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Dwyane Wade has his wife Gabrielle Union’s back. The former pro basketball player tweeted his support for Union following her harassment complaint against NBC and Simon Cowell claiming the network and producers tried to silence her reports of racism while she was a judge on “America’s Got Talent.” After NBC released a statement saying, “The …
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Hong Kong police have fired pepper-spray at protesters as thousands defied a ban on holding an annual candlelight vigil in memory of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown. Authorities rejected an application on Monday to hold the event for the first time in its history, arguing the vigil would violate coronavirus social-distancing rules on large gatherings. Police clashed briefly on Thursday …
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Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his order to force back protesters ahead of President Trump’s Monday photo op at St. John’s Church, saying the group was “becoming increasingly unruly” and was asked to move several times. “We asked three times,” for protesters in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. to move back one block, Barr said at a press …
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The white man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery allegedly called the young black man a racial slur after shooting him, according to a Georgia special prosecutor who said another suspect in the case heard the shooter say the racist epithet. Travis McMichael, 34, allegedly called Arbery a “f***ing n*****” after shooting the 25-year-old in the chest, causing him …
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An NYPD officer was stabbed on Wednesday night in an attack in Brooklyn, and two more officers were shot in the ensuing struggle with the suspect, the New York Post reported. The attack did not take place near the areas in the borough where George Floyd demonstrations were held. At around 11:45 p.m., the suspect walked …
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If the narrator of popular rock docuseries “Breaking the Band” sounds familiar, that’s because it’s former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider — who’s parlayed his hard-rockin’ raspy pipes into a successful voiceover career. “I’m blessed with a voice that people like hearing,” says Snider, 65, on the phone from Belize, where he and his wife …
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These days you never know when you’re a goner. You never know if your career and deeds — good deeds, well-intended deeds and honest work — will be hijacked by fringe lunatics or the merely wishful to publicly paint you as what they want you to be, hope you are or read online that you …
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The Black Lives Matter movement is not just about the unlawful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. It’s about 400 years of oppression and systemic racism against black people in the United States by citizens, laws and law enforcement. For those looking to educate themselves and get involved, here are films and …
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Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday said he thinks former Defense Secretary James Mattis was “missing something” when he criticized President Trump in the wake of the protests sweeping the nation over the death of George Floyd. “To General Mattis, I think you’re missing something here, my friend,” Graham said during an Fox News interview. “You’re …
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Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday called for legislation to force federal law enforcement officers to identify what department they represent. The calls come after federal law enforcement officers clashed with demonstrators outside the White House, but wore no identifying insignia on their uniforms. While Army and National Guard personnel are required to wear uniforms with insignia, …