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Dreaming of a High Christmas: Couple in Their 80s Busted With 60 Pounds of Marijuana Claim It Was for ‘Christmas Presents,’ Cops Say
I want to know whose grandparents are these. Mostly so that they can be my grandparents, too, since they seem to be in the giving mood after police say they were busted with 60 pounds of marijuana they insisted was for “Christmas presents.” Police arrested the couple, who are in their 80s, after saying they…
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Straight Into Compton: The City With the Gangsta Rap Is L.A.’s ‘Newest Housing Hotspot’
When you hear the city of Compton mentioned, you might think about gangsta rappers like Dr. Dre, N.W.A, Eazy-E and DJ Quik. You may even think of gangbangers and drive-by shootings, but the hometown of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams is being touted as something else: the newest place to buy up lower-priced homes.…
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Chicago 5-Year-Old Who Was Shot in Drive-by Last Year Shoots Self in the Hand: Report
Little Kavan Collins was walking down a Chicago street with his mother in June 2016 when he was hit in the face by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting. On Tuesday, the 5-year-old accidentally shot himself in the hand with a handgun he found in the home of a family member, authorities said. The…
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US Ambassador Nikki Haley Threatens UN Members Not to Vote Against the US and No One Cares
I don’t know what it means when the United Nations doesn’t fuck with you, but this is the America we live in. The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to condemn President Donald Trump’s rushed decision to claim that Jerusalem is now the capital of Israel and that he was moving the U.S. Embassy…
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Bodycams Don’t Mean Shit
After the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent uprising in Ferguson, Mo., police departments across the country underwent massive campaigns to integrate bodycam technology into their cache of crime-fighting equipment. Or maybe it was after Freddie Gray died in Baltimore. Perhaps it was after Walter Scott was gunned down in North Charleston, S.C. Or…
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Cop Fired Following ‘Absolutely Unacceptable’ Conduct in Tasing of Fort Worth, Texas, Woman
A Fort Worth, Texas, police sergeant has been fired after an investigation into his use of force in the apprehension of a black woman that proved to be “absolutely unacceptable,” the Fort Worth Police Department announced Monday. Now-former Police Sgt. Kenneth Pierce was terminated for violating the department’s code of conduct, ABC News reports. According…
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The President Believes That He ‘Repealed’ Obamacare. He Didn’t, but Don’t Tell Him That
Turns out that nestled inside that handout to the rich known as the tax bill was a sleeping hand grenade that the president believes effectively blew up the remaining parts of Obamacare as we know it. And you know how we know this? Because the president couldn’t contain his excitement to gloat over the fact…
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Texas Dad Finally Gets Custody of Son Just in Time for Christmas as Mom Faces Charges for Medical Child Abuse
Christmas is going to be really special this year in Ryan Crawford’s household. The Texas dad was granted temporary managing conservatorship of his 8-year-old son after the boy’s mother was accused of forcing the perfectly healthy child to undergo numerous invasive procedures, including 13 major surgeries. The Star-Telegram reports that Christopher Bowen will soon be…
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3 Georgia Cops Indicted for Tasing an Unarmed Black Man to Death
Eurie Lee Martin’s niece figures that when he walked out of his Milledgeville, Ga., group home on July 7, he was headed to see his family for his birthday. Sandersville, Ga., was more than 20 miles away, so it makes sense that he would have stopped by a random house in Deep Step, Ga., during…
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Restaurant Owner and Stunt Queen Brings the North Pole to North Philly in Epic Neighborhood Block Party
How do you top hiring a live-ass camel for your son’s Dubai-themed prom? If you’re Saudia Shuler and the occasion is Christmas, the answer should be pretty obvious. Reindeer. Bring on the damn reindeer. Shuler was back at her extravagant best Wednesday night, throwing a massive block party and toy giveaway she called “North Pole…