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Rwanda to Screen Travelers From the United States
Rwanda, an East African nation far away from the Ebola outbreak, has now begun to screen visitors from the U.S. and other places that have had cases of Eboa, according to a message posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. The announcement comes shortly after a New Jersey elementary school announced that two…
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Missouri State Senator Arrested During Protest in Ferguson
Missouri state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed was arrested Monday night during a protest outside the Ferguson, Mo., police station, St. Louis County police have confirmed, according to the New York Daily News. Nasheed, who was reportedly walking and standing in the street, was told by officers that she could not protest there and was eventually arrested,…
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ESPN Host: Rape Charges Helped Kobe Bryant ‘Sizzle’
Looks like the guys over at ESPN’s First Take may need to take sensitivity courses in women’s issues ASAP, especially if they’re going to venture into issues involving domestic violence and rape. Just a few months back, Stephen A. Smith alluded to the fact that women shouldn’t provoke men into violent confrontations. Now Skip Bayless believes…
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Georgia Man Given 20-Year Sentence for Stealing Teen’s iPod
A 20-year-old Georgia man who stole a teenager’s iPod was found guilty of aggravated assault and robbery and given a 20-year sentence last week after he admitted to taking the teen’s device during the trial. According to reports given to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Shareef Tawwab Hakim of Marietta approached the 16-year-old victim outside his apartment…
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Police: NJ Woman Stole and Resold $3.7M in Goods From Sears
A Clementon, N.J., woman was busted in a big-time hustle after she allegedly stole and resold about $3.7 million worth of goods from a Sears warehouse, the New York Daily News reports. Authorities are claiming that Kim Watson ran her scheme while working as an inventory clerk at a Sears distribution center, allegedly stealing merchandise…
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Police: Serial-Killer Suspect Hints at More Victims Going Back 20 Years
As authorities seek more information regarding the grisly discovery of the bodies of seven Indiana women, all of which are suspected to be the work of a serial killer, the currently detained suspect has reportedly hinted that there could be even more victims, the Associated Press reports. “It could go back as far as 20…
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Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
South Africa’s “Blade Runner” on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison, a term he started serving immediately, the Associated Press reports. The disgraced double-amputee Olympic sprinter, found guilty of culpable homicide last month for shooting to death his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, reportedly remained composed while Judge Thokozile Masipa handed down her sentence.…
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6-Year-Old Shopping for Bubble Gum Killed in Kansas City Shooting
Kansas City, Mo., first-grader Angel Hooper and her father, Booker Hooper, set off to a 7-Eleven gas station to pick up some bubble gum after a Friday-evening jog when, police say, a passing vehicle opened fire, shooting into the parking lot. “Before he could grab her and take her to the ground, she was already…
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Americans Aren’t Really Donating Money to the Ebola Outbreak
With all the ice buckets that got thrown over heads this past summer to raise money for Lou Gehrig’s disease (also called ALS), you’d think people would have that same zeal to fight a more immediate humanitarian crisis like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but the New York Times is reporting that donations for Ebola from…
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Some Rich, White People in Baton Rouge, La., Want to Form Their Own Town
The rich, white folk who live in Baton Rouge, La., want to secede and form their own town called St. George. Or at least that’s how their critics are articulating the initiative, the BBC reports. The secession, of sorts, is being sold as a well-intentioned plan that will allow St. George’s hypothetical residents to gain more…