brutality and the death of Tashii Farmer, who died in police custody May 14. According to Las Vegas Now, protesters locked arms across Las Vegas Boulevard and temporarily shut down the street. Fox 61 reports that…
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Journal Publishes ‘Black Lives Matter’ Issue Without Any Black Writers
The Journal of Political Philosophy has come under fire for its June issue, which dedicates more than 60 pages to a three-author “symposium” on the Black Lives Matter movement and does not include any actual black voices. The journal has since apologized for not including the work of black philosophers, but as Inside Higher Ed…
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Underground Is Canceled After Just 2 Seasons
For those who were hoping to find out whether Rosalee and Noah were ever successful in freeing the rest of their friends and family from the Macon plantation, a satisfactory resolution to the story of the Macon Seven may come only if another network picks up Underground. WGN America has announced that it is canceling…
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Prosecutors Race to Keep Suspected Serial Killer of Infants, Known as the Angel of Death, Behind Bars
Genene Jones is a former nurse who made international headlines over 30 years ago as the suspected serial killer of more than a dozen infants in the pediatric intensive care unit of a hospital in San Antonio, and she’s scheduled to be released from prison in March 2018. Dubbed the Angel of Death, Jones was…
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Accident Victim Questioned About Immigration Status Before Getting Help, Later Detained by Border Patrol
A man in Key West, Fla., was hit by a car as he was riding his bicycle to work. The police officer who responded to the scene questioned the accident victim about his immigration status before offering medical assistance, and the entire exchange was captured on video by the officer’s body camera. Marcos Antonio Huete,…
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Federal Student Aid Chief Quits After Refusing to Testify Before House Oversight Committee
James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid, quit his job suddenly Tuesday night and sent an email to his staff outlining his reasons for not wanting to work in the Trump administration. Runcie was an Obama-administration holdover who was first appointed in 2011 and then reappointed in…
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Ben Carson Thinks Poverty Is Just a ‘State of Mind’ Passed Down From Parents to Their Children
Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of housing and urban development, said in an interview released Wednesday that poverty is a “state of mind” children learn from their parents, and that a “certain mindset” contributes to people living in poverty. Carson, who was being interviewed on SiriusXM Radio by longtime friend Armstrong Williams, said, “I think poverty…
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Sheriff David Clarke Got Outed for Plagiarism on His Master’s Thesis, Unsure of Trump Administration Job Now
After a media outlet reported on plagiarism in his master’s degree thesis paper, Sheriff David Clarke is unsure of his standing with the Trump administration and whether or not he will actually get that job with the Department of Homeland Security that he’s been bragging about recently. On Saturday, CNN reported that there were 47…
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LAPD Officer Who Kicked, Punched, Elbowed Black Man Being Held Down Gets 2 Years’ Probation
The Los Angeles police officer who was caught on video kicking, punching and elbowing a black man who was being held down on the street was sentenced to just two years’ probation Tuesday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that has been criticized as being too lenient. A probation officer recommended that Officer…
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