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New York City will have to pay $625,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by a mother whose toddler was yanked from her arms by police in a widely seen online video. Jazmine Headley sued the city, alleging trauma and humiliation and seeking unspecified damages over the December 2018 incident at a Brooklyn benefits office. In …
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Both the Army and Navy academies are looking into hand signs flashed by students that can be associated with “white power” and were televised during the Army-Navy football game on Saturday, according to school officials. Cadets at West Point and midshipmen at the Naval Academy in the stands both appeared to display the sign during …
The Texas Rangers announced Sunday that they have acquired two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber in a trade with the Cleveland Indians. The Indians received outfielder Delino DeShields Jr. and relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase in the deal. Cleveland previously picked up Kluber’s $17.5 million contract option for next season but ultimately opted to trade …
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow won the 2019 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night in New York City. Burrow received 841 of the 885 potential first-place votes and 2,608 total points. Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts finished second, getting 12 first-place votes and 762 total points. Burrow was the frontrunner to win the Heisman for most of the season. …
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The first trailer for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” has debuted. The film tells the story of a mostly Hispanic neighborhood in New York City and centers around bodega owner Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos. It also stars Corey Hawkins, Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, Melissa Barrera, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco and Stephanie Beatriz and is …
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Orlando Jones says he was let go from the Starz series American Gods and will not reprise his role of Mr. Nancy in the upcoming third season. The 51-year-old Jones is claiming the new showrunner, Charles Eglee, thinks his “angry” character sends the “wrong message for black America.” The cable channel, production company Fremantle and Eglee …
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Exit polls showed on Thursday that Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a comfortable majority in Parliament. The result likely paves the way forJohnson to push through Brexit on Jan. 31. It will also finally put a rest to the debate by lawmakers over whether Britain should leave a bloc it joined more than four decades …
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On Thursday, at the 10th and final public impeachment hearing, the House Judiciary Committee moved toward a vote that would send articles of impeachment to the full House floor for a final vote next week. Democrats and Republicans debated the nine-page text of the articles of impeachment that were released on Tuesday. The House Intelligence …
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Major League Baseball announced they will start testing for opioids and cocaine. As part of changes announced Thursday to the joint drug agreement between MLB and the players’ association, marijuana will be removed from the list of drugs of abuse and will be treated the same as alcohol. Opioids are classified as a drug of …
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Ex-Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, along with at least 9 other former NFL players, have been charged with defrauding the league’s health program of millions of dollars. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that the players are among a group of 12 facing charges in the Eastern District of Kentucky. They are accused of …
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