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Atlanta Man Robbed and Sexually Assaulted After Being Set Up by Woman He Met on Snapchat
A woman named “Jasmine” allegedly robbed an Atlanta man she met on Snapchat, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Jasmine showed up at the victim’s home with another woman, and the victim let her in because the other woman claimed that she needed to use the bathroom. Apparently, what followed is that Jasmine opened the…
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Zaida Pugh, Cricket Prankster, to Volunteer With Youth Program
Zaida Pugh, 21, the Bronx, N.Y., woman who dropped live crickets in the New York City subway in August, told a court that she’s going to be volunteering with a youth program, according to the New York Daily News. She was charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for selling crickets and worms on a…
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President Obama Lights His Final White House Christmas Tree
It was all about the holidays at the White House Thursday night as the first family came together one last time to light the annual Christmas tree. President Barack Obama, along with first lady Michelle and daughter Sasha, braved the cold Washington, D.C., night and celebrated with a crowd of families who sparkled as the…
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Olive Garden Donates Money to Comedian's Charity After Waitress Refuses to Serve Him Because He's Black
What’s a black man to do when he can’t even get endless breadsticks and salad because a waitress refuses to serve him? Comedian Ricky Smith took those complaints to social media, and the world and Olive Garden listened. Smith said Tuesday that he tried to have a meal at an Olive Garden in Ohio, but the…
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Ronald Gasser, Man Arrested in Death of Joe McKnight, Released From Custody
Ronald Gasser, the man authorities say shot and killed former NFL player Joe McKnight outside New Orleans, was released from custody overnight without being charged, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, NOLA.com reports. McKnight was shot and killed Thursday at the intersection of Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard in the New Orleans suburb of Terrytown,…
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#ThanksObama: Unemployment Rate Falls to 9-Year Low
The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in almost a decade, according to the newest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf). According to the report, the unemployment rate declined to 4.6 percent in November, and payroll employment increased by 178,000. It’s been seven years since the recession officially ended,…
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Drug Kingpin Marlon Jones Added to FBI's 10 Most Wanted List
A new fugitive has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Marlon Jones, a Jamaican national, is wanted for the killings of four people at a Los Angeles birthday party Oct. 15. Officials say Jones is “armed and dangerous” and is a member of the East Coast Jamaican gang, according to CNN. “The crimes…
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Obama Administration Supports Registering Women for Military Draft
President Barack Obama is supporting an effort to require women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18, like men, according to ABC News. “As old barriers for military service are being removed, the administration supports—as a logical next step—women registering for the Selective Service,” Ned Price, a spokesman for Obama’s National Security Council,…
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Mike Pence's New DC Neighbors Raise LGBTQ Pride Flags in Protest
Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s Washington, D.C., neighbors want him to realize they don’t tolerate hate directed toward the LGBTQ community. And they’ve raised gay-pride flags all throughout the neighborhood to put him on notice. Pence’s anti-LGBTQ track record includes signing an Indiana law that would allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers to…
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Woman Attacked at Kroger Grocery Store After Asking How to Make Pumpkin Pie
A Mississippi woman says people stood around and did nothing at a Kroger grocery store when a man attacked her after she asked him how to make pumpkin pie. Nia Jones was at a Southhaven, Miss., Kroger shopping for Thanksgiving supplies, and while she was in the baking aisle, she figured she’d ask the stranger…