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Donald Trump: Cancel the Election and Declare Me the Winner
Donald Trump wants to end it all now and be declared the winner. He doesn’t care that he’s trailing Hillary Clinton in all battleground states less than two weeks from Election Day. “Just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump,” the Republican presidential nominee said…
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Philadelphia 76ers Fan Who Flipped the Bird at Russell Westbrook Whitesplains Why He Did It
Turns out, the Philly fan who flipped off Russell Westbrook during a recent game is a North Philadelphia urologist who “whitesplained” why he decided to yell, “F—k you” to the OKC guard. According to Philly.com, Richard Harkaway spent thousands of bucks to flip off Westbrook, only to be escorted from his seat. On his way…
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Video Shows Convicted Va. School Guard Tackling, Using Choke Hold on Middle School Student
Surveillance footage a Virginia school district apparently tried to keep under wraps shows a now former Arlington Middle School security guard convicted of battery grabbing two students and slamming them to the ground, WJAX-TV reports. According to the news station, it took four months of public records requests for it to obtain the footage from the state…
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Mom Says Miss. Noose Incident Left Emotional Scar on 15-Year-Old Son
The mother of the black Mississippi 15-year-old who had a noose pulled around his neck says that her son shook in fear when he described the harrowing ordeal to her, the Associated Press reports. Stacey Payton, a 47-year-old college instructor, said that although the incident left no physical marks on her son, it may have…
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Chicago Cop Who Quit After Fatally Shooting Rekia Boyd Seeks Disability Pay
A Chicago police detective who quit his job just days before a Chicago Police Board hearing would have determined whether he would be fired for the 2012 shooting death of 22-year-old Rekia Boyd is now seeking disability pay, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, former Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin is demanding disability pay…
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President Obama Grants Another 98 Commutations for October
President Barack Obama made a commitment to use his clemency authority through the remainder of his time in office, and on Thursday he honored that commitment by granting another 98 commutations. Combined with the 102 commutations he granted at the beginning of October, that brings his total for the month to 200, and his total…
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Report: More Than 100 Militarized Police Raid #NoDAPL Resistance Camp
Hundreds of militarized police were deployed Thursday to a resistance camp built by Native American water protectors in the path of the proposed $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline in Cannonball, N.D. Democracy Now! reports that photos and multiple videos posted to Facebook Live show over 100 officers in riot gear—flanked by multiple mine-resistant ambush-protected military…
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Nick Young Helps Lakers Win Season Opener, Then Rushes to Hospital for Baby's Birth
On Wednesday, Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young helped his team defeat the Houston Rockets; then he left the game and rushed straight to a Los Angeles hospital to go on baby watch. According to TMZ Sports, Young’s ex-girlfriend Keonna Green gave birth to the couple’s baby girl early Thursday. The two already have a…