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Pastor Who Admitted to Sexually Assaulting Teen Put on Leave
Updated Friday, January 12 2018, 8:55 AM EST: CNN reports that a pastor who admitted to having a sexual encounter with a teen will be placed on leave. Andy Savage, a pastor at Highpoint Church in Tennessee, confessed on Sunday to his congregation that he had a “sexual incident” with a high school senior in…
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Erykah Badu Was Pulled Over in Dallas so Cop Could ‘Say Hi’
Erykah Badu’s new year certainly started off on an interesting note after she was pulled over by cops in Dallas for no reason other than that the officers wanted to “say hi.” The multitalented singer-songwriter posted a video to Instagram on New Year’s Eve captioned, “WTF BABYLON!! HAPPY NEW YEAREZZZZ!” In the video, Badu speaks…
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Can I Get a Window Seat? United Passenger Big Mad Over Losing 1st-Class Seat to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee became the subject of one United Airlines passenger’s ire after the customer alleged that the Texas Democrat had been assigned a first-class seat that was originally hers. Jean-Marie Simon, a 63-year-old attorney and private school teacher, according to the Houston Chronicle, said that she booked a first-class seat Dec. 3 for…
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Texas Police Call Shooting of Innocent 6-Year-Old a ‘Tragic Accident’
With reminders of the tragic death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, the 7-year-old shot down as Detroit police stormed her grandmother’s house—the wrong house—in 2010, yet another innocent child has been killed by police. Six-year-old Kameron Prescott was shot and killed by a stray bullet in his home Thursday afternoon when deputies in a suburb of San…
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Woman Kills New Mother, Steals Baby to Cover Up Her Own Miscarriage: Report
A Texas woman triggered a nationwide manhunt Tuesday when authorities say she stabbed the mother of a newborn child to death and disappeared with the infant. After tracking down the woman, authorities said she did it to cover up a miscarriage. Houston’s KPRC-TV reports that on Tuesday, a 17-year-old boy came home to their Houston…
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Is This Sign Racist or Just Part of American History?
There are two trains of thought on displaying America’s historically racist trinkets and statues—well, a lot more, but the main ones are: 1) Racist symbols are a part of our shared song and we shouldn’t shy away from them; and 2) Fuck that, don’t nobody wanna look at that racist shit while I’m walking in…
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Did Chris Bosh’s Mama Turn His Texas Home Into the Trap?
No words for this so we’ll just present the facts as we know them. And honestly they seem a little sketchy to this reporter. On Tuesday, police sent an undercover agent to the Texas home of ex-NBA baller Chris Bosh, to grab a trash bag in an undercover crack cocaine and heroin trafficking ring sting…
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#DerickWiley: Grand Jury Returns ‘True Bill’ Against Officer in Lyndo Jones Shooting
A Texas grand jury has returned a true bill indictment against now former Mesquite, Texas, Police Officer Derick Wiley in the Nov. 8 shooting of 31-year-old Lyndo Jones (pdf), The Root has exclusively learned from Jones’ attorney, S. Lee Merritt. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is expected to make the announcement Wednesday afternoon, at…
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Texas Republican Used $84,000 of Taxpayer Funds to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim: Report
A Texas republican used taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment charge issued by a former staffer, and now that republican is being named. U.S. Rep Blake Farenthold took some $84,000 of taxpayer money to payoff Lauren Greene, a former Farenthold staffer, Politico reports. Farenthold, has served in the House since 2011 and according to…
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Grad Student Shot and Killed by Boyfriend, Authorities Say
A 29-year-old Texas man has been charged with murder in the death of his boyfriend after turning himself in to the police. According to KPRC Click2Houston, Mario Jerrell Williams is accused of shooting 28-year-old Devon Wade, a promising grad student who wanted to make a difference in his community, at a home in Atascocita, Texas.…