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Detective Brian Simonsen was responding to a robbery at a T-Mobile phone store in Queens when he was fatally shot by a fellow officer in a tragic turn of events. During the Tuesday night shooting, Sgt. Matthew Gorman was also wounded, and the suspect of the robbery on Atlantic Avenue…
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A vegetarian couple, who have been accused of stalking their ex-neighbours, defended their behaviour earlier this week, adding they were forced to call police over a smell of "rotten meat". When Scott Lawrence and his wife Jessica Parker moved house in April of last year, it brought to an end…
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A former employee at KFC has been awarded around $1.5 million in damages after she suffered from workplace discrimination that made it impossible for her to breastfeed her child. A lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court alleged that coworkers and managers at KFC and Taco bell restaurants in Kent County, Delaware…
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A nanny has been found guilty of drowning an infant in milk after the baby was said to have ruined her nap, reported the Washington Post. Chilling footage of 73-year-old Oluremi Adeleye, where she force-fed eight-month-old Enita Salubi nearly eight ounces of milk in a 30-second period, was crucial in finding…
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A video has gone viral on social media showing an alleged drunk driver launching into a racist tirade against the cop who arrested her. Julie Edwards, a 53-year-old woman from DeLand, Florida, was arrested by Deputy Brandon King on Thursday, February 7. King had been called in to investigate a disturbance in the…
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The first female pilot to lead the F-16 Viper team has been asked to leave the demonstration team just two weeks after her role was announced. Captain Zoe Kotnik was commander of the F-16 Viper Demo Team, which performs precision aerial manoeuvres to show the F-16's capabilities at air shows.…
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Katy Perry has issued a formal apology after being lambasted on the internet over shoes in her new fashion line. Earlier this week, the singer pulled a particular style of shoe from her fashion range, after critics accused the design of promoting blackface. Perry's 'Rue Face Slip-On Loafers' and 'Ora Face Block…
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On Monday, President Donald Trump traveled to El Paso, Texas, which he falsely claimed used to have high rates of violent crime before erecting a barrier. The object of the speech was apparently to whip up support for a US-Mexico border wall, a project he failed to fund despite Republicans…
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Kashgar, in China, is closer to Baghdad than Beijing. It is located in Xinjiang - an autonomous region of the country where almost half of the inhabitants are Uighurs. Muslims who speak a Turkic language, Uighurs have recently been subjugated by an oppressive government and incoming migrants from eastern China.…
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Donald Trump's relationship with the media has been fraught throughout his two years as president - and that's putting it mildly. Even before he was handed the keys to the White House, he had coined the term "fake news" in retaliation to claims that he was sexist after a tape of…
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Mexican crime lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, leader of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, was found guilty of all 10 federal criminal counts against him, after his trial returned a verdict in the US today. The 61-year-old faces a mandatory sentence of life of prison. El Chapo, which means "Shorty" in…
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Blackface is a form of makeup used by a nonblack person to play a black role. Regardless of one's intent, the practice has an ugly history tethered to the brutal treatment of an oppressed group of people. Sporting blackface in public is bound to offend people, and could even kill…
