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Cleveland Browns’ Hawkins Jokingly Kicks Out 2-Year-Old Son for Liking Bengals’ Players
Only Andrew Hawkins fans are allowed in Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins’ house. Seems a fair rule. So the NFL star must have been crushed when his 2-year-old son, Austin, proclaimed that the Cincinnati Bengals’ wide receivers—and Hawkins’ former teammates—A.J. Green and Mohamed Sanu were his favorite players. In a cute Instgram video, the…
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Scandal Recap: Everyone’s Gone Mad
Let’s discuss how Olivia Pope and her friends flew over the cuckoo’s nest on Thursday night’s Scandal. Olivia full-body cried. Olivia hadn’t seen or heard from Jake in days, and her gut told her that he was in trouble. Olivia’s gut has been wrong so many times at this point, she can’t even get anyone…
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NYC’s 1st Ebola Patient Lives in My Building—Don't Panic
Ever wonder what it’s like to be in the middle of a controversy or at ground zero of a major news event? We hear stories of people rushing out of a burning establishment and many of the dead being trampled by those trying to save their own lives. Who starts the frenzy? Is it…
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Autopsy: Vonderrit Myers Jr. Shot 8 Times, 6 Times From Behind
An autopsy shows that 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr., who was fatally shot by an off-duty St. Louis police officer earlier this month, was struck eight times, including six shots from behind, according to the forensic pathologist who performed the independent procedure Thursday. Dr. Cyril Wecht told reporters at a news conference that the autopsy suggests…
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Ala. Man Settles for $460,000 in Police-Brutality Lawsuit but Gets Only $1,000
Even after settling with the city of Birmingham, Ala., one inmate will remain locked up, and as it turns out, his lawyers will get more of a payout than he will, AL.com reports. Inmate Anthony Warren settled for $460,000 in a police-brutality lawsuit, but under the terms approved by the City Council and Birmingham Mayor…
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NYC Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola
The fourth case of Ebola in the U.S. has been diagnosed in New York City after a physician who recently treated Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the virus, according to preliminary test results, the Associated Press reports. Further tests will be performed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm the…
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Calif. Prisons Will No Longer Punish All Inmates of the Same Race for the Actions of 1
Prison reform is alive and well, and it can start from the inside out. According to an Al-Jazeera report, an inmate filed a civil rights lawsuit against California’s prison system and got it to reverse a policy that caused every inmate of a particular race to lose privileges whenever an inmate of that race got…
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Activists Want the FBI to Track Police Misconduct on Database
Activists who have been protesting over incidents in which law-enforcement officers killed unarmed black men are calling on the FBI to do a better job tracking incidents of police brutality by having those numbers logged into a national database and broken down by race, Al-Jazeera reports. Activists and researchers believe the current system is not comprehensive…
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Boko Haram Suspected of Kidnapping 25 More Nigerian Girls
Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April, is suspected in the kidnapping of another 25 girls from a remote town in northeastern Nigerian, despite reports of a ceasefire deal that included the release of the girls taken earlier this year. According to Reuters, John…
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Georgia Man Texts Probation Officer About Getting Weed
Sending a text to the wrong person has cost one Albany, Ga., man his freedom. Alvin Cross Jr. apparently mistakenly texted his probation officer about marijuana, according to news station WALB. The probation officer received a text from Cross that said, “You have some weed?” Cross’ home was raided by police officers shortly thereafter. During…