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Out-of-Control Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Kicked Off United Flight as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Him Up’
Some things are just poetic to witness … like this one belligerent Donald Trump supporter being booted off a United Airlines flight in Shanghai on Sunday as a crowd of passengers cheer throughout the terminal: “Lock him up! Lock him up!” According to the Washington Post, the man, who was wearing a “Make America Great…
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Trump Administration’s Failure to Recognize Haiti Is a Painful American Tradition
Editor’s note: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced Monday that he has extended Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status for six more months. He hinted that this shortened extension will be the last, saying that TPS recipients should take “time to attain travel documents and make other necessary arrangements for their ultimate departure from the United States.” …
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7-Year-Old Ky. Boy Killed by Stray Bullet While Eating Cake at Kitchen Table
Louisville, Ky., Metro police are investigating the shooting death of a 7-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet while eating a piece of cake at the kitchen table in his home. According to WLKY, Dequante Hobbs Jr. was with his mother and grandmother at their home Sunday evening when the tragedy occurred. “They…
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Woman Goes on Racist Rant in Manassas, Va., Store, Calls Latino Man a ‘Spic’
Updated Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 12 p.m. EDT: The woman who went on a racist rant in a Manassas, Va., Sprint store has been identified as Tiffany Cormier, The Root has confirmed from a source reached through Fusion. Cormier is married to a Latino man and works for American Airlines in its payroll department and…
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Minn. Woman Accused of Using Mace on Wendy’s Employees Over Stale Fries
A Minnesota woman took her fries way too seriously, allegedly going to the extent of spraying Wendy’s employees with Mace during an argument over the freshness of the french fries. According to WTSP, employees at a Coon Rapids branch of the fast-food chain told the police that 25-year-old Eiram Chanel Amir Dixson came through the…
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5 White Jurors Selected for Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Trial
Bill Cosby arrived at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh for the first day of jury selection in his sexual assault case Monday. At the conclusion of the day, five of 12 jurors were selected for Cosby’s sexual assault trial. The jury currently consists of a middle-aged white woman, a middle-aged white man whose sister…
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Trump’s New Budget Slashes Medicaid, Other Anti-Poverty Programs for Needy Families
Donald Trump is set Tuesday to reveal his first major budget proposal, and with it comes major cuts to Medicaid and changes to anti-poverty programs that would allow states to limit a range of benefits for needy families, something Congress has already been uneasy about. Trump’s plan follows through on a bill passed by House…
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Richard Collins III Killing: Md. State Officials Claim ‘Not Enough Evidence’ Yet to Charge White Supremacist Sean Urbanski With Hate Crime
Updated Monday, May 22, 2017, 9:02 p.m. EDT: During a press conference Monday, Angela D. Alsobrooks, state attorney for Prince George’s County, Md., said that Sean Urbanski’s motives for stabbing Richard Collins III to death were still unclear, the New York Times reports. “We do not have enough evidence to say conclusively whether this is…
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Report: Trump Asked Intelligence Chiefs to Help Him Push Back Against FBI Probe Into Russian Collusion
In his capacity as president, Donald Trump reportedly asked two high-ranking national intelligence officials in March to help him push back against the FBI investigation into possible connections between his presidential campaign and the Russian government. Two current and two former intelligence officials spoke with the Washington Post on condition of anonymity, saying that Trump…
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#FreeBresha: Bresha Meadows Happy With Plea Deal, Says ‘Today Is a Great Day’
Updated Monday, May 22, 2017, 6:48 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows hugged her loved ones and attorneys after her hearing today and said, “Today is a good day.” The 15-year-old had just accepted a plea deal that could see her back home and with her family at the beginning of 2018. She has spent the last…