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Detroit Pistons Guard Avery Bradley Paid Sexual Assault Accuser for Her Silence: Report
Detroit Pistons shooting guard Avery Bradley is denying any allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman, and his lawyer claims that the $400,000 payout to Bradley’s accuser was “to protect the reputation and privacy of Mr. Bradley and his family.” According to TMZ Sports, the woman claims that the alleged assault happened in May 2016…
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Trump’s Newest Enemy: The US Postal Service
I don’t know why the president can’t vacation like the rest of us. I guess when he calls Mar-a-Lago the winter White House and claims that he’ll be “working” from his Shithole, Fla., vacation estate, he means that he’ll be attacking people on Twitter. On Friday the president of the middle states, where racism is…
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California High School Student in Racist Video: ‘When the Police Were Killing All Those Black People, I Was So Happy’
Somebody gon’ learn a big lesson real soon. A high school student from Elk Grove, Calif., has stepped in a heaping mound of dog shit after a racist video she recorded went viral on social media. The girl, who probably thought she was cute, filmed herself on Snapchat making several horrible remarks. The video has…
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President Stays-on-Vacation’s Tweet on Global Warming Might Be the Dumbest Statement He’s Ever Made
Oh, I get it. Because it’s really cold on the East Coast, and global warming is the belief that the planet is heating up at alarming rates, that serves as proof that global warming doesn’t exist. At least that appears to be the president’s logic after his dumb ass tweeted this: I’m surprised that Donald…
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‘They’ve Chose a Real Good Color’: Owner of Defaced Confederate Eyesore Will Keep the Pink
To call it the ugliest Confederate statue in America seems a bit redundant, but the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest on Interstate 65 in Tennessee undoubtedly wins that distinction. The deranged interpretation of Forrest, a Confederate general, human trafficker and leader of the Ku Klux Klan, has been an eyesore in Tennessee for nearly 20…
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Chicago Oversight Board Finds Fatal Police Shooting of Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones Unjustified
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, a Chicago oversight board, has found that the December 2015 police-involved shooting deaths of a 19-year-old college student and a 55-year-old grandmother were unjustified. According to the Chicago Tribune, the board underlined that there was no evidence to support Officer Robert Rialmo’s claims that the student, Quintonio LeGrier, approached…
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Houston Man Charged With Murder After ‘Nearly’ Decapitating Woman With Samurai Sword
Little is known about a 45-year-old Houston man who, according to authorities, killed his girlfriend Wednesday with a samurai sword. As the Houston Chronicle reports, officials say that Kenneth Wayne Lockings Jr. “nearly” decapitated Aracely Jernigan, who was found dead on Lockings’ living room floor. According to the Chronicle, Houston police responded to a call…
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New York State Couple, Kids, Brutally Killed; Police Vow to Solve Crime
A couple from the state of New York and two children were slaughtered the day after Christmas, horrifying the city of Troy. According to NBC News, investigators in the upstate New York town vowed to catch the person who killed a mother, two of her children and her girlfriend, in a crime that the police…
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Bronx, NY, Fire: At Least 12 Dead, More Injured
A fire in a 100-year-old building in New York City’s Bronx borough Thursday evening has left at least 12 dead and numerous people injured, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. It is said to have been the deadliest fire in New York City in more than 25 years. According to the New York Times, the…
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#Flint: 1,342 Days Into the Water Crisis, City Accused of Violating Terms of Agreement to Replace Lead Pipes
Thursday marks 1,343 days since the people of Flint, Mich., had clean water running through their taps. Although studies continue to claim that the lead levels are much lower, residents are still advised to rely on bottled water and water filters as opposed to using water directly from the tap. As the people wait for…