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The President of the US May Have an Imaginary Friend Named Jim
The president of the United States is in Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. I wonder if Donald Trump has any plans to meet with his friend “Jim.” According to the president, Jim used to love Paris, but now Jim doesn’t go anymore because the city is fraught with foreign extremists. I wonder…
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Autopsy Reveals That Black Motorist Was Shot in the Back by NC Trooper
Two days after family members of Willard Scott Jr. gathered in Durham County, N.C., to demand answers in the shooting death of their loved one, an autopsy report has been released showing that the motorist was shot in the back by a North Carolina highway patrolman. Scott, 31, was shot and killed Feb. 12 after…
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Beavercreek, Ohio, Officer Won’t Face Federal Charges in Death of John Crawford III
It’s been almost three years since a Beavercreek, Ohio, police officer fatally shot a black Walmart shopper who was holding a pellet gun that he had unboxed on a store shelf. On Tuesday, federal investigators announced that they would not seek federal charges against the officer in the shooting death of John Crawford III. As…
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‘Stealthing’ One Step Closer to Being a Form of Sexual Assault in Calif.
In May, California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) introduced a bill that would define “stealthing” as a form of sexual assault, and on Tuesday the state Senate Public Safety Committee advanced the bill while acknowledging that it was unclear whether or how such a law would be enforced. Stealthing is the act of intentionally tampering…
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NY Airport Workers’ Strike Suspended as Contract Negotiations Continue
Updated Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 5:42 p.m. EDT: The airport-worker strike that began with a mass walk-off at three New York-area airports Tuesday night has been suspended while contract talks continue. Rob Hill, vice president of 32BJ Service Employees International Union, who is representing the workers, told NBC News, “With strikes looming at Newark, LaGuardia,…
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Jada Pinkett Smith’s Still in Her Feelings About That Tupac Film During an Atlanta Radio Interview
Jada Pinkett Smith’s outrage over the Tupac Shakur film All Eyez on Me has not subsided one bit. During an appearance Wednesday on The Ryan Cameron Morning Show With Wanda Smith on Atlanta radio’s V-103, while promoting her latest film, Girls Trip, with co-star Regina Hall and producer Will Packer, Pinkett Smith had a strong…
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#Impeachment: 2 Democratic Congressmen Take 1st Step to Get Donald Trump Out of Office
For months the nation has held its collective breath waiting for something, anything, that the president does to be held against him and used to get him out of office. Now it appears that time has finally come, so we can all exhale: A California congressman has filed an article of impeachment against President Donald…
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Tamron Hall to Get Her Own Daytime Talk Show After Leaving Today Show
On Wednesday, Weinstein Television announced that it is co-creating a show with Tamron Hall, former Today-show host and MSNBC anchor. Hall announced her departure from MSNBC and the Today show in February, after her contract ended at the end of the month. According to People magazine, Hall ended her time on the show after learning…
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Airbnb Host Pushes Black Woman Down Stairs After Late Checkout
The host of an Airbnb in Amsterdam can be seen in a video pushing Sibahle Nkumbi, a black South African woman, down a steep flight of stairs during what is believed to be a racially motivated altercation over her late checkout. In a video interview with journalist Kevin P. Roberson, Nkumbi says that she was…