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Waffle House Customer Fatally Shoots Armed Robber in Charleston, SC: Report
A North Charleston, S.C., Waffle House customer will not be charged after fatally shooting a would-be robber over the weekend, police said, according to the New York Daily News. “No one was hurt, which is the best part,” Waffle House Division Manager Brandon Rogers told the Post and Courier. “No one was injured—besides the suspect.” The…
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Memphis, Tenn., Cop Fatally Shot Multiple Times Inside a Home
A Memphis, Tenn., police officer was fatally shot multiple times Sunday, making him the second officer on the force to be shot dead in a little over two months, the Associated Press reports. Officer Terence Olridge, 31, was taken to the hospital after being discovered in a home in the suburb of Cordova but later…
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NY Giants Tight End Daniel Fells Fighting Staph Infection; Doctors Hope to Save Foot
New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells is in a battle to save his foot and possibly his life, with NFL.com reporting that Fells has had five surgeries to stop a serious staph infection that was reportedly contracted from a cortisone injection he received after a toe injury. The website reports that Fells is battling a…
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Texas Councilman Stunned With Taser and Arrested in Front of His Home by Same Police Force That Arrested Sandra Bland
A Texas councilman was stunned with a Taser in front of his Prairie View home Thursday during an incident involving police—one of whom was reportedly involved in Sandra Bland’s arrest. According to Click 2 Houston, Prairie View police officers were questioning four men about drug activity when, police say, Councilman Jonathan Miller began interfering with…
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Watch: Did Obama Just Tell Presidential Hopeful Kanye West to Sit Down?
President Barack Obama, known for his sharp sense of humor, doled out some funny and critical advice to presidential aspirant Kanye West on Saturday during a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif. An estimated 1,300 people paid between $250 and $10,000 per person to attend the event, which was headlined by West, alongside…
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Bill Cosby Answers Questions Under Oath
At a news conference Saturday, attorney Gloria Allred said that she questioned Bill Cosby under oath for several hours. The besieged entertainer’s deposition took place the previous day at an undisclosed location in Boston. Allred plans to pursue a second round of questioning, according to the New York Times. The high-profile attorney represents Judy Huth,…
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Raven-Symoné’s Dad Weighs In on Her Comments About Black-Sounding Names: ‘I Did My Best as a Father’
The father of Raven-Symoné, the embattled co-host of TV talk-show The View, spoke out in support of his daughter, who has been under fire in recent days for saying that she would not hire someone with a black-sounding name. In a Facebook post Saturday, Christopher B. Pearman, who is also Raven-Symoné’s ex-business manager and the author of Daddy’s…
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MLK’s Sister-in-Law Survives Violent Attempted Carjacking
Atlanta police are searching for a man who tried to carjack Naomi King, the sister-in-law of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., on Friday when she stopped her car to enter her gated retirement community, WSB-TV reports. Authorities say the assailant approached her vehicle from a nearby wooded area while King was entering the security…
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2 Independent Experts Conclude Tamir Rice Shooting Was ‘Reasonable’
Two outside investigators examining the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014 concluded that Cleveland police officers acted reasonably, CNN reports. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty released the findings Saturday. He said in a statement that a grand jury will ultimately decide whether criminal charges against the officers are warranted. Tamir was playing…
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Black Woman Arrested While Half Naked Files Lawsuit Against NYC and NYPD
A Brooklyn, N.Y., grandmother is taking action in a case that many say illustrates police insensitivity toward women of color. Denise Stewart filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 8 against New York City and the police officers who pulled her out of her apartment topless and handcuffed her in the hallway of the building where she…