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Wakanda Stole the Show at This Year’s MTV Movie Awards
The world of Wakanda inundated this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, and we’re not mad about it at all. From Tiffany Haddish’s opening sequence, in which she challenges “T’Chadwick Boseman” for the right to rule Wakanda, to Michael B. Jordan’s sharp jab at Roseanne Barr, Black Panther and its cast served us all our…
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Trump Finally Reaches Out to Waffle House Hero James Shaw Jr. Almost a Month After Deadly Shooting
It’s been almost a month since James Shaw Jr., 29, snatched an assault rifle away from a gunman who opened fire at a Tennessee Waffle House, killing four people and injuring several others. Despite Shaw’s brave actions and the fact that he was nationally hailed as a hero, it was only on Monday that y’all’s…
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Kanye West Calls Emma González His ‘Hero’; She Responds by Calling This Man Hers
It looks like Kanye West is still on his dissociated, rambling run on Twitter, and in addition to dropping new music, he recently called Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma González, a survivor of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., his “hero.” He also bigged her up again minutes later, saying that he was inspired by…
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Fundraisers for Tennessee Waffle House Hero, Victims of Shooting Raise More Than $100,000
Two separate GoFundMe campaigns, one raised to benefit the victims of the Waffle House shooting in Antioch, Tenn., and one started to benefit James Shaw Jr., the hero who wrestled the gun away from the suspected shooter, have both raised more than $100,000 in a span of mere hours. In the aftermath of the shooting,…
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Tennessee Lawmakers and Waffle House Restaurant Show Support for Victims of Deadly Shooting
Following the deadly shooting of four people at a Nashville, Tenn., Waffle House early Sunday morning, business owners and lawmakers have tried to find ways to support the victims and survivors of the brutal attack. Among them is the Waffle House chain restaurant, which has offered to pay for the funerals of the four patrons…
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Waffle House Shooting Suspect in Police Custody
Police apprehended the man accused of killing four people in a Nashville, Tenn., Waffle House, ending a widespread manhunt. On Monday afternoon the Nashville Police Department tweeted out photos of suspect Travis Reinking, who was captured in a wooded area in Nashville. As the New York Times notes, roughly 160 law enforcement officials were involved…
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29-Year-Old James Shaw Jr. Hailed as Hero for Stopping Tennessee Waffle House Shooting
James Shaw Jr. is a lot of things, an electrician, a father … and, as of now, a bonafide hero after he wrestled a gun away from an active shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House, putting an end to the gunman’s massacre. The early-morning Sunday shooting left four dead and several others injured. As The…