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Fla. Teen Targeting Ex-Boyfriend’s Car Sets Wrong Vehicle on Fire: Report
A 19-year-old Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly set fire to a car that she believed belonged to her ex, WTSP reports. According to the report, Clearwater police took Carmen Chamblee into custody after she started the fire. Chamblee reportedly told detectives that she thought the vehicle belonged to her ex-boyfriend. She is facing charges of…
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Serena Williams Wins 308th Career Match, Makes History
Serena Williams made history Monday afternoon at the U.S. Open after snatching her 308th career match win to become the winningest player in grand-slam history, USA Today reports. As the report notes, Williams first matched the records of Martina Navratilova, who has 306 career match wins, and of Roger Federer, who has 307, before making her…
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Poll: Support for Black Lives Matter Growing Among Young White Adults
An increasing number of white youths are expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a recent poll, the Associated Press reports. Approximately 51 percent of young white adults between the ages of 18 and 30 say they strongly or somewhat support the movement, a 10-point increase since June, according to a GenForward poll.…
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Chinese Official Jumps in Susan Rice’s Face Before G-20 Summit, Secret Service Intervenes
A Chinese official angrily confronted U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice on the tarmac as she arrived to the G-20 summit on Saturday, prompting the Secret Service to intervene. Reuters reports that shortly after President Barack Obama’s plane landed in the eastern city of Hangzhou, a Chinese official attempted to prevent Rice from walking to the…
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Resurfaced Dunham Tweet Sparks Outrage: ‘I Dreamed I Molested an African-American Rodent’
Lena Dunham has apparently been failing at the art of “shut the f—k up” for a very long time. Unfortunately for her, the tweets never forget. In the wake of her conversation with girl crush Amy Schumer on topics including faux outrage over rape jokes, “grinding her ass” against Michael B. Jordan for 20 minutes,…
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2 More Miss. Universities Take Down State Flag
Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women are the latest public universities in the Magnolia State that will not be flying the state flag on their campuses. The Mississippi state flag is the only one in the U.S. that shows the Confederate battle emblem in its upper left-hand corner. The Clarion Ledger reports…
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Serena Williams Breaks Navratilova’s Grand-Slam Record
Appearing in a bright and unique fashion ensemble (including hot-pink sleevelets), Serena Williams handily clinched a record-breaking win over Swede Johanna Larson at the U.S. Open on Saturday, 6-2, 6-1. The victory represented Williams 307th grand-slam title, more than any other woman in the sport, eclipsing Martina Navratilova. She is also now tied with Roger…
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Watch: Donald Trump Visits Black Church in Detroit With Omarosa and Dr. Ben Carson
African Americans seem to be the belle of the ball this election season, and so Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made his call to a mostly black Detroit congregation Saturday. The Detroit Free Press reports that Trump mostly stuck to a prepared script as he spoke at the Great Faith Ministries Church in the Motor…
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Bay Area Police Union Says Kaepernick’s Protest Is ‘Harassing Behavior’ and Threatens Strike
In what has to be the best story of the pot calling the kettle black, a Bay Area police union says that Colin Kaepernick’s quiet protest against the national anthem is “harassing behavior.” The head of the Santa Clara, Calif., police union wrote a letter Friday threatening to stop working San Francisco 49ers home games unless…