• James Alex Fields Jr. Identified as Alleged Terrorist Who Plowed Through Crowd in Charlottesville, Va., Anti-Racism Rally

    On Saturday afternoon, a car plowed through a crowd of anti-racism protesters, killing one and injuring several others, in Charlottesville, Va. Several hours later, a suspect was arrested and is now being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Twenty-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, was charged with one count of second-degree murder, three…

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  • I’m Empty-Nesting … Now What?

    Two weeks ago, I dropped my son off to college somewhere in Virginia. It wasn’t a tear-filled dropoff. You know the ones you see on television with parents sobbing as they walk away from their child’s college dorm? Yeah, that’s not how we roll. An hour before I dropped my son off, I asked him,…

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  • Wash. Man Arrested After Texting About Sexually Abusing Children During Southwest Flight: Report

    A Southwest passenger is being applauded for her keen eye after she alerted the flight crew about a man sitting next to her who was texting about sexually abusing children, authorities say. Michael Kellar, 56, of Tacoma, Wash., was arrested after his flight from Seattle landed in San Jose, Calif., Monday. During his flight, according…

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  • British Study Shows Cyberbullying Thrives on Instagram

    What’s the worst social networking site for cyberbullying? At one point, you’d probably say Twitter, but according to a new study done by Ditch the Label, a British anti-bullying nonprofit group, it’s Instagram. Instagram, where diet teas and makeup gurus thrive, actually has a larger base of younger people than other sites, and people between…

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  • Shipping Dirty: $1,000,000 in Pot Found Stashed in Ford Fusions Shipped to Ohio From Mexico

    Someone obviously thought he or she was being smart by using new cars to ship marijuana from Mexico to Ohio, but the plot was foiled and Drug Enforcement Administration agents confiscated $1 million in weed. According to CNN, 15 Ford Fusions that arrived at a Lordstown, Ohio, plant had weed stored in the spare tire…

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  • Garbine Muguruza Wins Wimbledon Title After Beating Venus Williams

    Venus Williams was defeated by Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon final. But that didn’t stop Muguruza from praising her opponent. “When I was a little girl, I was watching these finals,” said 23-year-old Muguruza, according to ESPN. “I was watching Venus—I know it sounds incredible. To be able to play against her and now hold…

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  • Browns Are the New Nudes When It Comes to Beauty and Fashion for Women of Color

    Back in college, I attempted the silliest thing ever after shopping for bras. I couldn’t find a caramel-colored bra for the life of me, so I decided to get a white bra and attempt to dye it brown, or the closest color I could get to caramel. You see, if you were a brown-skinned woman, the…

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  • NRA Recruitment Video Basically Labels the Left Violent Snowflakes

    The National Rifle Association has proved once again that it’s not only gun-crazed but also contradictory when it comes to talking about those who oppose its views: the “left.” In a recent video posted to the NRA’s official Facebook page as a recruitment tool, the group references “they” quite often while never really saying who…

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  • Man Jailed in Rikers Island for 5 Months With $2 of Bail Files Lawsuit

    In 2014, Aitabdel Salem, 41, was arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer after officers said he was stealing a coat. Salem was then sent to the Rikers Island jail in New York City with a $25,000 bail. Eventually the charges against Salem were dropped after prosecutors were unable to get an indictment on the…

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  • United Airlines Issues Apology to Mother After Infant Overheats Aboard Delayed Flight

    Imagine sitting on a tarmac for two hours and complaining about your baby getting sick because he started to overheat: That’s exactly what happened to a Colorado mother on a United Airlines flight on her way to Texas last week. Emily France and her 4-month-old son, Owen, were on United Airlines Flight 4644 around 1:20…

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