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#Flint: 1,299 Days of No Clean Water, but State Advisory Committee Says ‘Nothing to Discuss’
Tuesday marks day 1,299 that the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Meanwhile, the advisory committee appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to address public health concerns related to the lead-contaminated water crisis has canceled its fourth consecutive meeting because it doesn’t believe…
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At Least 5 Dead After Shooting Involving Multiple Locations in California, Including Elementary School
Updated Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, 3:05 p.m. EST: The death toll has now risen to four victims in a shooting in Northern California. It was also confirmed that the shooter was killed by police, bringing the total death count to five. The gunman went on a violent rampage that began at a home and spanned…
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Boston-Area College Will Name School After Trailblazing Journalist Gwen Ifill
For decades, journalist Gwen Ifill served as a role model for reporting with integrity, clarity and fierce intelligence. Now students at one Boston-area college will be able to study in a school that bears her name. According to the Boston Herald, Simmons College announced the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities on Tuesday…
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Good Samaritan Killed While Trying to Help Distressed Motorist as Twin Sister Looks On
Twin sisters Marcasia and Markwonda Crenshaw were returning home to South Florida Sunday night when they saw a van parked on the inside lane of Interstate 95. Concerned, they pulled over to make sure the driver of the van was OK. It would be a fateful decision. Marcasia, 25, was struck and killed by a…
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A ‘Come Meet a Black Person’ Networking Event Is Happening in Georgia This Week and I Have So Many Thoughts
This is not a drill. And this is not our sister site The Onion. Come this Thursday, people of the beige persuasion, from far and wide, can come to a special networking event in Georgia where they can … *gasp* … meet a black person. Seriously, folks, there’s a Facebook event page and everything for…
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City of Topeka, Kan., Trying to Bar Black Man’s Parents From Seeing Video of Fatal Shooting, Lawyers Say
The city of Topeka, Kan., is accused of trying to stop the parents of a black man who was fatally shot by police from looking at bodycam footage, family lawyers said Monday. The city’s excuse? State law permits only his four children, whose ages range from 3 to 13, to see it, the city argued,…
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Come Drink at Britt McHenry’s Fountain of White Tears Over Colin Kaepernick’s Citizen of the Year Recognition
We told you Monday that many a wypipo was big mad over Colin Kaepernick’s selection as GQ’s Citizen of the Year for 2017, but arguably no one was saltier than ex-ESPN reporter and tow truck victims’ advocate Britt McHenry. Perhaps because she’s got a lot more time on her hands now, McHenry hosed Twitter with…
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White People Are Smashing Their Coffee Machines to Show Support for Child Molestation
Those people are at it again. You know who I’m talking about. The ecru-colored citizens who turn beet red at facts and statistics, who wondered why they weren’t included in the phrase #BlackLivesMatter and who called it a “terrorist organization.” The taupe Americans who cried butt-hurt boo-hoos when football players did exactly what they suggested…
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NYC Restaurant Worker Employee Fired After Telling Customers That ‘Everybody’ Knows the Manager Is Racist
A Brooklyn, N.Y., restaurant employee is out of a job after she was caught on video telling customers that “everybody” knows the manager is racist before kicking them out of the eatery. Viral video from the scene at Dumbo Kitchen was posted to Instagram on Sunday and quickly went viral. Jypsy Jeyfree wrote in the…
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White Man Allegedly Stabbed Florida Officers Trying to Arrest Him, and Somehow Managed to Be Apprehended Alive
A white Clearwater, Fla., man is safely in police custody after allegedly stabbing three police officers who attempted to arrest him during a domestic violence dispute. Justin Shuford, the suspect, was apparently not shot or beaten up during the incident, and was happily carted down to the police station to take his smug-looking mug shot.…