All posts tagged "local"
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Officer Not Indicted In Eric Garner Chokehold Case, Crowds Protest
A grand jury announced their decision Wednesday (Dec. 4) not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the case of 43-year-old Eric Garner, who died…
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GOP Aide Resigns After Criticism of Obama Girls
Republican congressional aide Elizabeth Lauten has resigned from her position as communications director for U.S. Rep. Steve Fincher, R-Tenn Monday morning, after making controversial comments…
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Ferguson Decision: Mike Brown’s Family, Attorney General Eric Holder Release Statements
After days of deliberation, a grand jury declined Monday night (Nov. 24) to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of…
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Restaurant Manager Bans Employees From Using Slang
A Chick-fil-A restaurant manager, named Eric, has allegedly compiled a list of modern slang terms and banned employees from using the words and phrases, according…
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Nurse Amber Vinson Ebola-Free, Released from Hospital
A second Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta hospital and is free of the deadly virus, according…
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VIRAL VIDEO: This Man Pulls off The Ultimate Fairytale Proposal
He’s been saving for the day since he was 12-years-old, and it took nearly a year and half to organize this man’s incomparable proposal. Long before…
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Woman Behind Wasabi Ginger Chips Wins Lay’s Contest
America has chosen the Wasabi Ginger-flavored Lay’s potato chip as the winner of the “Do Us a Flavor” contest, making Meneko Spigner McBeth $1 million…
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Texas Ebola Victim Thomas Duncan Dies
Thomas Duncan was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, but has also become the first to die from the…
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Jordan Davis Shooting: Michael Dunn Guilty of 1st-Degree Murder in ‘Loud Music’ Trial
Jurors found Michael Dunn guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday (Oct.1) in the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. Dunn, who is white, fired 10…
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#PrayForFerguson: Mike Brown Memorial Burned Overnight
As if the shooting death of Mike Brown was not heartbreaking enough, a memorial honoring the unarmed teen, who was gunned down by police in…
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New Video Of Michael Brown Shooting Released
Piaget Crenshaw came forward with her personal account from Aug. 9, where a Ferguson police officer shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The 19-year-old…
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National Guard Arrive In Ferguson, Autopsy Shows Mike Brown Was Shot 6 Times
Missouri’s Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order deploying National Guard troops early Monday morning to Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb that has been wracked…
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President Obama Releases Statement On Micheal Brown’s Death
President Barack Obama commented for the first time on the controversial shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown from Ferguson, Missouri, calling it “heartbreaking.” In…
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Teen Convicted in Steubenville Rape Returns Football Team
Ma’lik Richmond, one of the two teens convicted in the Steubenville rape of a 16-year-old girl, is back on the high school football team. “I…
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Protests Turn Into Riots After Fatal Shooting of Black Teen
Tensions remain high in Ferguson, Missouri after an unarmed black teen was shot to death by a police officer on Saturday. In just a few…
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Homeless Man Sings John Legend’s “All Of Me” For Food
He was in prison for three-and-a-half years for drug charges, but is now working to turn his life around with a resourceful way to earn…
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Four-Year-Old Ruins Babysitter’s Plan to Blame Black Man For Robbery
The babysitter said a black man was responsible for a robbery, but little did she know the little girl who she was babysitting was ready…
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Two Texas Student-Basketball Players Killed In Motor Vehicle Collision
Aubree Butts (L), a Lewisville graduate and Devin Oliver (R), a Rowlett alumna were both star high school basketball players and members of the Texas A&M-Commerce…
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Pastor Jamal Bryant Responds To Criticism For Preaching “These Hoes Ain’t Loyal”
Pastor Jamal H. Bryant of the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore has caused quite the stir amongst religious and non-religious people because he said “These Hoes…
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Cotton Gin Employees Record Supervisor’s Racist Threats
It’s a story you would expect to hear in the Jim Crow era, not 2014. Employees at an industrial Tennessee cotton gin have caught their…
