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Watch: New Video Shows Ray Rice and Janay Palmer Kissing After Infamous Elevator Punch
New video footage of NFL free agent Ray Rice in the aftermath of the infamous February assault against his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, surfaced Saturday in the news. Security-camera footage released exclusively by ABC News shows Palmer shortly after the assault as she is questioned by police in the lobby of an Atlantic City, N.J., casino…
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Gunman ‘Assassinates’ 2 NYPD Cops, Leaves Social Media Messages About Revenge on Cops
Amid escalating tensions between police and some New York City communities, a lone gunman, who reportedly vowed online to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, allegedly killed two officers execution-style in a patrol car before running to a subway station and killing himself, authorities said, according to…
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Tuskegee Airman Lowell Steward Dies at 95
Lowell Steward, a former Tuskegee Airman who flew nearly 200 missions in Europe during World War II, died Wednesday at a hospital in Ventura, Calif., The Guardian reports. He died of natural causes, said his son Lowell Steward Jr. Steward joined the Army Air Corps and trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama…
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North Korea Seeks Joint Probe in Sony Hacking
North Korea on Saturday proposed an investigation with the United States into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of “serious” consequences if Washington rejects a probe that Pyongyang says will clear it of orchestrating the breach, the Associated Press reports. Analysts viewed the proposal as a charade by North Korea to try to…
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Prosecutor ‘Manipulated’ Ferguson Grand Jury, Lawmaker Alleges
A Missouri lawmaker has accused St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch of “manipulating” the grand jury in the explosive Ferguson, Mo., case to clear white Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown, the Associated Press reports. State Rep. Karla May (D-St. Louis) called for the…
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Sony Hires Scandal Crisis Expert
After an uproar over information in emails stolen and leaked by hackers allegedly working for North Korea, Sony has hired crisis consultant Judy Smith, according to the Hollywood Reporter, citing a report at TMZ. Smith is the real-life inspiration for Kerry Washington’s popular character Olivia Pope in the ABC TV series Scandal. The report says…
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Stop Hating: 3 Reasons Why Standing in Line for Jordans Makes Sense
The Air Jordans pictured above are being rereleased Saturday. That may mean nothing to you, but to hordes of young men and women who slept outside for the opportunity to win the golden ticket—à la Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—to purchase them, it means the world. There is a running narrative that lines up…
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Whoopi Goldberg Doesn’t Think It’s Racist to Mistake Obama for a Valet
As it turns out, The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t think it’s racist that President Barack Obama has been mistaken for a waiter and a valet, or that his wife, Michelle, has been solicited for help by a Target customer. It’s not racism that causes these assumptions but ignorance, she insists: “You guys need to…
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32-Year-Old Woman Involved With Hanged NC Teen Believes He Was Murdered
Michelle Brimhall, the 32-year-old mother of three who was in a relationship with hanged black North Carolina teen Lennon Lacy, broke her silence in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, saying that she believes Lennon was killed because of their interracial relationship. Brimhall—who, in the immediate aftermath of Lennon’s August death, fled the small,…