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Ala. University Student on a Mission to Mow 50 Lawns in 50 States Challenges Kids Worldwide
There are lots of things university students can do to occupy their time. The workload alone is one thing; then there are clubs, charities and other extracurricular activities. Rodney Smith Jr., who hails from Alabama, however, is on a mission to mow 50 lawns in 50 states. Smith started his own nonprofit, Raising Men Lawn…
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Sheriff Suspends Himself for 1 Week After Being Arrested for Allegedly Exposing Himself in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park
I’m no expert in the penal system, particularly as it applies to law enforcement, but something tells me that if you’re arrested for an alleged crime, maybe you shouldn’t be the one handing out your own punishment. Nonetheless, that’s exactly what DeKalb County, Ga., Sheriff Jeff Mann did after allegedly being caught exposing himself in…
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Trump Met the Pope, and Clearly the Pope Hates Him
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump met with Pope Francis, and the pope literally looked like the part of America that didn’t vote for this man. Here is a photo of Pope Francis in happier times: And here is Pope Francis, much like most of America, now: The pope looks like he’s the lead singer of…
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Video Shows 3 Texas Cops Forcibly Detaining 14-Year-Old Girl; 1 Officer Accused of Punching Her in the Face
A controversial video that started circulating on social media Sunday shows at least three San Antonio police officers manhandling a 14-year-old black girl as they forcibly detain her. On the video, one of those officers appears to punch her in the face. It was dark when the video was taken, but the officers are seen…
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Layoffs Looming as No One Wants to Stay at Trump’s NYC Hotel
Since he won the election and became arguably one of the most scandal-ridden presidents since Richard Nixon, room rates are falling at Donald Trump’s five-star SoHo hotel in New York City, and up to 15 percent of the housekeeping staff may lose their jobs. According to radio station WNYC, which combed the hotel’s financial documents,…
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Trump Writes Summer-Camp Goodbye in Holocaust-Museum Guestbook
It’s one thing for President Donald Trump to be an American embarrassment. For better or worse, he is the crazed uncle who stays in the basement at Grandma’s house. He’s the American family’s shame. So Trump’s first visit overseas as president is making all of America look bad, and if you ever wondered why the…
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Miss. Sued Over Unequal Education for Black Students
Mississippi is being hit with a lawsuit—accused of violating the federal law that allowed the state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War—because of what the lawsuit charges is the unequal education that black students receive. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of four African-American mothers with children in public…
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Wal-Mart Shopper Tells Latina to ‘Go Back to Mexico,’ Calls Black Woman the N-Word in Viral Video
The deplorables stay wilding. It’s like they can’t contain their racist little selves. This time, a white woman is seen hurling racial comments and racial slurs at a Latina and a black woman in a Wal-Mart store in Bentonville, Ark., in a video that has gone viral. The video was shared Monday on Facebook by…