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Senior Citizen Attacked, Robbed While Waiting for Kidney Dialysis in the Bronx, NY
A 70-year-old woman was the victim of a brutal theft while she was waiting to get kidney dialysis in the Bronx borough of New York City, CBS New York reports. According to the report, at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Jean Richards stood alone on West 233rd Street, where she had just been dropped off by…
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911 Tapes Reveal Grandmother's Agony After Ark. 3-Year-Old Killed in Road Rage Incident
The 911 tapes released after the horrific shooting death of 3-year-old Acen King in Little Rock, Ark., over the weekend reveal his grandmother’s pain as she and a bystander tried to get help for the little boy, Raw Story reports. According to the report, a woman at a J.C. Penney store that the grandmother had…
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Donald Trump Picks, You Guessed It, a Super-Rich White Man to Fill Cabinet Spot
Surprise! Donald Trump has chosen another super-rich white man to fill another Cabinet spot. The president-elect tapped founder and chairman of Virtu Financial and owner of pro hockey’s Florida Panthers, Vincent “Vinnie” Viola, as secretary of the Army. At least this pick comes with some experience: Viola is an infantry veteran and a graduate of…
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3 Students Hospitalized After Brutal Brawl at Md. High School
A brutal cafeteria fight at Central High School in Prince George’s County, Md., sent three students to the hospital Friday and is now raising the concerns of parents, Fox5DC reports. The brawl was caught on camera and shows a large number of students attacking one another as three adults try to stop the fight. According to the…
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How Ezekiel Elliott's TD Celebration Led to Increase in Salvation Army Donations
The NFL may not have approved of Ezekiel Elliott’s touchdown celebration that included his jumping into a huge, red Salvation Army kettle, but the charity sure is happy. The Salvation Army believes that Elliott’s stunt has resulted in a 61 percent increase in donations. The charitable organization told TMZ Sports that since Zeke’s TD celebration,…
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New Orleans Settles Danziger Bridge Shootings Civil Rights Case for $13,300,000
The city of New Orleans has agreed to settle a civil rights case stemming from a lethal confrontation between New Orleans police officers and unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the $13.3 million settlement at a news conference Monday, the TImes-Picayune reports. The settlement includes a payment for…
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Judge Who Gave Brock Turner Easy Sentence for Sexual Assault Cleared of Misconduct
The California judge who gave former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six-month slap on the wrist for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman was cleared of any wrongdoing by a judicial panel Monday. The California Commission on Judicial Performance, an independent agency that is responsible for investigating claims of misconduct, released a 12-page report Monday,…
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Welp, It’s Official: Electoral College Confirms Donald Trump as Our 45th President
Many of us hoped that the Electoral College would throw a Hail Mary and get us out of the inevitability of a Trump presidency, but alas, that did not happen, and on Monday the electors gave him the votes he needed to officially become the 45th president of the United States, the Washington Post reports. Trump…