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Church Member Charged in ‘Vote Trump’ Vandalism, Burning of Black Church in Miss.
The suspect arrested and charged Wednesday in the burning of an African-American church in Mississippi is a member of the congregation. Andrew McClinton, a 45-year-old African American from Leland, Miss., was arrested and charged with first-degree arson of a place of worship, Warren Strain, spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, told the Associated…
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Families of Orlando, Fla., Shooting Victims File Federal Lawsuit Against Tech Companies
The families of some of the victims of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting have filed a lawsuit against Google, Twitter and Facebook, arguing that the tech companies had a role in the radicalization of the shooter. The gunman, Omar Mateen, did not appear to have official ties to the Islamic State group, also referred to…
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Lawmakers in NC Will Consider Repealing Controversial ‘Bathroom Bill’
North Carolina’s controversial “bathroom bill,” passed eight months ago, could be repealed during a special legislative session Wednesday. The law known as House Bill 2 requires transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificate. It also limits statewide protections for LGBT people in public accommodations and employment, and…
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Highest-Ranking Black LAPD Officer Selected to Be New Chief of San Francisco PD
The highest-ranking black officer on the Los Angeles police force was named the new chief of the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee selected Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief William “Bill” Scott, who had overseen the LAPD’s South Bureau, to lead the troubled SFPD, the Los Angeles Times reports. Scott’s…
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Air Traffic Controller at LAX Accidentally Directs Jet Toward Another Aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an aircraft departing Los Angeles International Airport was given the wrong information by air traffic control and directed toward the path of another plane, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to FAA spokesman Ian Gregor, an EVA Air Boeing 777 bound for Taiwan took off early Friday from…
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New Orleans Settles Danziger Bridge Shootings Civil Rights Case for $13,300,000
The city of New Orleans has agreed to settle a civil rights case stemming from a lethal confrontation between New Orleans police officers and unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the $13.3 million settlement at a news conference Monday, the TImes-Picayune reports. The settlement includes a payment for…
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Judge Who Gave Brock Turner Easy Sentence for Sexual Assault Cleared of Misconduct
The California judge who gave former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six-month slap on the wrist for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman was cleared of any wrongdoing by a judicial panel Monday. The California Commission on Judicial Performance, an independent agency that is responsible for investigating claims of misconduct, released a 12-page report Monday,…
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President Obama Grants Clemency to 231 More People Just in Time for Christmas
President Barack Obama granted clemency to 231 more prisoners Monday, with 153 commutations of sentences and 78 pardons, the most individual acts of clemency granted in the same day, according to the White House blog. Monday’s 153 commutations bring Obama’s total during his presidency to 1,176. He has commuted the sentences of 395 people who…
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Welp, It’s Official: Electoral College Confirms Donald Trump as Our 45th President
Many of us hoped that the Electoral College would throw a Hail Mary and get us out of the inevitability of a Trump presidency, but alas, that did not happen, and on Monday the electors gave him the votes he needed to officially become the 45th president of the United States, the Washington Post reports. Trump…
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Minn. Lawyers Charged in Massive Porn Copyright Extortion Scheme
Prosecutors in Minnesota charged two attorneys Friday with a “massive extortion scheme” after they reportedly uploaded X-rated films to file-sharing sites, sued people for downloading them and then collected millions from unwitting victims who feared humiliation. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said that Paul Hansmeier, 35, and John Steele, 45, produced some of the pornography…
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