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Entire Seattle High School Football Team Kneels During Anthem
An entire Seattle high school football team knelt during the national anthem before their Friday-night football game. Players from Garfield High—including players of different races as well as the coaches—said that they took a knee to protest “social injustices.” According to Q13 Fox, Garfield High School head football coach Joey Thomas said that the players…
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Memphis, Tenn., Dance Coach Arrested for Exposing Student to HIV
A Memphis, Tenn., dance coach has been arrested after police allege he had sex with a minor while knowingly having HIV. John Conner III, 27, was arrested and charged with charged with criminal exposure to HIV, soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor and statutory rape by an authority figure. WREG reports that last year Conner…
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29 Injured in Bomb Explosion in the Heart of NYC
A powerful explosion rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood and injured at least 29 people Saturday, and another suspicious device was discovered blocks away and safely removed, according to various news reports. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any connection to terrorism but called the blast “intentional.” “Tonight, New York City…
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Desmond Tutu Rehospitalized in South Africa
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital after being released just days ago after a weekslong stay, according to CNN.The 84-year-old Nobel laureate and retired archbishop had spent three weeks in a Cape Town hospital after having minor surgery. On Saturday, Tutu’s family said that the surgical wound itself started showing…
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6 Rikers Guards Jailed in Vicious Inmate Beating
The shoe most certainly now sits on the other foot as six former New York City correction officers at Rikers Island, the city’s notoriously violent jail, were themselves jailed Friday after being sentenced for the ruthless beating of an inmate there, according to the New York Daily News. The six men convicted included a former…
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Man Who Shot at George Zimmerman Convicted of Attempted Murder
A Florida man was found guilty Friday of attempted second-degree murder for shooting at George Zimmerman in a 2015 road rage incident, CNN reports. Matthew Apperson, 27, was also found guilty of shooting into a vehicle and aggravated assault with a firearm, and faces a minimum of 20 years in prison because the crime involved…
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Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Donald Trump for President
The nation’s largest police labor organization announced its endorsement of Donald Trump for president on Friday. The Fraternal Order of Police, which has more than 330,000 members, said in a press release (pdf) that Trump has its full support. According to the statement, “For a candidate to receive the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of…
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Texas Youth Football Team Kneels During National Anthem, Receives Death Threats
After deciding as a team to take a knee before a football game Sept. 11, a youth football team in Beaumont, Texas, is now receiving death threats. Following the example of the San Francisco 76ers’ Colin Kaepernick, the Beaumont Bulls took their helmets off, knelt down and placed their hands on one another’s shoulders. Coach…