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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…
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Wait, Did Floyd Mayweather Jr. Just Get Out-Mayweathered by Conor McGregor?
The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor spectacle officially began Tuesday as the two fighters kicked off their four-stop tour in Los Angeles to promote Mayweather’s Aug. 26 brutal assault of the MMA fighter. Unless the fighting contract requires Mayweather to box McGregor with one arm tied to his foot, this will not be an even remotely entertaining…
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President Reportedly Signed Off on Trump Jr.’s 1st Statement on Russian Lawyer Meeting
Donald Trump Jr., aka Not-Ivanka, does a pretty good job of being an idiot on his own, so I find it hilarious that President Donald Trump’s administration reportedly helped compose Not-Ivanka’s initial response to allegations that he met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer who he believed had dirt on Hillary Clinton. And get this: President Vladimir…
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Black American Tourist Beaten to Death Over a Selfie, Police Say
A selfie. An argument over a selfie at a bar on the Greek island of Zakynthos is what led American tourist Bakari Henderson to be beaten to death by some 15 men, police are saying. According to the Washington Post, the confrontation began after Henderson, who was on vacation with friends, asked to take a…