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Trump Nominates Ben Carson for HUD Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Dr. Ben Carson, the former Republican presidential candidate, to be the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Trump’s transition team announced Monday. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,” Trump said in…
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Black People 3 Times as Likely to Die in Police Chases: Report
In a first-of-its-kind investigation, USA Today found that black people in the U.S. have been killed in police chases at a rate nearly three times higher than anyone else. The rub is that this included both those fleeing law enforcement and innocent bystanders. The outlet was able to thoroughly and meticulously illustrate yet another example of…
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Fidel Castro’s Last Wish: No Monuments or Memorials in My Name
Cuban President Raúl Castro said Saturday that Cuba will not name any streets or erect an public monuments in honor of his brother Fidel, in keeping with the former leader’s expressed desires, reports The Guardian. During the last stop on Fidel’s funeral procession, which began in Havana and ended in the eastern city of Santiago’s…
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33 Confirmed Dead in Oakland, Calif., Warehouse Fire
Updated Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at 11:55 p.m. EDT: Searchers have now found 33 bodies in the rubble of the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, Calif., the New York Daily News reports. Some of the victims have been identified, including a 17-year-old, but many are burned beyond recognition, and authorities will need more time…
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Jill Stein Drops, Then Resumes, Pa. Recount Bid
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein said early Sunday that she was moving forward with her recount efforts in the state of Pennsylvania after announcing the day before that she would drop it. On Saturday, Stein cited a $1 million bond as the reason she would not move forward with the recount effort in the…
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Harlem Becomes Site of Only Public Gender-Affirming Clinic in NYC
An East Harlem, N.Y., clinic dedicated to the needs of transgender individuals will expand its services to that community, the city announced this week. Harlem Patch reports that the uptown branch of Metropolitan Hospital’s LGBT Health Center will now offer gender-affirming “top surgeries” and access to hormone therapy for transgender patients. Patients referred by their…
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Missing NJ College Student’s Death Ruled a Homicide
The death of a 20-year-old Montclair, N.J., college student whose parents reported her missing days before Thanksgiving has been ruled a homicide, according to NJ.com. Family members reported Butler, a freshman at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, N.J., missing Nov. 23. She was last seen the night before, and the car she was…
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#NoDAPL: Number of People at Resistance Camp Increasing Despite Evacuation Order
Groups of U.S. military veterans have already begun arriving at the protest against the Standing Rock oil pipeline to make good on their promise to act as “human shields” for the water protectors. Despite a mandatory evacuation order issued by North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple citing the harsh weather that has already arrived at the…
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District Attorney Says LAPD Officers Who Fatally Shot Homeless Man Were Justified
Three officers with the Los Angeles Police Department will not be charged in the videotaped fatal shooting of a homeless man last year. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office found that Sgt. Chand Syed, Officer Francisco Martinez and Officer Daniel Torres reasonably believed that Charly Leundeu Keunang posed a lethal threat during the March…