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Wash. Man Arrested After Texting About Sexually Abusing Children During Southwest Flight: Report
A Southwest passenger is being applauded for her keen eye after she alerted the flight crew about a man sitting next to her who was texting about sexually abusing children, authorities say. Michael Kellar, 56, of Tacoma, Wash., was arrested after his flight from Seattle landed in San Jose, Calif., Monday. During his flight, according…
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Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Off-Duty Ill. Cop Seen Threatening Black Teen in Facebook Video
A civil rights lawsuit has been filed against a Lansing, Ill., police officer who was caught on video threatening a young black teen and holding him pinned on the ground back in June, just because the boy was on his property. The lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in federal court in Chicago, alleges that Jordan…
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8-Year-Old Fla. Girl Dies After Dare to Drink Boiling Water
An 8-year-old Boynton Beach, Fla., girl is dead after injuries she suffered earlier this year from drinking boiling water through a straw as part of a sick dare. According to the Palm Beach Post, the little girl, identified as Ki’ari Pope, complained to her mother’s boyfriend late Sunday that she couldn’t breathe. Within minutes she…
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#Flint: An Update and a Reminder That It Has Been 1,196 Days Since the Mich. City Had Clean Drinking Water
The people of Flint, Mich., still do not have clean water in their taps, but what they do have is a three-and-a-half-year legacy of bureaucratic bullshit and red tape, lead poisoning, outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, sick babies and children, and a whole lot of back-and-forth between the city and the state over who is going…
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Dun Dun Dun! Grand Jury Impaneled by Special Counsel in Russia Investigation
Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to oversee the investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, has impaneled a grand jury in Washington, D.C., a clear indication that the investigation may, in fact, be yielding fruit and is moving full speed ahead. The Wall Street Journal reports that the grand jury began…
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Mucci Mane Mixtape: Listen to the Phone Call That Got Anthony Scaramucci Canned
Anthony Scaramucci, aka Scaramucci Mane, aka Mucci Mane, had an awesome 10-day run. In just 10 days he went from White House communications director to one of the most glorious political flameouts in American history. And on Thursday, the interview read round the world—the one in which the White House communications director called a New…
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Pa. Man Threatens to Shoot Woman’s ‘Brains Out,’ Screams Racial Slurs During Road Rage Incident
A Pennsylvania is man is facing multiple charges after allegedly screaming racial slurs at a woman and threatening to “shoot her brains out” after what police describe as a road rage incident that took place in July along state Route 999. According to Manor Township police, Roger G. Chenault of Washington Boro is charged with…
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Fla. Women Trash Chick-fil-A Over Cold Chicken Nuggets
On Monday, a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the River City neighborhood of Jacksonville, Fla., was trashed because two women were up in arms over a cold chicken-nugget meal that had been given to their brother. Facebook user Allison Music witnessed the event and subsequently posted about it, commenting that she was waiting for the meal she…
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The Liar-in-Chief Stay Lyin’
Years ago, when dinosaurs roamed free and I was in high school, there was a girl that lied so much, my friends and I jokingly began calling her “Hovercraft.” The joke was, because she lied so much, it was conceivable that she would come to school one day saying that she’d just arrived on a…
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Trump’s Favorite News Outlet Is Not Who You Think … and You Should Be Worried
What if Breitbart and Fox News had a couple of babies? What if they grew up to be a cool, slicker version of their parents and started becoming more powerful? Imagine if the young FoxBarts branded themselves as mainstream sources, but instead of courting “alt-right” white males and older conservatives, they focused their efforts on…