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The decision came amid major division, a contentious debate and a stream of controversy about racism surrounding the Alabama senator. The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general during a floor vote Wednesday after a stream of controversy over the former Alabama senator’s racist past, reports The Washington Post. From The Washington Post: The […]
CENTER, TX (KSLA) – One woman has been arrested and another is on the run after police said they were connected to an incident where drugs were found in a child’s food.The incident happened on January 5 at the McDonald’s in the 800 block of Hurst Street in Center, TX. Police say a family went through […]
New Orleans Tornado Wreaks Havoc, 10,000 People Without Power On Tuesday (February 7), Louisiana and the city of New Orleans specifically, were ravaged by a tornado that left vast damage and jeopardized the lives of residents who were in its wake. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards officially declared a state of emergency as thousands were left […]
CNN) – Some key limes in Texas were a little more than what they looked like. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection found nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana camouflaged in a shipment of key limes. The smuggled drugs were discovered in a tractor trailer coming into the U.S. from Mexico on Jan. 30. Officers used […]
(CNN) — In 1986, Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote a letter to Sen. Strom Thurmond criticizing Jeff Sessions, who was then a nominee to be a federal judge. On Tuesday night, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren attempted to read part of the letter on the Senate floor. Republicans cried foul […]
Two men were arrested this week after having sex on a display bed at a Bed Bath & Beyond in New Jersey while the store was open. According to The Record — a newspaper in Woodland Park, New Jersey — the 28-year-old men each face several charges including lewdness after the Monday incident. A Bed […]
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — Luxury department store Nordstrom isn’t purchasing products from the Ivanka Trump brand this Fall, the company said Thursday, citing the first daughter’s eponymous brand’s performance. “We’ve said all along we make buying decisions based on performance. We’ve got thousands of brands — more than 2,000 offered on the site alone. Reviewing their […]
GRAFTON, Ohio – A 40-year-old man accused of exposing himself to a group of nine middle school-aged children while he was chaperoning a school field trip is being investigated by the Summit County Sheriff’s department. According to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at Camp Y-Noah in September 2016. On Jan. 30, […]
Former President Barack Obama (OMG! We miss you so much, you don’t even know!) wants to make it clear that President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” is not based on policy from his presidency. According to the Washington Post, Trump claimed that his new immigration executive order is a lot like a 2011 ban on Iraqi […]
Five years after their son Trayvon Martin was killed in a shooting that helped spark the Black Lives Matter movement, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin are weighing political bids to continue their fight for racial justice.
“I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right,” Yates wrote. “At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the Executive Order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am I convinced that the […]