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President Twitter Fingas Is Back Like He Never Left
Well, you knew Ol’ Donnie Boy wasn’t going to stay off Twitter forever. It took the president of white nationalism only a day to tweet his thoughts about former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony. I will admit that this was an unusually short Twitter tirade, but it covered the usual tone-deaf bases that we’ve come…
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Chicago Residents Come Together to Send Teen to Prom
Gage Park High School senior Shaday Gooden Brown of Chicago’s South Side was on a mission to get to prom. But she didn’t have the money to pay for her prom dress, so she decided to set up a stand to sell chips and snow cones to earn the cash. But she didn’t need to…
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Louis Freeman, 1st Black Chief Pilot of a Major US Airline, Retires
After 37 years of flying, Capt. Louis Freeman is retiring his stripes. Freeman became Southwest Airlines’ first African-American pilot in 1980, and in 1992 he became the first black chief pilot of a major U.S. airline. A celebration was held in Chicago Thursday for Freeman after he landed one of his last flights, Flight 412,…
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Ind. Mother Sues Principal, Teacher for Forcing Son to Do Pledge of Allegiance
A Terre Haute, Ind., mother is suing an elementary school principal and teacher for forcing her son to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. In March, Jamie Porter’s first-grade son at Fuqua Elementary School did not stand to salute the flag, and his teacher, Kelly McFarland, sent the student to the principal’s office, according to…
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Weis Supermarket Employee Goes on Shooting Rampage, Kills 3 and Himself
Randy Stair has been identified as the supermarket employee who killed three co-workers before turning the gun on himself at a Weis grocery store in Tunkhannock, Pa. Stair, 24, posted an ominous tweet just hours before the incident that read, “Goodbye humans… I’ll miss you…,” the Associated Press reports, before he packed a duffle bag…
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Deputy, Husband Indicted on Murder Charges in Off-Duty Killing of Man in Houston
Updated Thursday, June 8, 2017, 10:49 p.m. EDT: Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced Thursday afternoon that a grand jury indicted Deputy Chauna Thompson and her husband, Terry Thompson, on murder charges in the death of John Hernandez. According to Click2Houston, the charging document says Hernandez’s death was…
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La. Passes Criminal-Justice Reform That Will Reduce Prison Population by 10 Percent
The state with the highest incarceration rate in the U.S. just approved a criminal-justice-reform package that is expected to lower its prison population by 10 percent over the next 10 years. Members of the Louisiana Legislature agreed to the package of bills Thursday; the bills will move on to the desk of Gov. John Bel…