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Cleveland Woman Jailed for Days Before Judge Accepted No Contest Plea
Datara Davis waited three days in jail before a suburban judge accepted her no contest plea to red-light and seatbelt violations and a contempt charge for missing court hearings, Cleveland.com reports. Shaker Heights, Ohio, Municipal Judge K.J. Montgomery said a busy court calendar prevented the case from being disposed of sooner after reviewing the court record.…
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NYC Subway Riders Get Attacked and Robbed on Train
Three attackers brutally beat and robbed two subway riders on the E train in New York City’s Queens borough, the New York Daily News reports. The victims, both men in their 20s, were attacked on the train around 3 a.m. Friday as the train pulled into the Jamaica Center station. According to the Daily News,…
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Federal Government Bans Smoking in Public Housing Nationwide
A new federal rule announced Wednesday will ban smoking in all public housing residences nationwide. The new rule will take effect early next year, but public housing agencies could take up to a year and a half to fully implement the smoke-free policies. The rule would ban “cigarettes, cigars, pipes and hookahs (or water pipes)—but…
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Woman Who Had Racist Meltdown in Michaels Also Had Epic Meltdown in Coffee Shop
The woman who caused a commotion in a Chicago–area arts and crafts store apparently has a history of causing disturbances inside stores when she doesn’t get her way. According to the Daily Mail, a new video has been released that shows Jennifer Boyle gyrating and directing a tirade at two employees at a Chicago-area Peet’s…
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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…