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Mom Knocks Out NY Teacher for Putting ‘Hands’ on Her Daughter: Report
One angry New York mom is facing charges of second-degree assault and strangulation after authorities say she beat a Hempstead, N.Y., middle school teacher to the point of unconsciousness, the New York Daily News reports. Annika McKenzie, 34, is accused of attacking 22-year Hempstead School District teaching veteran Catherine Engelhardt outside her classroom 2 p.m.…
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Jeb Bush Urges Republicans to Confirm Loretta Lynch
Jeb Bush endorsed Loretta Lynch for attorney general Thursday night, urging Senate Republicans to confirm the president’s pick for who will replace Eric Holder, Politico reports. “I think presidents have the right to pick their team,” Bush said during a “Politics and Pie” forum in New Hampshire. According to Politico, the former Florida governor pointed…
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Former Bethune-Cookman Student Claims She Wasn’t Allowed to Audition for Dance Squad Because of Her Weight
In 2009 Phylise Davis-Bowens was pursuing her master’s degree at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla., when she decided she wanted to join the school’s dance team, known as the 14K Gold Dancers. But Davis-Bowens said that the band director told her she couldn’t even get an application until she lost 20 pounds, according to…
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Ga. Governor Makes Medical Marijuana Legal … Sorta
On Thursday, Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation to make Georgia the 36th state, along with Washington, D.C., to legalize medical marijuana. But slow down: The Southern state isn’t loosening its staunch Bible belt all that much. According to MSNBC, it is legal “for people to possess up to 20 ounces of fluid cannabis oil.” However,…
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And the New White House Social Secretary Is … Deesha Dyer
The White House announced Thursday that it has promoted Deesha Dyer to social secretary of the White House. Dyer will also serve as a special assistant to the president. Dyer is the second African-American woman to hold the post of social secretary. Dyer had previously served as deputy social secretary and, before that, amassed an…
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Adrian Peterson to Be Reinstated by NFL
Friday ends the week but brings in a fresh start for Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who will be reinstated by the NFL as an active player, CNN reports. Peterson was first placed on an exempt list in September, which kept him off the field while keeping his paycheck intact. However, after he pleaded…
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Wash. State Man Arrested After Calling Black Child ‘Monkey,’ Throwing Rock at Him: Report
A Kent, Wash., man was arrested pending an investigation of disorderly conduct after he allegedly called a 6-year-old black child a “monkey” and threw a rock at the boy as he walked past the man’s home, the Kent Reporter reports. The incident reportedly occurred the evening of April 4. Officers arrived at the man’s home to…
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Activists Launch Hunger Strike in Support of Loretta Lynch
A group of advocates have launched a hunger strike to pressure the Senate to bring Loretta Lynch’s bid to become the next attorney general to a vote, Politico reports. Lynch’s supporters are angry that Republican leaders in the Senate continue to delay her confirmation, which would make Lynch the first female African-American U.S. attorney general. The…
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Sources: Okla. Officials Were Told to Falsify Training Hours for Volunteer Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man
The plot continues to thicken regarding just how experienced Robert Bates—the Oklahoma reserve officer who accidentally killed an unarmed man, Eric Harris, earlier this month—really is. According to anonymous sources who spoke directly to the Tulsa World, Oklahoma officials were told to falsify Bates’ training records and sign off on field-training hours that Bates never,…
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3rd College Student Arrested in Alleged Gang Rape on Fla. Beach
George Davon Kennedy has joined two other college students who stand accused in an alleged gang rape that reportedly took place on a Panama City, Fla., beach in broad daylight, the New York Daily News reports. Kennedy, a student at Middle Tennessee State University, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the March assault, which was partially…