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Seattle Seahawks QB Arrested After Car Crashes Into Bar
Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested early Monday morning after a car he was in crashed into a Dallas bar, injuring five people. Boykin, a former standout at Texas Christian University, was a passenger in the car that crashed into Sidebar Bar around 2 a.m., Fox 4 News reports. According to the news…
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Texas Teen Ebony Banks, Who Was Battling Cancer, Dies 4 Days After Meeting Beyoncé
Ebony Banks, a Texas teenager who was fighting stage 4 cancer, died Sunday, just four days after being able to meet with her idol, superstar Beyoncé Knowles. Ebony was undergoing treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston when she died, KHOU reports. The Alief Independent School District of Houston released the news of her…
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President’s Son-in-Law to Meet With Senate Intel Committee Over Russia Meetings
President Vladimir TrumPutin’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, aka “Kushy Jared,” has agreed to a sit-down with the Senate Intelligence Committee because he has served as a “primary point of contact with foreign government officials.” “Throughout the campaign and transition, Jared Kushner served as the official primary point of contact with foreign governments and officials,”according to a…
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Wife of Chicago Cop Charged in Death of Laquan McDonald Says Job Offer Pulled Because of Case
The wife of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke says that a job offer for her to become a Cook County sheriff’s deputy was abruptly pulled because of her husband’s controversial case. According to the Chicago Tribune, Tiffany Van Dyke was set to begin training last week as a deputy after finishing a year of…
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White Supremacist Who Stabbed Black Man to Death Regrets Victim Wasn’t ‘Young Thug’ or ‘Successful Older Black Man’
The self-proclaimed white supremacist charged with fatally stabbing a New York City man to death last week voiced regret that the victim was not a young black man, or else a more successful older black man. The New York Daily News secured an exclusive Rikers Island jail interview with 28-year-old James Harris Jackson, who is accused of…
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NYPD Officer Who Fatally Shot Ramarley Graham Quits Before Being Fired
It seems as though 35-year-old Police Officer Richard Haste decided to leave the New York City Police Department before the department had a chance to dismiss him, five years or so after his involvement in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in his Bronx, N.Y., home. According to the New York Times, Haste…
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Hundreds Gather to Remember Quanice Hayes, a Black Teen Killed by Police in Oregon
A memorial for Quanice Hayes, a black teen killed by police in Portland, Ore., brought out hundreds on Friday, who mourned the 17-year-old and took to the streets in protest afterward. The Oregonian reports that about 200 people filled the Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church in Northeast Portland for the afternoon service, days after a Multnomah…
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1 Dead, Several Critically Wounded in Cincinnati Nightclub Shooting
One person was killed and 14 injured in a shooting at a Cincinnati nightclub early Sunday morning. Cincinnati Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate said that there was “only one reported shooter” at the Cameo nightclub, and several victims have life-threatening injuries and are undergoing surgery. There are currently no suspects in custody, and police are…
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Mayor Muriel Bowser Creates Task Force on Missing DC Teens
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced Friday that the city will create a series of new initiatives including a task force to assist in finding missing children and teens in the District. The mayor’s message comes days after a heated town hall meeting about the city’s missing teens—primarily black and Latinx girls—as well as…
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La. Cop Convicted of Killing 6-Year-Old Autistic Boy in Shooting Spree
A Louisiana police officer has been convicted of killing a 6-year-old autistic boy after he and his partner pumped rounds of bullets into a car the child was riding in with his father. Marksville Deputy Marshal Derrick Stafford was convicted Friday of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter charges in the death of Jeremy Mardis. His father,…