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Women’s March: Massive Crowds Take Over DC and Cities Around the Country
Singer-actress Janelle Monáe said a prayer with her fellow performers before taking the stage to raucous cheers at Saturday’s Women’s March, which drew a gargantuan crowd that packed the National Mall from the streets east of the U.S. Capitol all the way west past 17th Street. “I want to remind you that it was woman…
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Tornado Rips Through Southern Mississippi, Killing 4
A deadly storm ripped through southern Mississippi early Saturday, killing four people and flattening dozens of homes and businesses, according to the Associated Press. The death toll is expected to rise. The city of Hattiesburg confirmed the deaths via its Twitter account. The city also said that firefighters and police are going door-to-door to try…
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Trump’s 1st Executive Order Sounds Death Knell for Obamacare
Donald Trump’s very first executive order as president promised “to seek the prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Within hours of assuming the office of the presidency Friday—between his swearing-in and before leaving for his inaugural balls—Trump signed the executive order, which did not give specifics on…
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Yara Shahidi in Talks for Her Own Black-ish Spinoff
Poised, pretty, polished teen Yara Shahidi, who plays oldest daughter Zoey Johnson on Black-ish, is set to get her own TV show, based on her life in college. Shahidi, who recently shut the internet down with her uncanny redo of a classic Sade photo, is blossoming into an impressive young woman. According to the Hollywood…
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El Chapo Has His Day in Court, Pleads Not Guilty to 17 Federal Charges
El Chapo has not escaped the U.S. yet, and Friday afternoon he stood in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., to face charges in a case the U.S. authorities have been building for decades. The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Friday following his extradition from Mexico to the United States…
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Million Hoodies Movement for Justice Issues Inauguration Day Video Statement on Incoming Administration
Members of the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice released an Inauguration Day video statement Friday to “send a message about what’s at stake for the next four years with an administration that has promised to harm our communities.” “It is incumbent that young people find ways to get politically activated and involved to protect the…
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White Nationalist Richard Spencer Gets Punched in the Face During Trump Inauguration Protest
Richard Spencer, the self-proclaimed white nationalist and leader of the “alt-right” (a phrase he coined) movement, was punched in the face at a Trump inauguration protest Friday after denying that he was a Nazi. Spencer was speaking in front of a group of people who were asking him questions such as, “Are you a neo-Nazi?”…
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Malia Obama Will Be Interning for Hollywood Producer Harvey Weinstein
Malia Obama is doing the gap year thing right: The elder daughter of former President Barack Obama will soon start work as an intern for Hollywood superproducer Harvey Weinstein. Malia Obama, 18, who graduated from Sidwell Friends School last May, according to the Washington Post, and is set to begin undergraduate studies at Harvard University…
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More Than 90 Arrested in Inauguration Disturbances
More than 90 people were arrested in the nation’s capital on Inauguration Day following disturbances when some members of an unidentified group smashed the windows of cars and stores just before President Donald Trump was officially sworn in, ABC News reports. Interim Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham confirmed the arrests in a Periscope video posted…
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Here’s What the Vibe Was Like at President Trump’s Inauguration
Yvette Cormier’s brows furrowed when she was asked what she thought about being on the National Mall to see President Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. She was here for both of President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and thinks that today wasn’t the same at all. “The energy of the crowd is completely different, and there’s no diversity,”…