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Black Lives Matter Holds Unity March in Newport News, Va.
On Monday evening, the local community members of Newport News, Va., held a #ShutDown757 Unity March on the anniversary of the Black Lives Matter 757 march in 2016. The march took place within several Hampton Roads cities, including Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, the Daily Press reports. In Newport News, the group blocked lanes…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I’ve Paid the IRS $26,000,000
Floyd “Money” Mayweather wants to make it clear that he isn’t ducking paying his taxes. In fact, the undefeated fighter, who is set to take on the Great White Hope in August, claims that he paid the IRS $26 million in 2015. “What else could they possibly want?!” Mayweather told TMZ Sports. The pound-for-pound champ…
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Russian Lawyer Contradicts Trump Jr.’s Account of Meeting: I Didn’t Have Clinton Info They Wanted
A week ago, Natalia Veselnitskaya was just a Russian lawyer with a really difficult last name to pronounce. Now Veselnitskaya is at the center of a Russia-White House scandal, and it still doesn’t make her last name any easier to say aloud. Depending on whom you believe—the lie trapped inside the fib, which is trapped…
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Internal Probe Reopened After Viral Video Shows Ga. Cop Repeatedly Striking Homeless Woman With Baton
The DeKalb County, Ga., Police Department has reopened an internal investigation after video surfaced showing an officer repeatedly hitting a homeless woman with his baton during an arrest. According to CNN, the incident dates to June 4. The officer had gone to a Chevron gas station in Decatur, Ga., to respond to a complaint about…
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Fla. Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Who Were Separated Among Several Foster Families
Adoption has always been in the minds of one Marianna, Fla., couple. But Dashoan and Sofia Olds did something truly amazing when they adopted seven children, all siblings who had been previously separated among several foster families, to become one big family of nine. According to WJHG, when the couple saw a local news story…
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Tenn. Father Charged With Homicide After 11-Month-Old Daughter’s Hot-Car Death
The father of an 11-month-old girl is facing multiple charges after the child died this weekend after being left in a scorching-hot car “unattended … for an extended period,” according to Chattanooga, Tenn., police. ABC News reports that the temperature reached 90 degrees Saturday, when the child was left alone. An affidavit of complaint indicates…
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#PhilandoCastile: Killer Cop Receives $48,500 Buyout to Leave St. Anthony, Minn., Police Department
Just three weeks after he was acquitted of all charges connected to the shooting death of Philando Castile, St. Anthony, Minn., Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez signed a separation agreement with the city Monday to leave the department in exchange for $48,500. A statement posted to the city’s website reads: In order to serve the public…
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James Harden Signs 4-Year, $228,000,000 Extension With Houston Rockets. Will He Lead Their Super Team?
James Harden, the bearded dynamo guard for the Houston Rockets, signed a four-year extension with his team Saturday that will earn him a total of $228 million over the next six years. Do you think Khloé Kardashian has hit him up with that “Hey big head” message yet? Because I know I did. According to…