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Ala. Kidnap Victim Used Insulin Pump to Escape Locked Trunk
An Alabama nursing student is sharing the harrowing story of how she was kidnapped and then made a daring escape after she used the light from her insulin pump to find the latch of the trunk she was locked in before jumping out to safety. According to NBC News, 25-year-old Brittany Diggs was kidnapped last…
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Retired Police Chief Detained by Customs Agents at JFK Because His 1st Name Is Hassan
A retired police chief was detained and questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport upon his return from a trip abroad earlier this month because his first name is Hassan. Hassan Aden, 52, is a retired Greenville, N.C., police chief and a former deputy chief with…
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Gunman Registering as Sex Offender Dead After Shootout at Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station
A man was found dead inside his SUV in the parking lot of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station Monday following a shootout with deputies who attempted to take him into custody on a felony warrant for a sex crime, according to officials. Capt. Steven Katz, who heads the sheriff’s homicide bureau, told the Los…
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DHS Is Big Mad, Publishes List to Shame Cities That Won’t Detain Immigrants
The Trump administration promised to publicly shame any city or county that did not cooperate with federal immigration authorities by detaining undocumented immigrants who have been arrested or charged with a crime, and the Department of Homeland Security made good on that promise Monday by publishing its first weekly list of local jails and jurisdictions…
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#Flint: EPA Awards $100,000,000 for Water-Crisis Recovery as City to Begin Shutoffs for Nonpayment of Water Bills
More than 1,000 days after Flint, Mich.’s water crisis started, relief in the form of a $100 million grant is on the way to help the city fix its water system. That relief comes just as the city announces plans to begin shutting off water service for some who have been unable to pay their…
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Wait, Former College Hoops Star Juan Dixon’s Father Isn’t Dead?
It was the saddest 2002 March Madness story ever. Baltimore native Juan Dixon, who was starting at the University of Maryland, had lost both of his parents, Phil and Juanita Dixon, to AIDS-related illness when he was only 16. Dixon would go on to lead the Terrapins to the national championship that year, and the…
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Pregnant Woman Killed in SWAT Raid After Boyfriend Uses Her as Shield: Police
A pregnant woman who was killed in a SWAT raid over the weekend in Indian River County, Fla., was used as a shield by her boyfriend, authorities say. According to CBS12, the family of 21-year-old Alteria Woods are searching for answers after their loved one, an innocent bystander, wound up dead. “I’ve never heard of…
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James Comey: Trump Is a Liar and Yes, We’re Looking Into Russia Ties (I’m Paraphrasing a Bit)
FBI Director James Comey came for the president with all the receipts his office carries, noting that there was “no information to support” President Donald TrumPutin’s outlandish claim that former President Barack Obama tapped his office during the 2016 election. Appearing before the House Intelligence Committee alongside National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers, both men…
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Man Saves 2 Women From Fiery Crash in Cerritos, Calif.
A brave good Samaritan managed to pull two young women away from a fiery crash on Sunday in Cerritos, Calif., likely saving their lives. According to KABC, authorities said that if Danny Mitchell hadn’t jumped into action when he did, the victims might not have survived the crash, which occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday…
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Spike Lee Knows Why Colin Kaepernick Is Still a Free Agent
I don’t agree with everything Spike Lee says, but when he posted on Instagram that he found it “fishy” that NFL teams weren’t champing at the bit to scoop up free agent Colin Kaepernick, I had to agree. For those still asleep, besides having one of the most perfect Afros that has ever Afroed, Kaepernick,…