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Colo. Doctor Calls Michelle Obama ‘Monkey Face’ With ‘Ebonic English’
Updated Thursday, Dec. 1, 8:30 p.m. EST: The University of Colorado’s School of Medicine is cutting ties with Dr. Michelle Herren, the faculty member who made a racist remark about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. Read the latest here. Earlier: Dr. Michelle Herren, a pediatric anesthesiologist who works at Denver Health Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Colorado, took to Facebook…
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3 Weeks After Election Day, the NC Governor's Race Is Still Not Resolved
The North Carolina governor’s race is still unresolved, three weeks after Election Day. Roy Cooper, the Democrat who challenged Republican incumbent Pat McCrory, has already declared victory, but McCrory refuses to concede. By Wednesday afternoon, Cooper had a lead of more than 10,250 votes, surpassing the threshold that would block McCrory’s request for a statewide…
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2 Los Angeles Gang Members Sentenced to 50 Years for Killing Teen Over Shoes
Two gang members were sentenced Wednesday for the killing of a mentally disabled teenager over a pair of red shoes. On Oct. 24, Kanasho Shadrick Johns, 29, and Kevin Deon Johnson, 26, were found guilty of one count each of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Tavin Price at a South Los Angeles…
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Netflix Introduces Video Downloads for Offline Viewing at No Extra Cost
As if Netflix weren’t already beasting the online-video-content game with its stellar original series and large catalog of movie selections, the entertainment company raised the bar once again Wednesday by introducing video downloads at no extra cost to its customer base. In a statement on its website, the company said, “While many members enjoy watching…
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Man Accidentally Locked in Chicago Jail for 31 Hours Receives $600,000 Settlement
In July 2014, Farad Polk went to Chicago’s Cook County Jail to visit his son who’d been locked up on a drug charge. After being told by correctional officers at the jail to go down a hallway, Polk found himself locked inside a empty maximum security visiting area for over 30 hours. On Monday, Polk…
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Baltimore Tutor Under Investigation After Boy Left With Injuries
A tutor is under police investigation after a young boy, Trayvon Grayson, 7, left with a fractured jaw and missing teeth under his care, as reported by CNN. Grayson’s mother said that the tutor threw him against a wall for acting unruly. The tutor, however, claims that’s not true and told the police that the…
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Trump on OSU Attacker: He ‘Should Not Have Been in Our Country’
President-elect Donald Trump is at it again. Shortly after the news that Abdul Razak Ali Artan—who stabbed students on the Ohio State University campus Monday—was a refugee from Somali, Trump took to Twitter to claim he “should not have been in our country.” The attack left 11 people injured and Artan dead, CBS News reports.…
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NC Police Officer Will Not Face Charges in Fatal Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott
Charlotte, N.C., Police Officer Brentley Vinson will not face any charges for the September shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott, the Charlotte Observer reports. Scott, 43, was shot in a confrontation with officers outside his apartment Sept. 20. District Attorney Andrew Murray said that the evidence shows that Scott had a gun in his hand when he…
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Brooklyn Duo Robs Dollar Store and Beats Employee
Police said that a man and woman robbed a 99 cent store in Brooklyn and also beat an employee who tried to impede on the crime, as reported by NY Daily News. At about 1:30 p.m. on November 18, the duo walked into the store and started grabbing merchandise. According to Daily News, a 35-year-old…