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Maryland Hospital Sued After OB-GYN Found to Be Lying About His Identity for Years
In a case that is giving me serious Catch Me if You Can vibes, more than 100 patients have filed a class action lawsuit against Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, Md., after federal authorities busted a man who was a practicing OB-GYN there but who had been using false identities for decades. The Washington…
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South Carolina Republicans Want to Build Stupidest Confederate Monument Ever
Two South Carolina politicians have proposed a commission to erect a monument honoring the legacy of black soldiers who fought for the South during the Civil War. The proposal is authored by a representative who has long been a vocal defender of the Confederate flag and another Republican lawmaker who said that the victims of…
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1st Rikers Island Jail to Close by Summer
The first of nine jails at the Rikers Island complex in New York City will be shut down by the summer, the city’s Department of Correction announced Tuesday afternoon. According to AM New York, the George Motchan Detention Center will be the first closure under New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s estimated 10-year plan…
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Murder Case Against Last Chance U Running Back Isaiah Wright to Be Heard by Grand Jury
One of the more likable stars of the second season of Netflix’s Last Chance U, a series that looks at junior college football players trying to get their lives back on track, will have his murder case heard by a grand jury later this month. Isaiah Wright, the talented running back plagued by injuries at…
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Here’s How Many People Police Killed in 2017
Police officers killed 1,129 people in 2017. More people died from police violence in 2017 than the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in action around the globe (21). More people died at the hands of police in 2017 than the number of black people who were lynched in the worst year of Jim Crow…
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At Long Last, Hoda Kotb Helms the Today Show, Becomes Permanent Co-Host
The new year is off to a great start at the Today show, where it was formally announced Tuesday morning that Hoda Kotb would permanently co-host the popular morning program. The announcement was made on the air Tuesday by a jubilant Savannah Guthrie, Kotb’s co-host. “This has to be the most popular decision NBC News…
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Florida Man Accused of Beating Stepson to Death Over Cookie, Forcing Boy’s Brothers to Participate
A Florida man is facing first-degree murder charges after authorities say he threw his 7-year-old stepson against a wall and beat him to death at a local motel while forcing the child’s siblings to participate in the brutal attack. Jack Junior Montgomery, 31, was being held at Florida’s Hillsborough County Jail on $870,000 bond in…
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WTF, Newsweek? News Site Tweets Photo of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Casket
Updated Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, 5:04 p.m. EST: Shortly after this post went live, Newsweek issued an apology to Bernice King for the insensitive photo from its Twitter account: Earlier: Newsweek is catching hell on the first day in 2018, and it all stems from a photo accompanying a tweet for an article titled, “Has…
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Arrests Made in Quadruple Homicide in New York State
Two men have been charged with murder in Tuesday’s brutal quadruple homicide in Troy, N.Y. James W. White and Justin C. Mann were charged with multiple counts of murder in the deaths of 36-year-old Shanta Myers; her 11-year-old son, Jeremiah; her 5-year-old daughter, Shanise; and Myers’ partner, 22-year-old Brandi Mells. During a Saturday-afternoon press conference,…