california
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Man Donald Trump Called ‘My African American’ Is Not a Supporter but Is Happy About ‘Compliment’
When Donald Trump called out a black man at a Redding, Calif., rally Friday as “my African American,” he had no way of knowing that the person in question, Gregory Cheadle, was not a supporter of his. According to NPR, Cheadle, a Republican candidate to represent California’s 1st Congressional District, said that during the rally,…
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UCLA Gunman Identified as Former Doctoral Student Who Accused Victim of Stealing His Computer Code
Authorities have identified the UCLA gunman in the murder-suicide on campus Wednesday as Mainak Sarkar, a former doctoral student who accused his victim of stealing his computer code and giving it to someone else, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sarkar reportedly killed himself after fatally shooting 39-year-old UCLA professor William Klug in Engineering Building 4. Klug,…
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Calif. Mom Facing Charges After Allegedly Lying About Daughter Being Missing
Sacramento, Calif., police were allegedly led on a wild-goose chase, expending resources looking for a missing 10-year-old girl who, it turns out, was not missing at all, ABC 10 reports. According to the report, the girl’s mother lied to police in order to make it look as if the child’s father had done something wrong;…
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Watch: Bernie Sanders Enters Rally to DMX’s ‘Where the Hood At?’
Is Bernie Sanders trying to secure the hood vote? On Thursday the Democratic presidential hopeful entered a California rally to DMX’s “Where the Hood At?” Well, the hood is definitely behind that preposition, and, in any case, the crowd seemed to eat it up. Watch below:
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Donald Trump Clinches GOP Nomination
Well, what we’ve all known finally became official when Donald Trump received enough delegates to clinch the GOP presidential nomination Thursday. Although California and New Jersey will hold their primaries June 7, according to CNN, Trump has reached the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican spot. The news station notes that Trump won’t formally…
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Calif. Father, Accused of Setting House Fire That Killed 5-Year-Old Son, Surrenders to Police
A California father who is accused of purposely setting fire to his house—and ultimately killing his 5-year-old son as a result—turned himself in to authorities Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Darrylone Shuemake Sr. reportedly called the Richmond, Calif., Police Department on Wednesday morning, telling them his location and adding that he wanted to surrender, Vallejo,…
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Calif. Jury Deadlocks in Case of Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison Before Murder Conviction Was Dismissed
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a California man who spent 16 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mistrial comes as a Compton jury deadlocked Tuesday on charges of mayhem and assault with a deadly weapon in the case against 42-year-old Reggie Cole,…
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Police Searching for Calif. Father Accused of Purposely Setting House on Fire, Killing 5-Year-Old Son
Vallejo, Calif., police are asking the public for help with any details about a father who is suspected of purposely igniting a fire that killed his 5-year-old son and injured other family members over the weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports. Darrylone Shuemake Sr., 53, is “on the run” and wanted in connection with the…
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Calif. Toddler Declared Brain-Dead Transferred to Unidentified Hospital Outside the US
A California 2-year-old whose family fought to keep him on life support after he was declared brain-dead has been transferred to another hospital, according to his family. The family’s GoFundMe page declared that Israel Stinson was transferred to an undisclosed hospital in another country over the weekend. “Israel Stinson was transferred out of Kaiser Permanente…