Zombie-looking Sex offender Nearly Snatches Boy, Secret Service For VP Allegedly Has Violent Meltdown, Black Tax Is Real and More News

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Monstrous Looking Sex Offender Nearly Snatches Little Boy in This State, And It Could Have Been Worse

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Colorado police say a man was arrested after allegedly attempting to abduct a little boy from school property. And that’s not even the worst part: Police say the suspect in question has a criminal background and a history of sex crimes. - Kalyn Womack Read More

See What This Grown Man Allegedly Did to Hospitalize a 15-Year-Old Black McDonald’s Employee

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St. Louis police placed a man in custody after he was seen on video weeks ago in a World-Star-worthy brawl at a McDonald’s, leading an employee to be hospitalized with serious injuries. - Kalyn Womack Read More

Throwin’ Blows? What Really Went Down with Secret Service Agent Assigned to VP Kamala Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris makes her way to board Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, on June 6, 2021, traveling to Guatemala. - Kamala Harris leaves for Latin America on Sunday on her first foreign trip to Guatemala and Mexico as Vice President. Photo: Getty Images Jim WATSON / AFP

An incident at Joint Base Andrews involving a U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris — is causing quite the stir.

On Wednesday, TMZ reported that a Secret Service agent assigned to Harris allegedly “attacked” his supervisor at the Maryland air base and was removed from the her detail. On social media, people instantly began to raise concerns about the Vice President’s safety and the vetting of her secret service. - Jessica Washington Read More

The Next Jeffrey Dahmer? Black Woman Convicted of Doing the Unthinkable to Her Landlord

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Two years ago, a white woman was found in pieces, stuffed in the freezer of a Chicago home. Police later confirmed she was the landlord of the building, and now her tenant is being held criminally accountable for her killing. - Kalyn Womack Read More

Yes, ‘Black Tax’ Is a Real Thing, And It’s Even Worse Than You Can Imagine

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There’s a good chance you’ve heard the term the “Black Tax” used to describe the idea that Black Americans have to work ten times as hard for half as much. But did you know there’s a much more literal meaning? - Jessica Washington Read More

4 Black Children Killed in Their L.A. Home By the Last Person You’d Ever Suspect

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A Los Angeles woman returned home one evening back in 2021 to an absolute horror scene: her mother and four children shot to death.

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call reporting a deadly shooting at a Lancaster home the night of Nov. 28, 2021. Neighbors reported hearing commotion outside, seeing a woman yelling outside her front yard: “My babies are gone! They’re all dead!” - Kalyn Womack Read More

Megan Thee Stallion Sued For Hostile Work Environment. Do We Ever Really Know Celebs?

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There have been a disturbing number of lawsuits coming to light lately. At this point, we might be better off listing the celebrities who haven’t been accused of mistreating former employees. It seems like a lot of these artists don’t know how to handle the the transition from regular person to superstar. - Stephanie Holland Read More

After Infamously Framing a Black Man, This White Prosecutor is in BIG Trouble.

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A crooked prosecutor from Kansas temporarily handed over her law license following a damning probe from the Department of Justice that revealed she intentionally sent a Black man to prison for no reason. - Kalyn Womack Read More

Four-Year Search for Missing Black Boy Comes to a Haunting End

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A 12-year-old boy in Buffalo, N.Y. told his family on August 4, 2020 that was just going up the street to the grocery store. However, he never returned. After four years, police are now opening a homicide investigation into the boy’s disappearance. - Kalyn Womack Read More

Disturbing Viral Video Shows Troubled Ohio Cop Shooting Black Teen Playing With a Fake Gun, and His Family Demands Answers

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Ohio teenager Tavion Koonce-Williams is lucky to be alive.

He was allegedly pointing a very real-looking toy gun at houses as he walked through Akron’s Goodyear Heights neighborhood on April 1. Police officer Ryan Westlake responded to a call shot and wounded the 15-year-old boy with seemingly little warning. - Nigel Roberts Read More

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