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Man Kicked Off Delta Flight Because He Used the Restroom While Plane Was Waiting on Tarmac
It can happen at the most inopportune time; sometimes your bladder has a mind of its own. But what do you do when you have the urge to pee after sitting for 30 minutes on a plane that’s on the tarmac? On April 18, Kima Hamilton was heading from Atlanta to Milwaukee on a Delta…
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Fla. Woman Robs Uber Driver by Blinding Her With Pepper Spray: Report
Being an Uber driver nowadays is tough. Just ask one driver in Palm Beach, Fla., who was robbed and blinded when she was sprayed with pepper spray. According to the Palm Beach Post, the 29-year-old unidentified driver picked up Lontaisha Sharquay Durham, 21, and a friend on April 4 in Delray Beach. After the driver…
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Baltimore’s Mayor Asks FBI to Help Curb City’s Murder Rate
So far this year, there have been 100 homicides in Baltimore, and Mayor Catherine Pugh wants the FBI’s help. During her weekly address Wednesday, Pugh said that she wanted to get a handle on the murder rate before the summer begins. “Murder is out of control,” said Pugh. “There are too many guns on the…
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Man Files Suit Against R. Kelly, Charging He Had Affair With His Wife and Gave Her Chlamydia
A Mississippi man has filed a lawsuit against R. Kelly for allegedly popping on a little 12 Play and doing a little bumping and grinding with his wife. Deputy Kenneth Bryant, with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department, says his wife, Asia Childress, was in a relationship with R. Kelly before Bryant and Childress’ July 15,…
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Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Addresses Missing DC Teens
Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The caucus, created by Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), was the first of its kind, with the main goal of creating public policy that “eliminates significant barriers and disparities…
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6th-Grader Threatened With Suspension Because of Haircut
A 12-year-old in Baytown, Texas, received a hair-raising ultimatum from his school after being told that his haircut was unacceptable. Xavier Davis, a sixth-grade student at Cedar Bayou Junior High School, was told to either cut his hair or face in-school suspension. According to Click2Houston, Xavier said that he was stopped in the hallway on…
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La. District Attorney’s Office Sends Fake Subpoenas to Coerce Witnesses to Talk in Criminal Cases
Prosecutors in the Office of Orleans Parish (La.) District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. have been engaging in the unethical and possibly illegal practice of sending fake subpoenas as a means of pressuring witnesses in criminal cases to come speak with them. Tiffany Lacroix received one such notice in November, ordering her to meet with a…
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Republican Health Care Proposal Would Exempt Congress and Staff From Pre-Existing Condition Clause
House Republicans introduced a health care amendment Tuesday night that would allow individual states to opt out of Obamacare’s provision prohibiting insurers from charging higher rates for those with pre-existing conditions, with one catch: Members of Congress and their staff would be exempt from the higher premiums. As Vox notes, in its current iteration, Obamacare…
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Bill Cosby’s Daughter Says Her Father Is Not a Rapist
Bill Cosby’s youngest daughter, Evin Cosby, says that her father isn’t a rapist and “loves and respects” women. Evin, one of the first family members to speak out about the embattled comedian, says that he’s being judged unfairly. “I am his fourth daughter. He raised me to go to college, start my own business, and…
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Meet the New Military Division of White Nationalism
On March 8, Donald Trump loyalist Kyle Chapman was released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed dirk or dagger when violence broke out between Trump supporters and anti-fascists in Berkeley, Calif., on March 4. Since then, Chapman has become an instant celebrity, thanks…