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Fla. Teen Accused of Masquerading as Doctor Indicted in Separate Va. Fraud Case
The Florida teen who is already facing multiple charges for allegedly pretending to be a doctor is now facing even more charges in a separate Virginia fraud case, NBC News reports. According to the report, Malachi Love-Robinson was indicted by a Virginia grand jury for allegedly attempting to illegally buy a $35,000 Jaguar, authorities confirmed…
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La. Mom Says She’s Done Having Kids After Giving Birth to 14-Pound Son
LaQueena Hunter Grover, now a mother of four, is accustomed to big babies. Her first two children weighed just over 7 pounds, and her third child was a whopping 11.9 pounds. However, WDSU reports, when she was pregnant with her fourth baby, she thought maybe she might have twins this time. “People would come up…
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Report: Chelsea Manning on Obama’s Short List for Commutation
Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, has been put on President Barack Obama’s short list for a possible commutation. “I have more hope right now than I have the entire time since she was sentenced,” Manning’s aunt, Deborah Manning, told NBC News. “I do…
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L.A. Rams Running Back Tre Mason Arrested in Fla. on Felony Fleeing Charge
Tre Mason, the Los Angeles Rams running back who never reported to the team this past season, was arrested in Florida Tuesday morning on a felony fleeing charge stemming back to an incident in July, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office records. Mason was released from the county jail on $5,000 bond. ESPN reports…
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Activist Roy Innis, Leader of Congress of Racial Equality, Dead at 82
Roy Innis, the national leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, died Sunday in New York City at the age of 82, according to the New York Times. A statement from CORE said that the cause of death was complications of Parkinson’s disease. As the Times notes, Innis had been a national leader of CORE…
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Fla. Man Charged With Helping Suspect Days Before Shooting Death of Orlando Cop
Authorities have arrested an employee at a fried-chicken restaurant, accusing the worker of helping a murder suspect evade capture two days before authorities say the same suspect fatally shot an Orlando, Fla., police officer, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Zarghee Mayan allegedly gave restaurant food to his former co-worker Markeith Demangzlo Loyd,…
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Obama Makes Play for Chicago Cubs: He’ll Meet With World Series Champs Before He Leaves Office
President Barack Obama is a Chicago White Sox fan, but during the World Series, the Chicago native found himself cheering for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs became America’s feel-good team after their historic World Series championship win, and on Monday, just four days before Obama leaves the White House, the team is scheduled to make…
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The Lovefest Between Republican Senators and Jeff Sessions During His Confirmation Hearing Is Sickening
If there was any lesson to glean about the state of racism in America on Tuesday, it did not come from the farewell address by our nation’s first black president. Many of us might have believed in Barack Hussein Obama but never placed much faith in the country he described on the Democratic National Convention…
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Russia Claims Cause Trump Meltdown: 'Are We Living in Nazi Germany?'
The Kremlin wants to make it clear that it does not have a dossier of damaging information on President-elect Donald Trump. Its comments come after reports surfaced Tuesday that four U.S. intelligence agencies received files that included unverified claims Russia reportedly used to blackmail the president-elect. Kremlin officials came out Wednesday to call the reports…