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In Every Service Branch, Black Troops More Likely to Be Punished by Commanders, Courts: Report
Black service members are up to two times more likely to face court-martial or other forms of military punishment than their white counterparts in an average year, an analysis by advocacy organization Protect Our Defenders has revealed. According to USA Today, which received an advance copy of the study, the advocacy group for victims of…
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Eric ‘Vampire Face’ Trump: Dems Aren’t Even People
First and foremost, do we have proof that Eric Trump is not a vampire? He seriously looks as if he has actual vampire DNA; and if, in fact, the second Trump not named Ivanka is a bloodsucking revenant, then his comments made during a recent Fox News appearance make perfect sense. Eric “Vampire Diaries” Trump…
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2 White Men Assaulted Black Teen Near His Home in Campaign to Run Interracial Family Out of Va. Neighborhood: Lawsuit
A black teenager was called racial slurs and attacked by two white men near his home in Virginia as part of an effort to run his interracial family out of town, a federal lawsuit claims. Yes, this is in 2017. Well, to be precise, the attack occurred in 2015. The men involved in the attack…
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Family Thanks ‘Guardian Angel’ Neighbor Who Fatally Shot Father Attempting to Drown 3-Month-Old Twins
An Oklahoma family is extending their gratitude to a quick-thinking neighbor who fatally shot a father who was attempting to drown his 3-month-old twins in a bathtub Friday. “He saved me and my babies’ lives, and there will not be a day that will go by that I won’t thank him for that,” Michelle Sorrells,…
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Ohio Man With HIV Charged With Murder After Longtime Girlfriend Dies of AIDS
A married Ohio man is facing murder charges after being accused of not telling his longtime girlfriend—who later died of AIDS—that he was HIV-positive. According to the Associated Press, Ronald Murdock, 51, of Toledo is also facing charges of felonious assault. On Tuesday a judge set bond at $1.5 million for Murdock, who was indicted…
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Trump Asked National Intelligence Director to Intervene in Comey’s Russia Probe: Report
Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence, told associates in March that President Donald Trump asked him to intervene with then-FBI Director James Comey and get him to have the bureau back off of its investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ties to Russia. The incident occurred March 22, less than a…
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#JXNRising: Chokwe Antar Lumumba Wins Jackson, Miss., Mayoral Race
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34—son of the late Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and community activist Nubia Lumumba—is the new mayor-elect of Jackson, Miss., beating Republican challenger Jason Wells in a landslide victory. The Jackson Free Press reports: With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Lumumba had 23,175 votes, or 93 percent. Republican Wells had 900…
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Fingers Crossed: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Threatens to Quit as Tension With Trump Escalates
Two days before former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Donald Trump’s world continues to unravel right before our very eyes. According to an unconfirmed report, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has threatened to quit his job amid rising tensions between him and the president. The friction…
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Andrea Constand Testifies on Day 2 of Bill Cosby Trial
Andrea Constand took the stand on day 2 of the Bill Cosby trial being held in Norristown, Pa. Constand has accused Cosby of sexually assaulting her in his home in 2004. “I was frozen … I was very limp,” Constand said during her testimony. “I wanted it to stop,” she said during questioning by Montgomery…