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Ex-NFL Player Ricky Williams to Open Weed-Based Gym
What’s the point of going to the gym if you scarf down a bucket of brownies after your workout? No matter. We suspect that former NFL running back Ricky Williams has an answer for that. In fact, the onetime professional athlete feels so strongly about marijuana and its benefits that he plans to open the…
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Former Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts Dies at 50
Cassandra Quin Butts, the former deputy White House counsel and a nominee to the ambassadorship to the Bahamas, died suddenly Thursday. She was 50 years old. A statement from Butts’ family says that she suffered from a “brief illness” and that she was found by her sister at her Washington, D.C., home. Butts attended Harvard Law…
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Arrest Made in the Fatal Shooting of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Aide Carey Gabay
Authorities have arrested a 24-year-old man, Micah Alleyne, for the shooting death of Carey Gabay, an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. Alleyne is now facing charges of murder, reckless endangerment and weapons possession in connection with the September 2015 gang shooting that resulted in Gabay’s death. “As…
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La.’s ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill Signed Into Law
On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards officially signed into law the “Blue Lives Matter” bill, making the state the first in the nation to protect public safety workers under hate crime laws, the Washington Post reports. Hate crime laws usually bring additional penalties to those convicted of targeting victims on the basis of race,…
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Murder Suspect Leads Authorities to Mutilated, Partial Remains of US Air Force Vet Tricia Todd
Authorities are resuming the exhumation of the partial remains of U.S. Air Force veteran Tricia Todd on Friday after her former husband led them to the crime scene, CBS12 reports. Partial remains were exhumed Thursday night hours after Steven Williams, who is charged in the murder of his ex-wife, physically led them to where he…
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Classmates Pay for Teen’s Mom to Fly From Nigeria to Baltimore to Attend His Graduation
When Michael Tertsea was 14, he was offered the opportunity to get an education and play basketball at the John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md. To pursue his dreams, he left his village in Nigeria and his mother, the Washington Post reports. Four years later, the towering 6-foot-10 teen, who has received a full scholarship…
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Move Over, Jeremy Meeks; the Internet Has Found a New #PrisonBae
Social media is a fickle place. One day you’re the hottest convicted felon in the history of ever; the next, you’re learning that some fresh new photo has eclipsed your reign as #PrisonBae. Sarah Seawright of Arkansas has earned newfound fandom for being social media’s newest mug shot darling. According to CW33, Seawright, who sports…
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Tenn. Mom Who Was Set to Testify Against Suspect in Shooting That Left Her Daughter, 2, Paralyzed Is Found Dead
A Tennessee mother whose baby girl was paralyzed in a gang-related drive-by shooting was fatally shot just months before she was to testify against her daughter’s alleged shooter. Bianca Horton, 26, was found shot dead on a Chattanooga street early Wednesday morning. Police are investigating whether Horton, a mother of four, was the target of…
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Watch: Bernie Sanders Enters Rally to DMX’s ‘Where the Hood At?’
Is Bernie Sanders trying to secure the hood vote? On Thursday the Democratic presidential hopeful entered a California rally to DMX’s “Where the Hood At?” Well, the hood is definitely behind that preposition, and, in any case, the crowd seemed to eat it up. Watch below:
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Donald Trump Clinches GOP Nomination
Well, what we’ve all known finally became official when Donald Trump received enough delegates to clinch the GOP presidential nomination Thursday. Although California and New Jersey will hold their primaries June 7, according to CNN, Trump has reached the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican spot. The news station notes that Trump won’t formally…