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Hillary Clinton Postpones Visit to Charlotte, NC, Citing Security Concerns
The Hillary Clinton campaign announced Friday that the Democratic presidential candidate would visit Charlotte, N.C., on Sunday, the day before the first presidential debate, only to reverse course hours later, citing security concerns and law-enforcement resources, according to the Wall Street Journal. The outlet reports that Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts asked for a delay to…
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Suspended Seattle Mariner Compared BLM to KKK, Unearthed Facebook Post Shows
Surprise, surprise. The man who basically said he is not a racist wrote a Facebook post in August disproving that point. Seattle Mariner Steve Clevenger, 30, who was recently suspended from his team for a series of hateful Twitter rants after the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by Charlotte, N.C., police—and gave a weird apology…
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Chris Bosh Fails Latest Physical. Is His NBA Career Over?
The Miami Heat has not cleared Chris Bosh to play in the upcoming season, and his plan to resume play is in jeopardy, according to a report by the Associated Press. “The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return,” the…
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Entire Seattle High School Football Team Kneels During Anthem
An entire Seattle high school football team knelt during the national anthem before their Friday-night football game. Players from Garfield High—including players of different races as well as the coaches—said that they took a knee to protest “social injustices.” According to Q13 Fox, Garfield High School head football coach Joey Thomas said that the players…
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Memphis, Tenn., Dance Coach Arrested for Exposing Student to HIV
A Memphis, Tenn., dance coach has been arrested after police allege he had sex with a minor while knowingly having HIV. John Conner III, 27, was arrested and charged with charged with criminal exposure to HIV, soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor and statutory rape by an authority figure. WREG reports that last year Conner…
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29 Injured in Bomb Explosion in the Heart of NYC
A powerful explosion rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood and injured at least 29 people Saturday, and another suspicious device was discovered blocks away and safely removed, according to various news reports. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any connection to terrorism but called the blast “intentional.” “Tonight, New York City…
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Desmond Tutu Rehospitalized in South Africa
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital after being released just days ago after a weekslong stay, according to CNN.The 84-year-old Nobel laureate and retired archbishop had spent three weeks in a Cape Town hospital after having minor surgery. On Saturday, Tutu’s family said that the surgical wound itself started showing…
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6 Rikers Guards Jailed in Vicious Inmate Beating
The shoe most certainly now sits on the other foot as six former New York City correction officers at Rikers Island, the city’s notoriously violent jail, were themselves jailed Friday after being sentenced for the ruthless beating of an inmate there, according to the New York Daily News. The six men convicted included a former…
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Man Who Shot at George Zimmerman Convicted of Attempted Murder
A Florida man was found guilty Friday of attempted second-degree murder for shooting at George Zimmerman in a 2015 road rage incident, CNN reports. Matthew Apperson, 27, was also found guilty of shooting into a vehicle and aggravated assault with a firearm, and faces a minimum of 20 years in prison because the crime involved…
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Watch: NFL Commentator Shannon Sharpe Says to White Folks, ‘Don’t Tell Us What to Grieve For’
It’s almost as if Colin Kaepernick has given those in the sports realm the green light to express the frustration they may feel at the relentless (and avoidable) death of black people at the hands of police. To wit, on Thursday evening, NFL commentator Shannon Sharpe passionately told his co-worker about his take on Kaepernick’s…
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