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Woman: 'Discrimination' Made Me Scream 'I Voted for Trump' in Michaels Meltdown
The Chicago woman seen on viral video going on a racially charged tirade at a Michaels arts and crafts store spoke out Tuesday, defending her actions in the face of what she says was the “discrimination” she faced, leading her to call black employees “animals” and to scream, “I voted for Trump!” “This wasn’t about…
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Black Teen Slammed to Ground at Texas Pool Party Sues Ex-Cop, City for $5,000,000
A Texas teen who was slammed to the ground and pinned down by a McKinney, Texas, police officer during a pool party in June 2015 has now filed a federal suit against the now former cop, the city and the McKinney Police Department, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the report, Dajerria Becton and…
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NY Governor Proposes Free Tuition at State Colleges for Eligible Students
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged Tuesday to cover tuition costs at state colleges for hundreds of thousands of middle- and low-income students. Under Cuomo’s plan, college students who have been accepted to a state or city college or university in New York, including two-year community colleges, would be eligible if they or their family…
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Bill and Hillary Clinton Will Attend Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Bill and Hillary Clinton will be in attendance at Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, their aides confirmed Tuesday. Former presidents and their spouses are given prominent seats to witness the inauguration, but as the Los Angeles Times notes, never before has a former first lady lost the election, and Hillary Clinton’s attendance at the ceremony…
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Report: Ark. Woman Dies While Broadcasting on Facebook Live
An Arkansas woman died during a Facebook Live broadcast on Wednesday, police have confirmed. Keiana Herndon, 25, was reportedly broadcasting from a friend’s home when “something seemed to happen,” Sgt. Christopher Lutman of the El Dorado, Ark., Police Department told NBC News. Lutman told NBC that Herndon “started squinting like someone who had a headache.”…
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Disturbing Video Shows NC Police Officer Slamming High School Girl to the Ground
A police officer in Rolesville, N.C., is on administrative leave after video posted to Twitter on Tuesday showed him picking up a female high school student and slamming her violently to the ground. The eight-second video shows a group of students at Rolesville High School crowded together, and then the officer slams the girl to…
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Chicago Police Investigating 2 Officer-Involved Shootings Mere Days Into the New Year
It’s mere days into the New Year, and already authorities are investigating two separate shootings of unarmed men by Chicago police officers, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, just about two hours after midnight Jan. 1, an officer shot a man after a car chase on the Far South Side. The suspect apparently…
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House GOP Reverses Vote to Gut Ethics Committee
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, 1:08 p.m. EST: Even President-elect Donald Trump thought Republicans focused their attention on the wrong issues after they held a closed-door vote to weaken the independent ethics committee created to keep lawmakers honest. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted: According to Politico, GOP members heard the president-elect and public’s displeasure with their…
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Adam 'Pacman' Jones Arrested; Reportedly Kicked Officer and Spit on Nurse
It seemed as if Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones had finally turned it around after a series of arrests since entering the NFL in 2005. He’d demanded that NFL announcers call him Adam and not by his nickname, “Pacman,” when referring to him. For years, he seemed to stay out of trouble. But…