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Trump Administration Calls for Immediate Resignation of 46 Obama Administration US Attorneys
The Trump administration Friday requested the immediate resignation of 46 Obama administration U.S. attorneys, including Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. The New York Times reports that the firings came as a surprise, especially for Bharara, who said he was asked about staying on in November…
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House GOP Backing a Bill That Would Allow Your Employer to Require Genetic Testing
While everyone is in an uproar about the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, another bill is moving through Congress unnoticed, and if passed, it would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing and have access to employee health information. Currently, giving employers that kind of power…
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No, Sir, You Cannot Shoot and Kill a Guy Because He’s Texting During Movie Previews
A Florida judge has denied the request of a retired police officer who fatally shot a man in a movie theater to have the charges against him dismissed under the state’s “Stand your ground” law. NPR reports that 74-year-old Curtis Reeves Jr. was with his wife at a showing of Lone Survivor in Tampa in…
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NC Cops Pull Man Over, Falsely Tell Him It’s Illegal to Film Them. Plot Twist: He’s Attorney and Knows the Law
A criminal-defense attorney in Wilmington, N.C., was pulled over by police recently, and as he began to film his interaction with them on his cellphone, one of the officers falsely told him that there was a new state law that prohibited him from recording the police. Jesse Bright knew there was no such law in…
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Ore. Man Screams ‘Arab, You Need to Leave,’ Bashes Restaurant Employee Over the Head With Pipe
Another day, another racist white guy attacking an innocent person for no reason other than existing. Earlier this week, officers arrested Jason Kendall, 52, for allegedly attacking a man working at a Middle Eastern restaurant with a pipe and telling his victim to “Go back to your country, terrorist,” according to court documents. KOIN reports…
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NC Cop Pleads Guilty to Statutory Rape After Impregnating 13-Year-Old Girl He Was Mentoring
A Lowell, N.C., police officer was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl who ended up pregnant because of the cop’s sick advances. According to WCNC-TV, James Blair, 51, will also register as a lifetime sex offender and is prohibited from having any…
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Doctor Allegedly Watched Surgery on YouTube Before Performing Fatal Procedure on SC Man: Lawsuit
The family of a South Carolina man who died at a local hospital is now suing a “temp” doctor who operated on their loved one. The family says that the doctor went on YouTube to learn how to perform a surgery. According to WSPA, Patrick Kelly went to the Union County Medical Center in March…
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Missing 5-Year-Old Girl in NYC Reunited With Family After Being Found Asking for Food
A New York City day care worker is facing charges of acting in a manner injurious to a child after she allegedly dropped off a 5-year-old girl at her home without checking to make sure that an adult was there to receive the child. According to Fox5NY, Essiah Miller was found safe and sound, if…
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Scott Pruitt: We Need More Proof Global Warming Exists; That Earth’s Basically Melting Is Not Enough
Scott Pruitt, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, showed that he is everything we feared he would be Thursday when he got on television and basically denied that climate change exists. The Washington Post reports that Pruitt’s comments on the CNBC program Squawk Box “outraged scientists, environmentalists, and even his immediate predecessor” at…