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Fox Contributor: First Lady Should Have Given a Shout-Out to Affirmative Action
First lady Michelle Obama drew attention for the commencement speech she delivered at the HBCU Tuskegee University on Saturday, where she spoke candidly about race and racism in America and the trials she herself has faced because of her skin color. One Fox News contributor, however, thought that the first lady focused too much on…
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George Zimmerman Shooting Wasn’t Random Road Rage: Report
Turns out George Zimmerman’s brush with death Monday in Florida was everything but random. According to WESH, the man who allegedly fired the shot that shattered Zimmerman’s windshield and left him with cuts on his face had reportedly been threatened by Zimmerman some eight months earlier. No arrests have been made or charges filed in the…
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Former CIA Officer Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison for Leaking Intel to Reporter
Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA officer who was found guilty in January of leaking classified information to a New York Times reporter, was sentenced Monday to three-and-a-half years in prison by a federal judge, the Washington Post reports. Sterling was convicted of leaking details about a U.S. operation to sabotage Iran’s efforts to develop a…
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Ga. Man Found Dead, Hanging From a Tree
Roosevelt Champion III, a 43-year-old African-American man from Georgia, was found dead Monday morning, hanging from a tree in Greene County, My Fox Atlanta reports. Champion was found hanging behind his home near a “bushy area,” the news site explains. A man found Champion’s body and called authorities. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,…
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Mich. State Senator Confronts Ex-Wife Naked, Opens Fire on Vehicle: Report
A Michigan state senator was arrested after allegedly confronting his ex-wife in the nude and then opening firing at the ex’s car with an automatic weapon, the Detroit News reports. State Sen. Virgil Smith claimed that his ex-wife instigated the argument, barging into his home and attacking his girlfriend, before he drew his automatic rifle…
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Report: George Zimmerman Hit in the Face During Road Rage Shooting
Updated Monday, May 11, 4:43 p.m. EDT: George Zimmerman was not seriously injured in Monday’s shooting incident, NBC Los Angeles reports. According to his attorney, Don West, the bullet shattered Zimmerman’s window and he was struck by flying glass from his windshield and other debris. The man who shot Zimmerman has been identified as Matthew…
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Manhattan Detention Center Officer Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Jail and Selling to Inmates
A 43-year-old New York City correction officer was arrested and charged with allegedly smuggling drugs—including crack cocaine and marijuana—into the Manhattan Detention Center and selling them in the jail, the New York Post reports. Patricia Howard was arrested Saturday night and charged with criminal possession of marijuana and crack cocaine as well as criminal possession…
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9 Ga. Deputies Fired in Death of Black Man Who Was Tased While Restrained
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia fired nine deputies on Friday after investigations by its internal-affairs division and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation into the death of an inmate who was tased while restrained, WTOC reports. Matthew Ajibade, 22, reportedly died while in an isolation cell on New Year’s Day. He had been handcuffed…
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Teen Charged With Attempted Murder After Brutal Beating of Md. Man
Two teens are facing charges after allegedly beating and severely injuring a Maryland man last week, WJZ reports. Authorities are expecting to make more arrests in the incident that left 61-year-old Richard Fletcher of Dundalk in Baltimore County with broken eye sockets, a broken nose, broken ribs and a brain bleed, the news station notes.…
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Satan, a Ga. Educator and Her Son: The Racist School-Graduation Rant Continues
On Friday, Nancy Gordeuk, the founder of TNT Academy in Lilburn, Ga., went viral after she spouted racist comments at a graduation ceremony during which she forgot about the valedictorian’s speech and then became upset when students, thinking the program was done, began leaving before the speech was over. Gordeuk tried to get people to…