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Ezra Klein Just Sent the Whitest Tweet Ever
Early Wednesday morning, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was wounded when a gunman In Alexandria, Va., opened fire on a congressional baseball practice. It turns out the shooter, who was shot and killed during the incident, was James T. Hodgkinson, a person who had previously expressed anger toward the president and the political system—calling Donald…
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United Apologizes After Video Surfaces of Houston-Based Employee Pushing Passenger, 71, to Floor After Argument
The curse of terrible airlines apparently hasn’t ended. United issued an apology Tuesday after a video surfaced of a Houston-based employee shoving a 71-year-old passenger to the floor during an argument over a ticket. The actual incident in question took place about two years ago, the Washington Post reports, but a lawsuit was filed last…
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Report: Tiger Woods Headed Back to Rehab
If current reports are correct, then it looks as if golf legend Jack Nicklaus may have been right when he said that Tiger Woods “needed our help”: The former golf great is reportedly going back to rehab to avoid losing joint custody of his two kids after his recent DUI arrest. “Tiger visited the hospital…
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Reported GOP Baseball Shooter Once Volunteered on Bernie Sanders’ Campaign: Report
The 66-year-old man arrested for the shooting of several GOP staffers during a baseball practice early Wednesday morning reportedly volunteered for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) presidential campaign. Police arrested James Hodgkinson shortly after the shooting. According to ABC News, Hodgkinson, of Bellevile, Ill., had several run-ins with the law, including domestic violence and several unlawful-weapons-discharge…
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Mich. Health Director, 4 Other Officials Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter for Their Roles in Flint’s Water Crisis
Six current and former Michigan and Flint officials—including Michigan Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon—were slapped with criminal charges Wednesday for their roles in the city’s water crisis, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has confirmed. The tainted water has been suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease that has resulted…
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Black NJ High Schooler Suspended for Submitting Yearbook Photo That Included Artwork With Racial Slur, Lynching Images
A black New Jersey high school student is upset that she was suspended after submitting a yearbook photo that featured artwork that had a racial slur and images of lynchings on it in the background. Jamaica Ponder, who attends Princeton High School, found herself sitting at home Monday after school administrators took issue with the…
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On the Run 2017: Justin Fairfax Wins Democratic Primary for Lieutenant Governor of Va.
Justin Fairfax is one of only a handful of African Americans seeking statewide office in the 2017 election cycle, but after Tuesday’s primary, he’s managed to leap over his first major hurdle. Fairfax trounced his primary competitor Susan Platt 49 percent to 39 percent to secure the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Virginia. It…
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The COVFEFE Act: Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Record Trump Tweets
An Illinois congressman wants to make the president’s tweets part of the presidential record and prevent Twitter Fingas from deleting tweets. The Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement (COVFEFE) Act (I see what he did there) was introduced Monday by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) to amend the Presidential Records Act to “include social media,…
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Man Stabs Girlfriend’s 12-Year-Old Daughter to Death, Then Sends Text to Mother: ‘See Wat U Made Me Do,’ Prosecutors Say
A 31-year-old Chicago man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter, leaving the child covered in blood and gasping for breath, before texting the child’s mother, “See wat u made me do…u gon pay fro this,” prosecutors say. On Tuesday, 31-year-old John Singleton was ordered held without bail on a first-degree murder charge in…
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Open-Heart Surgery Isn’t Going to Stop This 15-Year-Old From Dancing
It’s a beautiful sight to see: a 15-year-old dancing from his hospital bed, living life to the fullest. And the video was taken only six days after the young man had lifesaving open-heart surgery. According to CNN, Amari Hall, who hails from Capitol Heights, Md., was born with a heart defect that required him to…