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Malia and Sasha Obama Attend Their 1st State Dinner; President Says ‘They Grow Up Too Fast’
The first daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, looked completely stunning while attending their first state dinner Thursday night, which was held in honor of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. And perhaps it was a timely experience. Trudeau, whose own father was a prime minister from the time he was born until he was 8 years…
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Ala. Honor Roll Student, 7, Faced Suspension Over Part in Haircut
A 7-year-old Birmingham, Ala., boy was facing suspension over a part in his hair. “He was, like, upset, and he said I had to come get him out of school because he was being suspended,” Keisha Rembert told WBRC about when she got the call from her son Rashaad Hunter. “He was pulled out of…
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Calif. Dad Outraged at Racist Comments During High School Girls Basketball Game
A California father and other parents are demanding an apology after Oak Ridge High School fans reportedly yelled racially insensitive slurs during a girls basketball game, KCRA reports. “What the student body would ‘cheer’ during the game is even worse—keep in mind that half of our team is of Asian descent,” Glen Kumamoto told the…
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GOP Donors Pushing for an Independent Candidate to Stop Trump, and You Won’t Believe Who It Is
With Donald Trump looking as if he’ll be the Republican nominee for president, a group of Republican donors asked a Florida-based GOP firm to look for a possible candidate who could make an independent push to unseat both Trump and the eventual Democratic nominee. Data Targeting, the firm hired to research a potential independent solution,…
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6 Killed—Including a Pregnant Woman—in a Backyard Massacre Near Pittsburgh
A heinous massacre in a suburb of Pittsburgh left six dead Wednesday. The Allegheny County prosecutor has described it as execution-style. “The murders were planned, calculated, brutal,” said District Attorney Stephen Zappala to NBC News of the shootings, which happened in Wilkinsburg, a town of about 15,000 just east of Pittsburgh. “They were all head shots,”…
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Ben Carson to Endorse Donald Trump: Report
Ben Carson plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to a report by the Washington Post, citing two anonymous sources. The outlet reports that the endorsement was finalized Thursday morning when Carson met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Fla., luxury club owned by the Republican front-runner. According to sources, Carson has…
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Ammon Bundy and Crew Face New Federal Charges After Armed Occupation in Ore.
Ammon Bundy and other members of the armed militia that took over a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon have been slapped with new federal charges, including carrying firearms into federal property and stealing and damaging government property, Reuters reports. According to the report, the new indictment supersedes an earlier indictment in the case in which…
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Armed Man Tries to Rob Taxi in Pa. With Police Car Behind Him
A terrified taxi driver got a lucky break when an unobservant armed man tried to rob him while a police car was right behind the cab, Fox 43 reports. According to the report, Berks County, Pa., Deputy Sheriff Terry Ely became suspicious after noticing that the taxi did not move as the traffic light turned…
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Trump Watch: Video Catches Donald Trump Supporter Sucker Punching Black Protester at NC Rally
During a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night in Fayetteville, N.C., several black protesters were being escorted out of the building to boos and racial slurs when one Trump supporter walked into the path of one of the men and punched him in the face. Plot twist: The victim—that’s right, the one who has been assaulted—was…
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Discrimination Linked to High Stress Levels, Poor Health: Study
A staggering number of Americans say that they face discrimination at work, from the police or in other situations that can be linked back to stress and poor health, according to a study released Thursday by the American Psychological Association, USA Today reports. The study, based on a survey of 3,361 adults last August by…