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Let's Get Ready to Rumble: Joe Biden and Donald Trump Want Fistfight
Vice President Joe Biden, like much of America, has had enough of Donald Trump. During a stump speech last week, Biden said, forget debating the vile Trump; he wished he could beat his ass. “The press always ask me, ‘Don’t I wish I were debating him?’ No, I wish we were in high school—I could…
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NY Giants Finally Release Abusive Kicker Josh Brown After Public Pressure
It only took the New York Giants a year to fire kicker Josh Brown after learning that he abused his wife, but on Tuesday, that’s exactly what they did. After the recent release of documents in which Brown, 37, admitted to abusing his wife, the Giants have finally parted ways with the embattled kicker after…
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Another White Student Posts Photos in Blackface on Social Media
Another day, another white college student caught in blackface on social media. The latest incident has sparked student body and community outrage at Xavier University in Cincinnati, after the image of a white female student in blackface went viral, Raw Story reports. The caption under the problematic Snapchat photo read, “Who needs white when black…
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Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio Charged With Criminal Contempt of Court
Longtime Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio was officially charged with criminal contempt of court Tuesday for ignoring a judge’s order to stop profiling Latinos in his signature immigration patrols, the Associated Press reports. Although prosecutors promised two weeks ago to prosecute Arpaio, the charge was not officially filed until U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton…
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69-Year-Old Grandmother Punched by Man Outside NYC Deli May Never Fully Recover
The daughter of the 69-year-old grandmother who was knocked unconscious by a man outside a Queens, N.Y., deli is accusing the suspect’s family of hiding him from the police, preventing him from facing the consequences of his alleged actions, the New York Post reports. Marie Gentillon said that her mother’s life will never be the same…
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter Promises to Resolve Enlistment-Bonus Scandal
After significant public outcry about a report that California National Guardsmen who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are being forced to repay enlistment bonuses that were improperly issued to them through no fault of their own, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter promised on Tuesday that the issue would be resolved. The Washington Post reports that Carter…
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Pundits: Democrats Likely to Win Senate Majority on Election Day
With Election Day just two weeks away, predictions as to which party will win the Senate majority are becoming easier to make, and many pundits see the Democrats taking over by winning the five seats they need to have the majority. NPR’s Jessica Taylor believes that the Democrats have the edge, and that a Democratic…
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Colin Powell Says He's Voting for Hillary Clinton
Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said at an event Tuesday on Long Island in New York that he planned to vote for Hillary Clinton for president next month. The New York Times reports that Powell was speaking before the Long Island Association, a trade group that frequently hosts political figures, when he made…
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Man Beats and Sexually Assaults 15-Year-Old, Then Dunks Her in River to Remove Evidence: Report
A man allegedly beat a 15-year-old girl at a park in the Bronx borough of New York City, sexually assaulted her and then attempted to wash off his DNA evidence on her body by forcing her into a river, the New York Daily News reports. The man reportedly attacked the teen at Bronx Park, where she…