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You Won't Believe What Michael Irvin Wants to Do to Himself When He Thinks About This Running Back
Ezekiel Elliott is proving himself to be a really good running back for the Dallas Cowboys. He’s so good that Hall of Famer Michael Irvin wants some alone time in a bathroom. Yep, he seriously said that. During an interview with 105.3 The Fan, Irvin said that just listening to Elliott talk about his physical…
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Fla. Youth Football Coach Fatally Shot in a Public Park
Dave Williams, 43, was shot shortly after bringing cookies and Gatorade to his team after football practice in a Fort Lauderdale park, as reported by CBS News. During the time of the shooting, hundreds of parents, kids, and coaches were at Mills Pond Park. It occurred at around 8:45 p.m. in the parking lot. Williams was taken…
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Pa. Mayor Who Posted Racist Obama Memes to Resign
The West York (Pa.) Council has unanimously accepted Mayor Charles Wasko’s offer to resign following controversy after the mayor posted racist Obama memes to his Facebook, the York Daily Record reports. According to the Daily Record, the vote was accepted to a round of applause from a crowd that had gathered in council chambers Monday…
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Md. Father Charged With Murder, Child Abuse in Shaking Death of 5-Month-Old Son
A young Maryland father who reportedly became frustrated with his crying 5-month-old son is facing charges of killing the infant by covering his month and shaking him, authorities said Monday, according to the Washington Post. Austin Ahimbisibwe was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse and was also ordered held on a $2.5 million…
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Minn. Woman Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Another Woman for Speaking Swahili
A Minnesota woman has taken a plea deal and pleaded guilty to assaulting another woman in a restaurant just because that woman was speaking Swahili, the Associated Press reports. In October 2015, Jodie Burchard-Risch smashed her glass beer mug in Asma Jama’s face while at an Applebee’s in Coon Rapids, Minn., injuring Jama. According to…
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Melania Trump: Donald Was ‘Egged on’ to Say ‘Dirty and Bad Stuff’
Melania Trump says she has never heard her husband use the kind of language he is heard using in a 2005 video, and she questions the integrity of the women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. “I believe my husband. I believe my husband,” she said in an interview with CNN’s…
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FBI Director Rejects Claims That Blacks Are Shot More Often by Police
FBI Director James B. Comey told a gathering of police chiefs Sunday evening that Americans “actually have no idea” about how often police use force because no one has collected enough data, the Washington Post reports. Comey’s remarks come at a time when waves of protests are happening across the country in response to the…
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President of Police-Chiefs Association Apologizes for Historical Mistreatment of Minorities
The president of a police-chiefs association apologized Monday for the role that police have played in society’s “historical mistreatment of communities of color.” Speaking at the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego, the association’s president, Terrence Cunningham, said that when it comes to how officers relate to minority…