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Man Shot, Killed for Not Holding Door Open for Woman at Las Vegas McDonald's
A 31-year-old father was shot and killed outside a North Las Vegas McDonald’s, reportedly after getting into an argument with a woman for not holding open the door for her, KSNV reports. According to the report, Mohammad Robinson got into an argument with a woman who was upset that the door to the restaurant was…
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Young Girl Finds and Returns Stolen Olympic Gold Medal
In June, Olympic canoe racer Joe Jacobi’s car was broken into and someone stole the gold medal that he won at the 1992 Olympics in Spain, WSB-TV reports. But fortunately for him, a 7-year-old girl in Atlanta by the name of Chloe Smith found the medal in a pile of trash while out walking with her dad. According…
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White Lives Matter Classified as a Hate Group
White Lives Matter, a white nationalist group that opposes the Black Lives Matter movement, has been declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps track of extremist groups in the nation, the New York Times reports. “The White Lives Matter website says their movement is dedicated to the preservation of the…
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Ohio Woman Shot and Killed After Car Accident Caused by Shooter
Deborah Pearl, 53, was on her way to work Saturday morning when her car was hit by a Jeep that ran through a red light at an intersection in Solon, Ohio, Cleveland 19 News reports. What followed the accident was even worse. After his vehicle had flipped over several times, Matthew Ryan Desha, 29, emerged from it holding…
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Black South African Girls Protest Racist Hair Policies
Several students protested outside Pretoria Girls High School in South Africa on Monday, accusing officials of discriminating against black girls at the school and encouraging racist hair policies, prompting a response from the local education chief, BuzzFeed reports. According to the report, a petition began to circulate calling on Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education…
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Stanford Rapist Brock Turner to Be Released From Jail This Friday
Brock Turner, the former Stanford student who received a slap on the wrist after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, is scheduled to be released from jail Friday, after serving only half of his meager six-month sentence, Business Insider reports. As the report notes, Turner was sentenced to six months in jail in…
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Mass. Man Allegedly Stockpiled Weapons to Attack Police, Muslims and Obama
A Holliston, Mass., man was arrested under suspicion of stockpiling weapons and ammunition in order to carry out attacks against law-enforcement officers, Muslims and even President Barack Obama, Time reports. Joseph Garguilo was arrested Saturday after authorities said FBI agents raided his home and uncovered parts for an AR-15 rifle, ammunition, chemicals that could make…
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Jerry Rice on Colin Kaepernick: 'All Lives Matter; Don't Disrespect the Flag'
NFL Hall of Famer and former San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice wants everyone to know that “All lives matter,” and he’s urging Colin Kaepernick to stand up like a good Negro and pledge allegiance to the flag before he causes trouble on the plantation. All lives matter. So much going on in this world today.Can we…
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3 Inmates Escape From La. Detention Center
On Saturday, a little after 10 p.m., three inmates—Willie E. Ethridge, 34; Michael Elliot, 24; and Walshea Mitchell, 35—escaped from Dorm B of a detention center in Natchitoches Parish, La., and then jumped over two rolls of razor-wire fence, according to USA Today. The inmates were unarmed at the time of their escape, but the…
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Ithaca College Student Stabbed to Death During Brawl at Cornell University
Police are investigating a fight on the Cornell University campus that left a 19-year-old Ithaca College student dead and another Ithaca student injured, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the two students were stabbed around 2 a.m. Sunday after a huge brawl that occurred as people were leaving an event organized by the Omega…