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Iowa Man Who Wears Surgical Mask Because He’s ‘Allergic to Black People’ Charged With Hate Crime
An Iowa City, Iowa, man who reportedly wore a surgical mask so as not to catch black people’s germs has been charged with a hate crime for fighting a man because he is black. According to CBS 2, police responded Sunday to a call about two men fighting. When they arrived, the victim told police…
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Report: Md. Cop Was Killed by Friendly Fire in Ambush; Shooter’s Brothers Filmed Attack
Michael DeAndre Ford, 22, wanted to die Sunday afternoon, authorities charge. So, officials say, he videotaped a last will and testament and drove with his brothers—Elijah Ford, 18, and Malik Ford, 21—to the Prince George’s County police headquarters in Landover, Md., and opened fire on both the police station and passing cars. Authorities say that…
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Watch: ‘You’re Going to Live!’ Moment Teen Learns He’s Going to Receive a Heart Transplant
Albert Jeffries, who goes by Al-J, was only 4 months old when doctors diagnosed him with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that, according to doctors, meant he wasn’t going to make it. “His heart was barely squeezing,” Albert’s mom, Tina Turner, told Fox 8 in December. “That was the beginning of our journey. The doctor said…
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Md. Officer Killed in ‘Unprovoked Attack’; 2 Suspects in Custody
Maryland authorities are calling an ambush on a Prince George’s County police station that left one officer dead an unprovoked attack, WTOP reports. According to the news station, the accused gunman opened fire around 4:30 p.m. Sunday on a police station in Landover, Md. Police Officer 1st Class Jacai Colson, 28, returned fire and was…
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Father of Slain 9-Year-Old Chicago Boy Charged With Shooting 3 People
Chicago police believe that a series of gang-related shootings have led to several injuries as well as the death of one man’s brother and the death of a 9-year-old boy lured from a playground and executed in an alley. Now the father of the slain boy has been arrested after three people were shot in…
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Trump Supporter Who Punched Black Man at NC Rally: ‘Next Time We Might Have to Kill Him’
John McGraw, the Donald Trump supporter who was caught on video sucker punching a black man during a rally Wednesday in Fayetteville, N.C., was not only unrepentant but also told Inside Edition, “Next time we might have to kill him.” Multiple videos posted to social media show several angles of McGraw’s assault of 26-year-old Rakeem…
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Trump Watch: St. Louis Rally Turns Ugly as Protesters and Supporters Face Off
Editor’s note: This post contains social media messages that some may find offensive. Donald Trump supporters lined up outside the Peabody Opera House in in St. Louis on Friday, hoping for a chance to hear him speak. Instead, many supporters began confronting protesters who had also gathered outside the rally. Below are several images and…
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Ala. Honor Roll Student, 7, Faced Suspension Over Part in Haircut
A 7-year-old Birmingham, Ala., boy was facing suspension over a part in his hair. “He was, like, upset, and he said I had to come get him out of school because he was being suspended,” Keisha Rembert told WBRC about when she got the call from her son Rashaad Hunter. “He was pulled out of…
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GOP Donors Pushing for an Independent Candidate to Stop Trump, and You Won’t Believe Who It Is
With Donald Trump looking as if he’ll be the Republican nominee for president, a group of Republican donors asked a Florida-based GOP firm to look for a possible candidate who could make an independent push to unseat both Trump and the eventual Democratic nominee. Data Targeting, the firm hired to research a potential independent solution,…
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Trump Watch: Video Catches Donald Trump Supporter Sucker Punching Black Protester at NC Rally
During a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night in Fayetteville, N.C., several black protesters were being escorted out of the building to boos and racial slurs when one Trump supporter walked into the path of one of the men and punched him in the face. Plot twist: The victim—that’s right, the one who has been assaulted—was…
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