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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…
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City of Flint Joins State of Mich. in Fight Against Mandatory Water Delivery
The city of Flint has joined the state of Michigan in the fight against a federal court order requiring door-to-door delivery of bottled water to residents. Lawyers for the city filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday saying the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson is “overbroad,”…
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Duke Fan Holds Sign Mocking Flint, Mich., Water Crisis at Basketball Game Against MSU
Sports fans are notorious for making signs to mock their opponents during games, but a Duke fan took the tradition too far Tuesday night. The Blue Devils hosted the Michigan State Spartans in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., and a student sitting in the Cameron Crazies student section…
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Doctor Who Made Racist Comments About Michelle Obama to Lose Nonpaid Faculty Appointment
The University of Colorado’s School of Medicine is cutting ties with a faculty member who made a racist remark about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. Dr. Michelle Herren, who works at Denver Health Medical Center, holds a nonpaid faculty appointment at the CU School of Medicine and a medical-staff appointment at Children’s Hospital, where…
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Former NFL Running Back Joe McKnight Killed in Road Rage Incident Near New Orleans
A shooting after an argument at an intersection in a New Orleans suburb Thursday has left a former NFL running back dead, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, NOLA.com reports. Joe McKnight, 28, who played for both the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs, was identified by family members at the scene.…
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For 1st Time Ever, a Black Santa Comes to Mall of America in Minn.
For the first time in its 24-year history, Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., had a black Santa on hand to help spread holiday cheer Thursday. “This is a long time coming,” Landon Luther, co-owner of the Santa Experience, which has run an intimate photo studio at the mall for years, told the Star Tribune.…