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Ala. Inmate Executed by Lethal Injection After US Supreme Court Denies Stay
An Alabama inmate was executed Thursday night after the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked on a stay of execution. Robert Bert Smith Jr. was executed at the Holman Correctional Facility by lethal injection. AL.com reports that during the 34-minute execution, Smith heaved and coughed for about 13 minutes and underwent two consciousness tests to make sure…
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Victoria’s Secret Employee Fired After Making Black Customers Leave Ala. Store
Victoria’s Secret said Thursday that an employee who forced all black customers to leave an Alabama store after a shoplifting incident Wednesday is no longer with the company. Kimberly N. Houzah, a traveling nurse who says she is a frequent customer at Victoria’s Secret, recorded an 11-minute Facebook Live video as the incident happened at…
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Dylann Roof Explains Charleston, SC, Church Shooting in Videotaped Confession
Jurors in the trial of Dylann Roof on Friday got to hear him explain in his own words the motive for the shooting that left nine black churchgoers dead last year. Roof, now 22, was arrested in Shelby, N.C., the morning after the June 2015 shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,…
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Trump’s America: Robbers Scrawl Racist Graffiti Over NY Giants Player’s Home
Editor’s note: This article contains a social media post that some may find offensive. It feels as if no one is safe in Trump’s America. Burglars reportedly vandalized the home of New York Giants fullback Nikita Whitlock on Tuesday, scrawling racist graffiti that included a swastika, the letters “KKK” and the phrase “Go back to…
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President Obama Orders Investigation of Alleged Russian Hacking in 2016 Election
President Barack Obama has ordered a full investigation into the 2016 election process and alleged hacking by the Russians, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said Friday, according to CNN. “The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process,” Monaco said. “It is…
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Accepting a Facebook Request From a Woman He Didn't Know Landed an Atlanta Producer in Jail
A Facebook friend request from a woman he didn’t know led to an Atlanta music producer’s incarceration for 10 days. And the whole bumbling case has led to the same man being awarded $300,000 for his trouble. David Cunningham, who goes by the stage name “Dun Deal,” told CBS 46 that in 2014 he became…
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Navy Admiral Takes Dig at Kaepernick During Pearl Harbor Anniversary Speech
During a speech commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Wednesday, a Navy admiral took a dig at Colin Kaepernick and his national anthem protest. Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, was addressing a crowd of World War II veterans and survivors of the battle…
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Los Angeles City Attorney Sues Macy’s, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney, Sears for Pricing Scam
Four major retailers are named in a lawsuit brought by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office on Thursday over alleged deceptive advertising that duped customers into thinking that they were saving money. Macy’s, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney and Sears are the retailers accused of falsely advertising high regular prices on merchandise that was never actually for…