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Mom Admits to Beating 10-Year-Old With Extension Cord Before He Reportedly Stabbed Himself to Death
A Memphis, Tenn., mother admitted that she used an extension cord to beat and choke her 10-year-old son, who apparently later killed himself. Robin McKinzie told police that she used the extreme methods of punishment to discipline her son, a fourth-grader. She told officers that afterward, the boy got angry, ran into the kitchen and…
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Black Lawmakers and Leaders Blast John Kelly for ‘Dangerous’ Civil War Comments
A number of black leaders in Congress, the media and academia have roundly criticized White House chief of staff John Kelly for his inaccurate and dangerous comments about the Civil War. In an interview given to Fox News Monday night, Kelly got on the topic of Confederate monuments. He defended Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee…
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Nothing Is Sacred on Airlines Anymore: Delta Passengers Arrested for Having Oral Sex on Plane While in Their Seats
I truly believe this is why we can’t have nice things, ever. I’m not usually one to judge others’ sexcapades or fantasies, but this one is taking it just a smidgen (or a whole lot of smidgens) too far. A couple was busted on Sunday on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to Detroit after…
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Utah Nurse Arrested by Police for Doing Her Job Reaches $500,000 Settlement
A nurse who was arrested after refusing to let a Salt Lake City cop draw blood from an unconscious patient has agreed to a $500,000 settlement. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Alex Wubbels reached the agreement with Salt Lake City and the University of Utah (Wubbels was working at the University of Utah Hospital…
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Little Black Girl Screaming ‘Stranger Danger’ Was With Her Father; She’s Safe
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, 10:55 p.m. EDT: The little girl who was seen being dragged out of a Burlington Coat Factory store in Michigan was actually with her father, and was acting out because she didn’t get her way inside the store, authorities say. WDIV Click on Detroit reports that the girl was upset…
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8 Dead, Multiple Injuries After Pickup Truck Plows Into People on Bike Path in NYC; Suspect Identified
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, 6:25 p.m. EDT: The death toll in a deadly incident in lower Manhattan has reached eight, and police have identified the suspect in the attack as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov of Tampa, Fla. ABC News reports that Saipov is said to have screamed “Allahu akbar” after the crash, and it is…
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Gun-Wielding Drunk Charged With Hate Crime After Chasing, Shooting at Black Man While Yelling Slurs
A drunken thug from Green Bay, Wis., is facing hate crime charges after chasing a black man over the weekend while yelling slurs before ultimately discharging a firearm at the fleeing victim. According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, 24-year-old Taylor W. Hill was charged Monday with recklessly endangering safety using a dangerous weapon as a…
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Why Some Black and Brown People Can’t Trust Bernie Sanders, in 1 Quote
There are reasons that progressive black and brown folk have had their struggles with supporting Bernie Sanders—though no one does a better job of illustrating why than the Vermont senator and former presidential candidate himself. In an interview Monday night with Seth Meyers on Late Night, Sanders said that progressives shouldn’t pin too much of…