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Authorities have confirmed at least five people were killed and at least 21 others injured in a mass shooting Saturday in West Texas. The Midland Police Department said officers initially believed there were two shooters in separate vehicles—a small “gold/white” Toyota truck and a USPS postal van—in the Odessa and Midland area. Authorities have since announced a suspect was shot and […]
Donald Trump‘s visit to the African American History museum was apparently a little awkward. Shocking, right? According to the museum’s founding director Lonnie G. Bunch III., Trump had tried to schedule a private tour for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017—a request that Bunch ultimately denied. “The notion that we could shut out visitors on the first […]
Two former NYPD officers who have been accused of raping an 18-year-old Brooklyn girl will face no jail time despite pleading guilty to 11 charges, CNN reports. Thirty-nine-year-old Eddie Martins and 34-year-old Richard Hall pleaded guilty to the charges, which included bribery and misconduct, and will face five years of probation. They both claimed they’d had consensual […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is cautioning against the purchase and use of bootleg (or otherwise altered) vaping devices and related components. In a statement to media Friday from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield and Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless, the ongoing investigation into recent reports of severe respiratory disease possibly linked […]
Alvin Kennard was 22 years old when he stole $50.75 from a Bessemer-area bakery. The Alabama resident was ultimately arrested and charged for the crime, which resulted in a life sentence without parole. Yes, you read that correctly. Kennard got a life sentence. For a $50 robbery. On Wednesday, Circuit Judge David Carpenter re-sentenced the now-58-year-old to time served, […]
A New York State law decriminalizing marijuana, which was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo last month, will take effect starting today, CBS New York reports. This new law will expunge the records of statewide residents with low-level marijuana convictions, which applies to a total of nearly 25,000 individuals with almost 14,000 people in the five […]
The wife, child and mother-in-law of Tampa Bay Rays prospect Blake Bivens were killed in an apparent triple homicide. Police believe the killer was Bivens’ brother-in-law, who was arrested hours later. Just an awful tragedy: The wife and child of Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, were among three […]
Meek Mill‘s controversial, years-long Philadelphia case has reached a conclusion. Per a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Meek and prosecutors have reached a deal on the 2007 case in which Meek pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge. All other charges, meanwhile, have been dropped. In a statement, Meek expressed gratitude to have finally reached the […]
A Los Angeles County deputy lied about a sniper shooting him and will lose his job. Last week, the deputy claimed in a report he’d been shot by a hidden attacker from an apartment complex, setting off a manhunt in northern Los Angeles County, Buzzfeed News reports. However, a press conference on Saturday revealed that […]
Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $5 million to the emergency Amazon Forest Fund created by Earth Alliance, an organization he formed with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth last month. That financial commitment will be used towards providing “critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon […]
