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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…
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Felony Charge Dropped for Jury Foreman as He Served on Michael Slager Trial
The lone black juror who also served as foreman during the Michael Slager trial had a pending felony charge against him that was mysteriously dropped by prosecutors during the Slager trial. Dorsey Montgomery, 34, was indicted last year on the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent intent, which carries a sentence of up to…
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1st American Man to Orbit Earth and Former US Sen. John Glenn Dead at 95
Astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, who in 1962 became the first American to orbit Earth, died Thursday at the age of 95. Glenn was surrounded by his family and his wife of 73 years, Annie, when he passed away at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Glenn was…