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Multiple People Dead After Monday-Morning Shooting at Orlando, Fla., Business
Updated Monday, June 5, 2017, 12:40 p.m. EDT: Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings identified the shooter as a “disgruntled employee” who had been fired from Fiamma Inc. in Orlando back in April. According to Time magazine, the 45-year-old gunman, whose identity has not yet been released, shot and killed himself after gunning down five employees—four…
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Conn. Woman Hailed as a Hero After Jumping in Front of Speeding Car, Saving Young Boy’s Life
It’s the kind of thing you would think you’d see only in a movie. Shanta Jordan, however, became a real-life hero after she was seen on surveillance footage jumping in front of a speeding vehicle in an attempt to push a young boy out of harm’s way. According to KRON, the out-of-control car pinned Jordan…
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Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Trial Begins, Keshia Knight Pulliam Attends to Show Support
Bill Cosby walked into a Norristown, Pa., courthouse Monday for the first day of his sexual assault trial with his television daughter Keshia Knight Pulliam at his side. It was speculated Sunday that Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy on The Cosby Show, would lend her support to her TV dad as he faces the jury…
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Black Leaders in Ariz. Push for Removal of State’s Confederate Monuments
African-American leaders in Arizona are the next to call for the swift removal of the state’s Confederate monuments, joining an overall cry across the nation by those who know that the monuments celebrate slavery and racism and, generally, just the wrong side of history. The battle against Confederate symbols and memorials was brought to the…
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La. Man Who Shot Wife to Death After Allegedly Mistaking Her for Intruder Is Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
A Louisiana man is facing a second-degree murder charge after shooting his wife multiple times after apparently mistaking her for an intruder early Saturday morning. Emergency operators told responding officers that the man, identified as 26-year-old Daniel Johnson, called saying that he had shot an intruder, but the intruder turned out to be his wife.…
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Another Noose Found in the DC Area, This Time at a Construction Site
Well, another noose turned up in Washington, D.C., this time, police say, at a house under construction in the southeast part of the city. This will make at least the fifth time that this hateful symbol of violence has appeared around the nation’s capital recently. According to CNN, officers went to the construction site Thursday…
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NJ Family Who Won $429,000,000 Lottery Jackpot Launch Grant-Making Fund to Give Back to Their Hometown
What would you do if you won a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot? My (admittedly shallow and selfish) fantasy includes buying a private island and never having to deal with people again. However, one Trenton, N.J., family is going above and beyond and showing extreme selflessness by choosing to put some of their winnings into their…
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Happy Pride! Division I Track Teammates Come Out as Couple
Brad Neumann and Justin Rabon, two runners on the University of Minnesota track team, are a proud couple in love. Each competitor recently penned his coming-out story for Outsports in honor of Gay Pride Month, both to help those who may be having their own struggles coming out, and to shatter stereotypes of what a…
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Instead of Offering Compassion, Trump Condemns London’s Muslim Mayor in Wake of Terror Attack
Leave it to our tone-deaf president to use a tragic event and make it all the more so with his tiny Twitter fingers. In the wake of the London terror attack that left seven dead and 12 suspects arrested, President Donald Trump angrily twisted London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s words, basically branding him soft on terror.…