• FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Bank Robber Nabbed in Colo.

    After about a month on the run, the jig is up for a 25-year-old who landed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. An FBI SWAT team took Myloh Jaqory Mason into custody without incident early Friday evening at a Motel 6 in Thornton, Colo., according to the New York Daily News. Mason is…

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  • Ga. Doc Arrested After 12 Patients Overdose on Prescription Meds  

    A Georgia doctor has been arrested after 36 of his patients died, a third of them from confirmed prescription medication overdoses, reports WSB-TV Channel 2. Nearly 40 Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the office of psychiatrist Narendra Nagareddy on Thursday in Jonesboro, Ga. Nagareddy is accused of violating Georgia’s Controlled Substance Act with his “pill…

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  • Almost 2 Dozen Confirmed Dead in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack

    An al-Qaida-affiliated group is taking responsibility for the siege of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital, reports CNN. The country’s security forces—with logistical help from U.S. and French troops—stormed the Splendid hotel in Ouagadougou early Saturday morning, trading gunfire with the militants and freeing 126 hostages, half of whom were hospitalized, according to CNN.…

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  • 23 Cops Called Before Laquan McDonald Federal Grand Jury

    Recently released records show that nearly two dozen officers were called to testify in the Laquan McDonald case, including the lead detective and officers on the scene whose initial reports conflicted with dash-cam video later released, according to the Chicago Tribune. The records—released after a Freedom of Information Act request—show that the officers began testifying…

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  • ‘El Chapo’ Allegedly Captured Because He Wanted to Make a Biopic

    Possibly in hopes of getting Narcos-type fame, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was captured because he wanted to have a biopic made about him, according to The Guardian. The outlet reports that Guzmán was so serious about a movie that he attempted to contact producers and actresses, and those attempts came to the attention of authorities,…

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  • Muslim Woman in ‘Peace’ T-Shirt Kicked Out of Trump Rally 

    A Muslim woman was escorted from a Donald Trump campaign rally in Rock Hill, S.C., after standing in silent protest, donning a white hijab and T-shirt that read, “Salam. I Come In Peace.” The New York Daily News reports that Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant, stood up in opposition to the Republican front-runner’s comments…

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  • Drake Violates NCAA Rules, Again, by Posing With Kentucky Wildcat Player

    Rapper Drake—who clearly is a major sports fan—might want to back up off the young pups, since his presence has apparently violated NCAA rules, not once, but twice, according to the Bleacher Report. The No. 9-ranked Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team had to self-report a minor rules violation involving the rapper for the second time…

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  • Md. Cop Sentenced to 5 Years for Putting Gun to Man’s Head Says Victim Should Apologize to Him

    Five days after he was convicted of putting a gun to a man’s head outside his home for no apparent reason, a former Prince George’s County, Md., police officer was recorded saying that the victim should apologize to him, reports the Washington Post.  “If anything, they should be saying sorry to me, because all he…

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  • TCU Quarterback to Miss Bowl Game After Arrest for Bar Fight

    Texas Christian University quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested and charged with a felony early Thursday morning after allegedly hitting a bicycle patrol officer after a bar fight, according to ESPN. Boykin was formally charged with a third-degree felony, posted a $5,000 bond and was released from custody late Thursday morning.  The quarterback, along with wide receiver Preston Miller,…

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  • Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80

    Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, author of the seminal 1991 work The Isis (Yssis) Papers: The Keys to the Colors (Third World Press), has died. She was 80 years old.  “Media Assassin” Harry Allen reported via Twitter that Welsing died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday from a stroke she suffered earlier in the week.  Welsing was…

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