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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…
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El Cajon, Calif., Cop Who Fatally Shot Alfred Olango Won't Face Criminal Charges
The El Cajon, Calif., police officer who gunned down an unarmed black man who was apparently having a mental breakdown will not face criminal charges, the San Diego County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. “The law recognizes police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions in circumstances that…
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Booker Will Be 1st Sitting Senator to Testify Against Colleague in Cabinet Fight
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will testify Wednesday against Jeff Sessions’ nomination to become U.S. attorney general, making Booker the first sitting senator to oppose another sitting senator for a Cabinet position. With Democrats scrambling for fresh, new leadership, many Republicans believe that Booker’s move is political jockeying for a national platform to serve his own…