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Donald Trump Said 18-Year-Old Lindsay Lohan Was Probably 'Great in Bed'
In six separate appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Donald Trump discussed sex and infidelity, rated women’s bodies, and talked about whether an 18-year-old Lindsay Lohan was attractive and possibly good in bed. The Washington Post, which last week released a 2005 videotape showing the presidential candidate having a lewd and misogynistic conversation about women…
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More Women Come Forward to Accuse Donald Trump of Sexual Misconduct
Just days after the New York Times published an article in which two women accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, more women have come forward to say that the Republican presidential candidate touched or kissed them inappropriately and without their consent. The Washington Post reports that Kristin Anderson was a struggling model in her early…
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Seattle Teachers Plan Black Lives Matter Demonstration
Teachers in the Seattle Public Schools district have planned a Black Lives Matter event next week to coincide with an effort by the school district to close the gap of opportunity between students of different races. KIRO 7 reports that about 1,000 teachers have ordered Black Lives Matter T-shirts that will be worn Oct. 19…
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3 Women Accuse Donald Trump of Forcibly Groping or Kissing Them
Three women came forward in two separate news reports Wednesday accusing Donald Trump of groping them or kissing them without their consent. According to the New York Times, one woman alleges that during a flight more than 30 years ago, Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt, and a…
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Department of Justice Says San Francisco Police Have 'Institutionalized Bias'
After six months investigating the San Francisco Police Department, the U.S. Department of Justice has found disparities in traffic stops, post-stop searches and use of deadly force against African Americans, as well as implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups. The investigation, prompted by the shooting death of Mario Woods at the hands of San…
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Okla. Medical Examiner Releases Terence Crutcher Autopsy Report
Terence Crutcher, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white female police officer in Tulsa, Okla., had PCP in his system when he died from the fatal gunshot wound, according to a medical examiner’s report released Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. The report, from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in…
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Ariz. Sheriff Faces Criminal Charges for Immigration Patrols
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has made a name for himself as a tough lawman in Phoenix, will be charged with criminal contempt of court for defying a judge’s orders to stop immigration patrols. Federal prosecutors announced their intent to charge the Maricopa County sheriff on Tuesday. If convicted, he could face jail time, the New…
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Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Helped Police Track Minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore
A social media surveillance program used by police to track and monitor protests in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore relied heavily on data it obtained from social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, according to a report released by the ACLU on Tuesday. Geofeedia is a Chicago-based company that developed a social-media-monitoring product that it marketed to…
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Justice Department Announces Investigation Into Ala. Prison Conditions
The U.S. Department of Justice will be conducting an investigation into the conditions at Alabama’s prisons for men, it announced in a statement Thursday. “The investigation will focus on whether prisoners are adequately protected from physical harm and sexual abuse at the hands of other prisoners; whether prisoners are adequately protected from use of excessive…
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Carnell Snell Jr., Fatally Shot by Police, Laid to Rest in South Los Angeles
Family and friends gathered at a South Los Angeles church Saturday to say goodbye to Carnell Snell Jr., who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police. The 18-year-old was remembered by a few hundred mourners at First AME Church, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. As his body lay in a blue coffin draped with…