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Feds Charge Kan. Men With Domestic Terrorism for Plot Against Somali Muslims
Three Kansas men who dubbed themselves “the Crusaders” plotted for months to bomb a mosque and an apartment complex that is home to Somali immigrants, according to the Department of Justice, reports the New York Daily News. Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 49, and Patrick Stein, 47, were charged Friday with conspiring to use a…
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#WhatADoctorLooksLike: Black Female Doctors Support Dr. Tamika Cross After Delta Fiasco
In response to the crazy (but unfortunately not so uncommon) situation of white folks straining to believe that black professionals exist—this time in the case of Dr. Tamika Cross—scores of black female doctors took to Twitter to post photos of themselves under the hashtag #WhatADoctorLooksLike. Cross, a Houston OB-GYN, last Sunday posted on Facebook her…
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US Bans All Samsung Galaxy Note7 Phones From Airplanes
Effective Oct. 15 at noon ET, Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones are banned from all air transportation in the United States, the U.S. Department of Transportation says. In a statement released Friday, the DOT, along with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, announced an emergency order banning the phone on…
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Regrets Criticizing Colin Kaepernick
After previously saying that Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests were “dumb” and “disrespectful,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a change of heart. On Friday afternoon, the liberal justice said in a released statement that she should not have denounced the NFL quarterback’s silent protests, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Barely aware of…
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Donald Trump Said 18-Year-Old Lindsay Lohan Was Probably 'Great in Bed'
In six separate appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Donald Trump discussed sex and infidelity, rated women’s bodies, and talked about whether an 18-year-old Lindsay Lohan was attractive and possibly good in bed. The Washington Post, which last week released a 2005 videotape showing the presidential candidate having a lewd and misogynistic conversation about women…
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More Women Come Forward to Accuse Donald Trump of Sexual Misconduct
Just days after the New York Times published an article in which two women accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, more women have come forward to say that the Republican presidential candidate touched or kissed them inappropriately and without their consent. The Washington Post reports that Kristin Anderson was a struggling model in her early…
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9-Year-Old Conn. Girl Banned From Soccer Game Because of Her Hairstyle
Aubrey Zvovushe-Ramos, 9, had never run into any problems with her hairstyle during the six years she has played soccer. But last Saturday the referee told her that if she did not remove the beads from her braids, she wouldn’t be allowed to play in the game with her Sapphires teammates in Monroe, Conn., ThinkProgress reports.…
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Trump Reportedly Called Deaf Apprentice Star Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’
A new day, and new claims of inappropriateness have been leveled against Donald Trump. According to a Daily Beast report, during the 2011 taping of NBC’s The Apprentice, Trump called Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin “retarded.” Matlin would come in second place on the show and earn on-air compliments from Trump, but three people who…
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Ex-Cop Found Guilty of Shooting Woman He Met on Craiglist and Burning Her Body
Tahreem Rana, 25, was found guilty of several charges, including felony murder, Wednesday, more than two years after he fatally shot Vernecia Woodard, 26, after meeting her on Craigslist, CBS reports. Rana killed her the first night they met in person. The two were originally meeting for a “romantic exchange,” authorities said. Rana, who was an Atlanta…