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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Lie-Filled FBI File on Martin Luther King Jr. Released by Trump
Buried in the government documents surrounding the death of President John F. Kennedy was an explosive FBI report about civil rights leader and icon Martin Luther King Jr. Even though the report had nothing to do with the JFK assassination, the Trump administration included the newly unsealed dossier in a trove of documents released Friday…
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Cyclist Who Flipped Off Trump Motorcade Fired From Government Contracting Firm
You all would remember our dark knight, the lone cyclist who was photographed flipping the bird at Donald Trump’s motorcade as it passed her en route from his Sterling, Va., golf club? Well, no good deed goes unpunished, and that woman, now identified as Juli Briskman, has been fired from her government contracting job since…
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Video Shows Cop Punching Disorderly Female Fan After She Slaps Him at University of Miami Football Game
The Miami-Dade Police Department is currently reviewing video of a violent altercation between a disorderly University of Miami fan and a cop who was escorting her out of the stadium Saturday. Bridget Freitas, a 30-year-old nurse, has been charged with battery of a police officer after authorities say she backhand-slapped a male cop. Video footage…
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Babysitter Believed to Have Kidnapped 6-Year-Old Autistic Boy in Brooklyn, NY: Report
Updated Monday Nov. 6, 2017, 8:50 a.m. EST: Devin Monroe, a 6-year-old autistic boy from Brooklyn, N.Y, has been found safe and unharmed, authorities say. WPIX-TV reports that both he and his babysitter, Emmanuel Kolajo, who officials say is believed to have kidnapped the boy, were found Monday morning after they disappeared over the weekend.…
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NYC Cop Accused of Sending Lewd Texts to Woman He Arrested
A New York City woman has filed a lawsuit against a city cop she says sent her a string of inappropriate, lewd messages after arresting her. “I was shocked and confused,” the plaintiff, Kammie Sifonte, told the New York Post. In one of the alleged disgusting texts, Police Officer Rony Santiago is accused of sending…
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Father Kills 14-Year-Old Son Allegedly Because ‘He Would Rather Have a Dead Son Than a Gay Son’: Report
A high school student is dead and his father has been charged with killing him after, police say, the father, Wendell Melton, shot and killed his 14-year-old son. KSNV-TV reports that United Airlines employee and former pilot Wendell Melton will appear in court early this week to face preliminary charges after authorities say he fatally…
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Trump Says Texas Shooting Is a ‘Mental Health Problem,’ but Was It?
President Donald Trump is insisting that the horrific mass shooting at a Texas church Sunday was not “a guns situation” but, rather, an issue with mental health—because that’s always how these conversations go. “I think that mental health is your problem here,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, according to Time…
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Devin Patrick Kelley Identified as Gunman in Texas Church Mass Shooting
Updated Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, 9:10 p.m. EST: Several reports have identified the man who fired numerous times inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley. The New York Times confirms that at least two anonymous law-enforcement sources told the outlet that Kelley, who lived in New Braunfels, Texas,…
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Hillary Clinton’s Camp Responds to Donna Brazile’s Claims: ‘We Don’t Recognize the Campaign She Portrays’
Donna Brazile has caused a media storm with excerpts from her new book, Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White Hous e. First, in an excerpt published on Politico on Thursday, the longtime Democratic strategist and former Democratic National Committee chairperson revealed the nature of an…