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Tim Scott, Trump’s possible vice president, gets engaged to girlfriend

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is an engaged man. The Republican, one-time 2024 presidential candidate and potential 2024 running mate for Donald Trump, announced the news on social media that he proposed to his girlfriend Mindy Noce on Jan. 21. “She said YES,” Scott posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Mindy, thank you for...

Racism In the Water: Jackson, Mississippi, Lifts E. Coli Advisory as Water Struggles Persist In Majority-Black Capital
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Racism In the Water: Jackson, Mississippi, Lifts E. Coli Advisory as Water Struggles Persist In Majority-Black Capital

Public health officials in Jackson, Mississippi, have lifted a boil-water advisory since tests came back positive for E. coli a week ago, marking the latest setback in a continuing saga of water mismanagement in the majority-Black capital. The water authority issued the alert on Jan. 11, warning that water should be “boiled vigorously for 1 minute before it...

‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Colorado Deputies Use Taser on 16-Year-Old Runaway Girl Who Was Apparent Sex Crime Victim, Lawsuit Alleges
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‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Colorado Deputies Use Taser on 16-Year-Old Runaway Girl Who Was Apparent Sex Crime Victim, Lawsuit Alleges

A new lawsuit alleges that a group of Colorado deputies violated the civil rights of a teenage girl who was reportedly the victim of a sex crime and used excessive force against her when she was detained two years ago. Lawyers representing a young woman identified as L.Z. in the complaint obtained by Atlanta Black...

‘His Lungs are Burned’: Botched Police Raid In Ohio Leads to Baby with Heart Defect Being Hospitalized After Two Grenades Deployed
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‘His Lungs are Burned’: Botched Police Raid In Ohio Leads to Baby with Heart Defect Being Hospitalized After Two Grenades Deployed

An Ohio family is praying for the recovery of a 17-month-old special-needs toddler who was injured during a botched police raid. The incident occurred when law enforcement, aiming to apprehend a teenager they suspected of possessing a weapon, targeted a home the suspect didn’t live in anymore. A police tactical team deployed flash-bang grenades as...

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‘@NikkiHaley you’ve lost your mind’

From the woman who initially couldn’t bring herself to acknowledge slavery as a cause of the Civil War comes the ultimate in hair-splitting distinctions without a difference: Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley says that America has “never been a racist country” but has “always had racism.” Her campaign spokesperson then added, “The liberal media always...