The family of a slain journalist is asking the Federal Trade Commission to take action against Facebook for failing to remove online footage of her shooting death. Andy Parker says the company is violating its own terms of service in hosting videos on Facebook and its sibling service Instagram that …
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Nine years after a University of North Carolina student was found dead in her off-campus apartment, a man has been arrested in connection to the murder, authorities said Thursday. Miguel Enrique Oliveras, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Faith Hedgepeth, who was 19 at the …
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A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to come down on Wednesday, more than 130 years after it was built as a tribute to a Civil War general who is now widely seen as a symbol of racial injustice, state officials said Monday. …
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Robert Downey Sr., the acclaimed filmmaker, actor, and father of Robert Downey Jr., died Wednesday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son announced on Instagram. He was 85. “Last night, dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s,” Downey Jr. wrote. “He …
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At 12:23 a.m. on Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, New York, a curly-haired girl in a matching two-piece fuschia suit jumped down the step of the bookstore Books Are Magic, shrieking ecstatically, eyes still glued tight to the smiling author waving behind the arched glass doors. “Nobody talk to me!” she …
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“American Idol” finalist Caleb Kennedy is leaving the singing competition show after a video surfaced showing him sitting next to someone who is wearing a cloth resembling a Ku Klux Klan hood. Kennedy, 16, addressed the video and told fans on Twitter that he will no longer be on American …
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The family of famed rapper DMX held a vigil outside the New York hospital where the 50-year-old is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was hospitalized Friday and is now “facing serious health issues,” his family said. “We ask that you please …
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Florida Gators basketball start Keyontae Johnson is in stable condition after collapsing on the court during Saturday’s game. Johnson, who is hospitalized at UF Health in Gainesville, was reportedly placed into a medically induced coma earlier in the week but is now able to speak and communicate. “Keyontae is in …
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Broadcaster Troy Aikman defended himself on Tuesday after he and announcer Joe Buck were caught appearing to mock military flyovers before the Green Bay Packers-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game this past weekend. Aikman, a Hall of Fame quarterback who won three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, said he loves flyovers, …
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The Tampa Bay Rays on Twitter have called for the arrest of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency technician who was killed by police in March. The team on Friday morning tweeted: “Today is Opening Day, which means it’s a great day to …
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