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Within minutes of Erica Garner's death Saturday, the administrator of her Twitter account faced backlash over a post requesting that only black journalists reach out to the family. "Out of respect to Erica please do not request comment if the journalist is not Black," tweeted the account used by Garner, who became an anti-police brutality activist after the death of her dad, Eric Garner, who died in 2014 after being placed in an illegal chokehold by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. The tweet drew ire from some Twitter users, who called it "racist" and said it affronted Erica Garner's legacy of...

An Arkansas waitress claimed her co-worker ran off with her half of $300,000 winnings from a scratch-off ticket. Leslie Underwood, a waitress at Sportsmans Drive-In, located in Stuttgart, Ark., said her co-worker Mandy Vanhouten owes her some cash. -snip Since she saw a picture of Vanhouten posing with the large check, Underwood said she has not heard from her. Vanhouten has failed to appear at work this week and was not answering her phone, she added. Haley Johnson, another waitress at the burger joint, told KARK she has been covering Vanhouten’s shifts. "Things have been a little hectic around here...

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IT'S HAPPENING! More of Khamenei’s cult of personality posters are being ripped down by the Iranian people! #IranProtests #IranianProtests #IranProtests

On Monday special counsel Robert Mueller made his first arrests in what started out as an investigation of alleged “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia but which has mushroomed into a much wider probe of Team Trump. Mueller indicted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and another campaign official, Rick Gates, on multiple charges including conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy against the United States, being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, and false and misleading statements. All of this said, however, the entire probe and Mueller’s case against – whomever – may be tainted by the fact that...

The US has warned Iran to respect people's right to protest, as rare anti-government rallies, which began over the high cost of living, grip cities in the Islamic Republic. About 300 people protested in Kermanshah, a city in western Iran, on Friday, according to the semi-state news agency Fars. Police there used water cannon and tear gas to disperse demonstrators. Protests also broke out in the capital, Tehran, according to social media. Protests reported in Tehran, Kermanshah and Mashhad US President Donald Trump took to Twitter late on Friday, writing: "Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up...

If you’re planning a festive event for New Year’s Eve—or even if you’re just planning a quiet dinner at home—why not take some time to enjoy your last carefree meal before your New Year’s resolutions kick in on January 1st? There’s still time. Eat some beef that’s been slow-cooked in fat. Make Brisket confit. You won’t regret it. Confit of beef brisket is a sumptuous, meaty, gem that sticks to your ribs and is perfect for a cold winter night. It adds just the right touch of indulgence to the last night of the year. Take a twist on tradition...

Someone sick of Buzzfeed’s blatantly racist article (entitled 37 things white people need to stop ruining in 2018) posted a list of 37 things that black people need to stop on buzzfeeds website. Here is an archive before it was deleted - https://archive.fo/T4drR Pretty funny and on point.

Roseanne Barr threatened to retire after a Twitter feud on Friday. The comedienne - who is scheduled to return to ABC this March with her sitcom reboot - called it quits after a series of tweets involving varying political views. 'i won't be censored or silence chided or corrected and continue to work. I retire right now. I've had enough. bye!,' read one of her tweets that have since been deleted according to USA Today. She followed up with this tweet: 'do not expect to hear anything more from me. Its a waste of time to oppose fascists here. bye!'...

Looking back on 2017 is like waking up after a party where you made some poor decisions, such as drinking tequila squeezed from the underpants of a person you do not really know. (At least you hope it was tequila.) The next day finds you lying naked in a Dumpster in a different state, smeared from head to toe with a mixture of Sriracha sauce and glitter. At first you remember nothing. But then, as your throbbing brain slowly reboots, memories of the night before, disturbing memories, begin creeping into your consciousness. As the full, hideous picture comes into focus,...

DUBLIN, Ireland -- "Try a Little Tenderness" is a song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods. According to Wikipedia, it was first recorded on Dec. 8, 1932, by the Ray Noble Orchestra (with vocals by Val Rosing). Probably these names are as unfamiliar to us today as the demonstration of tenderness is in our modern political culture. This song and its sentiment came rushing back to me as I witnessed a stunning act of tenderness while crossing the Irish Sea last week on a ferry bound for Dublin. While eating breakfast in the ship's lounge, I...

LONDON — A newspaper editor was handed startling evidence that Britain’s top law enforcement official knew there was a VIP pedophile network in Westminster, at the heart of the British government. What happened next in the summer of 1984 helps to explain how shocking allegations of rape and murder against some of the country’s most powerful men went unchecked for decades.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its latest challenge, called the Subterranean or "SubT" Challenge. The global competition asks entrants to develop systems that can help humans navigate, map and search in underground locations that are normally too perilous to visit.   "One of the main limitations facing war fighters and emergency responders in subterranean environments is a lack of situational awareness; we often don't know what lies beneath us," Timothy Chung, program manager in DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO), said in a statement. "The DARPA Subterranean Challenge aims to provide previously unimaginable situational awareness capabilities for...

Anti-government protests have erupted in cities across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, with reports of arrests as riot police were deployed to disperse the demonstrations. BBC Persian reported that protests, which decried deteriorating economic conditions and corruption in the Islamic Republic, also were held in the cities of Isfahan, Kermanshah, Rasht, Qom, Sari and Hamedan. In Kermanshah, where the largest demonstrations took place on the second day, protesters shouted slogans against Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and in other cities they shouted “death to the dictator” and called for an end to ongoing Iranian involvement in regional conflicts in Iraq and...

Mumbai:  Fifteen people including 12 women, most of them in their twenties and early thirties, were killed in a massive fire that started from a restaurant in Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound late on Wednesday evening, and spread rapidly to nearly restaurants and offices as well. Fire-fighters took more than three hours to douse the huge flames that leapt up in central Mumbai's nightlife hub. Initial reports indicate most of the casualties were reported from the vicinity of the restaurants that had opened in the 37-acre premises over the last few years. A case of culpable homicide has been registered against...

Authorities in Pennsylvania are pushing back against an initial judgement from the Trump administration suggesting that a shooting in Harrisburg was rooted in terrorism. Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marco said Thursday that gunman Ahmed Amin El-Mofty, who was killed by police officers after he opened fired on authorities in the state’s capital last week, had no known ties to any terror groups, Penn Live reported. Family previously told investigators El-Mofty was depressed about money problems and relationships with his loved ones. Pennsylvania State Police suspect he acted alone during the Dec. 22 shooting, which left a state trooper injured....

Xi’an (AsiaNews) – The only Catholic church in Zhifang, a village in the Huyi District, near Xi’an (Shaanxi), was demolished by force and without any reason. The place of worship was built in 1999 with all the permits issued by the authorities. The demolition order was issued on 20 December. The Via Crucis, the tabernacle, the vestments and the chairs were destroyed. Catholics were not allowed to come near. Protests were held in front of the town hall...

More than 40 people were killed and over 80 others were wounded in a suicide attack on Tebyan center in Pule Sokhtia area of Kabul on Thursday morning, health officials confirmed. Muslim-on-Muslim murder is something largely ignored by propagandists, because it diminishes their “Islamophobia” narrative. Jihad terror strikes at anyone and everyone who is deemed an infidel, Islamophobe and/or apostate. The Islamic State has now claimed responsibility for the attack on the Shia cultural center; it views the Shia as apostates...

Full title ~ Christian Couple Refuses To Bake A Cake For Homosexual Wedding, Now The Government Of Oregon Is Forcing Them To Pay $135,000 To The Homosexuals. The Oregon Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a ruling — and a $135,000 fine — that two Gresham bakery owners discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to make them a wedding cake, violating Oregon law. The courts did reverse a portion of the Bureau of Labor and Industries decision that said Melissa and Aaron Klein violated Oregon law by communicating their intent to discriminate against same-sex couples in the future. The appeals...

•Three days after assuming office, Obama announced that he would overturn restrictions on funding abortions overseas. •Less than a week later, he said he would restore U.S. funding to the U.N. Population Fund, which pays for abortion. •In February 2009, Obama’s newly designed Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships was announced. Its focus was not religious liberty. Instead, its goal was to decide on a case by case basis which funding requests were constitutionally acceptable, calling into question the hiring rights of religious non-profits. •In March, Obama appointed Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services. An abortion-rights zealot,...