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NY Attorney General Blasts Trump’s Signing of Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood
Just a week after leading a coalition of 16 attorneys general from across the country in opposing an Ohio state law that would defund Planned Parenthood and other health-service providers, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman had strong words Thursday for Donald Trump, who signed legislation that would allow states to withhold federal funding…
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2 Months After Tenn. Police Officer Shot and Killed Jocques Clemmons, Investigation Into Death Continues
Jocques Clemmons, 31, was shot and killed by Nashville, Tenn., Police Officer Joshua Lippert on Feb. 10, and two months after his death, the investigation into the shooting continues, leading to the Nashville NAACP’s call for more police accountability as well as a citizens review board. Tennessee NAACP President Gloria Sweet-Love told News Channel 5,…
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Stay Woke: While the US Was Bombing Afghanistan, Trump Was Secretly Signing Bill to Block Planned Parenthood Money
President Vladimir TrumPutin is a lot of things, but camera shy isn’t one of them. Since taking office, he’s had the news crews around him every time he’s signed one of his 1,000 executive orders. Yet, on Thursday, as news broke that the U.S. had just dropped the “Mother of All Bombs” on an Afghanistan…
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The US Just Dropped the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on Afghanistan
As if America didn’t have enough problems to worry about, the U.S. military has just dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb on Afghanistan. Four U.S. military officials with direct knowledge of the mission told told Fox 6 Now that around 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the military dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed…
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Ga. Cop Seen on Video Kicking Handcuffed Man in the Head During Traffic Stop
A Gwinnett County, Ga., police officer has prompted social media outrage after video of him kicking a handcuffed man in the head went viral. A Gwinnett County Police Department spokesperson called the video “very disturbing” and said that the officer involved has since been placed on administrative leave, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The incident, which…
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Syrian President Claims He Didn’t Use Chemical Weapons Against His Own People. Then Who Did?
Now, this is getting interesting. Syrian dictator Bashar Assad claims he didn’t use chemical weapon against his own people, and adds that any reports claiming that he did are fake news. “One hundred percent fabrication,” Assad said in an interview with Agence France-Presse. Assad also claims that his nation “gave up” all of its stored…
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Del. Judge Convicts 17-Year-Old in School Bathroom Fight That Left 16-Year-Old Girl Dead
A Delaware judge has convicted a 17-year-girl of criminally negligent homicide for her role in a school-bathroom fight that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl. ABC News reports that Family Court Judge Robert Coonin delivered his ruling Thursday after a week of testimony in a nonjury trial. An autopsy found that Amy Joyner-Francis…
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Mar-a-Lago’s Kitchen Is Nasty; Cited for 13 Violations Days Before Japanese Prime Minister’s Visit
Florida restaurant inspectors found 13 violations inside the kitchen of President Vladimir TrumPutin’s Mar-a-Lago playhouse just days before the dictator hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Let’s hope the Japanese prime minister didn’t order the fish, considering that the inspectors cited Mar-a-Lago for housing potentially dangerous raw fish, the Miami Herald reports. The resort was also…
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Ga. 13-Year-Old Accidentally Kills Himself on Instagram Live as Friends Look On
Shaniqua Stephens had just watched her 13-year-old son, Malachi Hemphill, take out the trash Monday evening. About 10 minutes later, Malachi was found in his room, blood all around him, suffering from a gunshot wound. “I heard a big boom. I couldn’t tell if it was a gunshot or what,” Stephens said. “I just knew…
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Man Charged With Murder in Slaying of Chicago Judge
A Chicago man is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a Cook County judge earlier this week. Joshua Smith, 37, who was arrested after going to a police station to be questioned, was also charged with attempted first-degree murder and obstruction, CNN reports. Associate Circuit Court Judge Raymond Myles, 66,…