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A South Carolina restaurant is facing backlash after the owner falsely accused a Black couple of refusing to pay for their meal. In a now-viral video, Christopher Phillip Wallman Jr., owner of The Grill, a restaurant in Manning, South Carolina, announced his false accusation to all of his customers in an apparent attempt to embarrass the couple. “I want everybody to hear this now. This lovely couple has ordered $137 of food that they’re refusing to pay," Wallman said. The couple shut down the allegation, saying they were only asking that the fried pork chops they sent back to the...

Alex Valaitis @alex_valaitis · I also didn't want anyone else on my team to get in trouble, including my Director or even the hiring manager. That might sound crazy, but I genuinely couldn't stomach being the reason some guy lost his job and couldn't support his family. I knew the intern was likely still not Show more Alex Valaitis @alex_valaitis · 13h So when my turn came to talk to HR, I took the coward move and played dumb. I denied any foul play and instead just tried to highlight that I personally thought the intern was good enough to...

Few currently disagree with the notion that Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald should be suspended for his behavior at Thursday’s joint practice with the Bengals. Players who swing helmets should always face significant punishment, regardless of whether the incident results in a serious injury. Otherwise, guys will keep swinging helmets until someone suffers a serious injury — and then the NFL will act surprised that someone was seriously injured after getting hit by a helmet.

A Filipino American mixed martial artist reportedly stopped an attacker after witnessing him hit another man in an unprovoked attack in New York City. Ro Malabanan, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was heading to work when saw a homeless man, later identified as 28-year-old Samuel Frazier, sucker-punch a construction worker in SoHo on July 27, according to reports. Witnesses informed Malabanan that Frazier had also attacked other men before the construction worker, prompting the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter to chase after the man. “My jiu-jitsu instincts just kicked in. I jumped on his back,” Malabanan said in a...

A 15-year-old female student who was stabbed to death by a male intruder at a high school in California has been pictured. Alicia Reynaga was allegedly attacked by 52-year-old Anthony Gray at Stagg High School in Stockton yesterday. She was knifed multiple times before being rushed to hospital where she later passed away.

A woman who pushed a 74-year-old man off a Las Vegas bus in March 2019, causing his death, has pleaded guilty to an abuse charge. Cadesha Bishop, 28, was initially charged with murder and accused of pushing Serge Fournier off a parked bus near Fremont and 13th streets. Fournier landed on his head about 8 feet from the bus doorway, and died about a month later, according to Bishop’s arrest report.

Police are looking for a group of three women who witnesses say attacked a woman who was alone at the moment at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Sept. 25. James City County police say they responded to the incident near the Apollo’s Chariot coaster. The suspects and victims all fled the scene before officers arrived, police said. Video sent in from one of our readers shows many people involved in the fight. The incident happened just a month after another fight caught on video at the park. Police are still looking for three women in that case. In the video we...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A good Samaritan was shot and wounded while trying to stop a robbery in Oakland's Chinatown. The shooting happened near 8th and Franklin streets at about 2 p.m. Saturday.

A 100-strong Black Lives Matter mob in Mount Laurel, an edge city suburb of Philadelphia, surrounded a man’s home on Monday after an out-of-context video of him going on a racist rant during a heated dispute with his neighbors went viral on social media. The video cut out the beginning of the dispute so it wasn’t clear what the man, later identified as 45-year-old Edward Cagney Mathews, was so angry about. The video shows Mathews was first pushed by his neighbor after getting up in his face. After police eventually showed up, the mob was filmed attacking Mathews with a...

LOS ANGELES - Authorities arrested a man believed to be connected with more than 30 masked burglaries across the Los Angeles area. Rockim Prowell, 30, of Inglewood, was arrested on Sunday following a traffic stop in Beverly Hills. He was later charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office with two counts of burglary, two counts of grand theft, and one count of vandalism. Police found items, including a face mask, in the vehicle he was driving that linked him to a string of burglaries, the Beverly Hills Police Department said. They also determined the license plates attached to...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 31-year-old woman accused of walking away from a crash on Beach Boulevard on Friday night before shooting her way into the Sam’s Club across the street is charged with seven counts of aggravated assault, shooting into an occupied building and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jacksonville police called to reports of shots fired at the shopping club about 9:30 p.m. were told witnesses heard popping sounds and saw a person with a gun go into the business after it had closed for the night. After clearing the store and finding no one injured...

Opa Locka Hialeah Flea Market Carnival is going on in Miami-Dade County this month. Things got a little heated on Saturday night when a black mom got angry at a Ferris wheel operator and the two got into a physical altercation. A group of black moms and other people then jumped in, including people in a Charlie Conway “Mighty Ducks” jersey and a Penny Hardaway jersey. The video below shows Opa Locka Hialeah Flea Market Carnival Ferris wheel operator getting pushed by the angry mom and him shoving a kid, shortly after he fights with his coworker and a group...

A new video we just received from an anonymous sender from San Leandro California shows the moment two armed robbers run up to a man walking next to his vehicle. The man who was attacked was allegedly a former Navy Seal and his reaction was priceless. He managed to defend himself from the two black males who were carrying a gun, and not only that, but he managed to bodyslam one of them to the ground. While he pinned the man/teen down the other robber says “let him go.” The screaming of the robber was another moment that was really...

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The Massachusetts man accused of killing his domestic partner on a York beach Friday by striking her on the head with a rock told police that he did not remember the slaying, according to a court affidavit. Jeffrey Buchannan , 33, is charged with intentional or knowing murder in the death of Rhonda Pattelena, 35. The Bedford, Massachusetts, man is set to make his first appearance before a judge Tuesday afternoon at the York County Courthouse in Alfred.

...Mr. Obama's 55% to 26% victory Saturday over Mrs. Clinton was far wider than predicted, and showed off the best assets of his campaign: a powerful ground organization, the perception that he is an agent of change in a party longing for it, and an ability to attract both white and black voters in a state where the electorate remains racially polarized. Today, Mr. Obama is likely to get a fresh boost. One of the Democratic Party's icons, senior Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, is expected to offer his endorsement, joining his niece -- Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain President John...