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Month: September 2019

Snoop Dogg’s 10-day-old grandson dies

Snoop Dogg’s grandson was only alive for 10 days when he died Wednesday in his father’s arms. Corde Broadus, Snoop Dogg’s son, shared the news of son Kai’s death in an emotional post on Instagram, writing that Kai’s influence will continue to impact and inspire him. “He died in my arms and that feeling of

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s plan to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to expand a procedure to speed up deportations for some undocumented immigrants. The policy shift, announced in July, casts a wider net over undocumented immigrants subject to the fast-track deportation procedure known as “expedited removal,” which allows immigration authorities to remove an individual without a hearing

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Former chief of Army communications at Mar-a-Lago gets probation for lying during child pornography investigation

A US serviceman who oversaw Army communications at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida was sentenced to three years of probation for lying during a child pornography investigation, according to court documents. Richard Ciccarella told federal agents that he was the “Non-commissioned Officer in Charge” of White House communications at Mar-a-Lago, the documents state.

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Reporter who exposed racist tweets no longer at the paper after readers revealed his offensive tweets

The Des Moines Register reporter who exposed a man’s racist tweets from 2012 is no longer with the publication after readers revealed his own controversial social media posts. “We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers’ trust,” Executive Editor Carol Hunter said in an opinion piece, responding to

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California police are looking for the suspect who attacked a 91-year-old man as he was visiting his wife’s grave

Authorities are on the hunt for the man who violently attacked a 91-year-old widower with a large rock as he was visiting his wife’s gravesite, police said. The suspect “took property from the victim” and then fled on foot and later a bike, the Santa Clara Police Department said, calling the attack “unprovoked and ruthless.”

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A professor held her student’s baby while giving a 3-hour lecture so the mother could take notes

Last Thursday, when a Georgia college student couldn’t find a babysitter, her professor volunteered to hold the student’s baby while teaching a three-hour anatomy class. A photo from that class is showing the world what kindness and compassion look like. Ramata Sissoko Cissé, an assistant professor of biology at Georgia Gwinnett College in the Atlanta

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Sheriff makes arrest of ‘possible serial gunman’ near Odessa after 4 shootings this week

West Texas authorities late Friday afternoon announced the arrest of a “possible serial gunman” in the Odessa area after four similar shootings, one of them deadly, occurred this week. The Ector County Sheriff, who didn’t immediately release the suspect’s name, had urged residents to be “cautious” and report any suspicious behavior to 911. All of

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