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"Shouldn't Have Reported It": MSNBC Host After Trump Threatens To Sue
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell began his show Tuesday night with a bombshell allegation: that Russian billionaires "close to Vladimir Putin" had co-signed a loan that was given to President Donald Trump by a foreign bank.
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Man Slashed Throat Of Teen Popular On Instagram, Took Selfie With Body
Police arrived at the gruesome scene Sunday morning, alerted by frantic calls from users on the messaging app Discord. What police heard in those calls was horrifying: Someone had uploaded an image of a bloodied, lifeless young woman to the server, her throat marred by a deep gash.
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Cop Who Shot Unarmed Man Rehired By Police So He Can Collect Pension
An Arizona police officer who was fired and charged with murder for killing an unarmed man in a hotel hallway was rehired temporarily so he could collect a pension.
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A Frantic Note Led Cops To An Ex Principal Suspected Of Killing A Teacher
The police received a call on a Monday in May from an employee at a grade school in Miami.
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Helicopter Crashes Onto Skyscraper Roof Near Times Square, Pilot Dead
A helicopter crashed into the roof of a Manhattan building Monday afternoon, killing the pilot, in what officials said was an attempt at an emergency landing. There were no other injuries or deaths, officials said.
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YouTuber Hurled Racist Taunts At Gay Reporter. The Company Did Nothing.
Carlos Maza, a video producer for the news site Vox, said the harassment began about two years ago.
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US Lawmaker Says He Took Photo With Enemy Corpse During Military Service
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told a town hall audience Saturday that he took a picture of himself with a dead combatant during his military service, according to local media outlets - a potential violation of the United States' rules of warfare.
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A Political Scientist Caused Confusion By Making Up A Donald Trump Quote
President Donald Trump again called for libel laws to be changed after a prominent political scientist and think tank leader made up a quote and attributed it to Trump.
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Cops Raid Home Of US Journalist Who Refused To Reveal His Source
Bryan Carmody, a freelance reporter in San Francisco, awoke Friday to the sounds of someone trying to break into his house. About 10 officers from the San Francisco Police Department were bashing the front gate of his Outer-Richmond home with a sledgehammer, he said.
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"Justice Being Served": White Supremacist Executed In 1998 Dragging Death
Two decades after his conviction, John William King was executed Wednesday night in Texas for the murder of the James Byrd Jr., a crime that caught national attention and prompted a national discussion about hate crime legislation.
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Ex-US Official Tricked NASA-Funded Lab Into Paying For Prostitutes
A former chief economist and consultant who worked for the United States' lab at the International Space Station has been charged by federal authorities with wire fraud for a pattern of expensing visits to escorts and prostitutes in cities around the world, officials say.
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Teen Claims He Was A Boy Who Vanished In 2011. The FBI Says Otherwise.
A man found on a street corner in Newport, Kentucky, this week who told authorities he was a child missing since 2011 was not the person he claimed to be, police said Thursday.
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US Student's Murder Could Lead To New Law For Cab-Hailing Services
A college student was killed in South Carolina last week after she mistakenly got into the wrong vehicle, thinking it was an Uber. Hours later, she was found dead in a field by hunters. Her death has heightened calls to improve the safety of ride-hailing services.
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US Teen Kills Self One Year After Surviving School Shooting
Sydney Aiello, a survivor of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed herself last weekend, according to family members and friends cited in news reports. The Broward County medical examiner's office told NBC that Aiello died of a gunshot wound to the head.
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Man Faked His Own Kidnapping To Avoid Super Bowl Bet. The Plan Backfired
The man was found in the back seat of a blue pickup truck in Upstate New York. His hands and ankles bound with duct tape; a rope was tied around his neck and attached to the headrest. Police rescued the man, Robert Brandel, a 60-year-old from North Tonawanda, and he told them what happened.
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"Shouldn't Have Reported It": MSNBC Host After Trump Threatens To Sue
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell began his show Tuesday night with a bombshell allegation: that Russian billionaires "close to Vladimir Putin" had co-signed a loan that was given to President Donald Trump by a foreign bank.
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Man Slashed Throat Of Teen Popular On Instagram, Took Selfie With Body
Police arrived at the gruesome scene Sunday morning, alerted by frantic calls from users on the messaging app Discord. What police heard in those calls was horrifying: Someone had uploaded an image of a bloodied, lifeless young woman to the server, her throat marred by a deep gash.
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Cop Who Shot Unarmed Man Rehired By Police So He Can Collect Pension
An Arizona police officer who was fired and charged with murder for killing an unarmed man in a hotel hallway was rehired temporarily so he could collect a pension.
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A Frantic Note Led Cops To An Ex Principal Suspected Of Killing A Teacher
The police received a call on a Monday in May from an employee at a grade school in Miami.
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Helicopter Crashes Onto Skyscraper Roof Near Times Square, Pilot Dead
A helicopter crashed into the roof of a Manhattan building Monday afternoon, killing the pilot, in what officials said was an attempt at an emergency landing. There were no other injuries or deaths, officials said.
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YouTuber Hurled Racist Taunts At Gay Reporter. The Company Did Nothing.
Carlos Maza, a video producer for the news site Vox, said the harassment began about two years ago.
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US Lawmaker Says He Took Photo With Enemy Corpse During Military Service
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told a town hall audience Saturday that he took a picture of himself with a dead combatant during his military service, according to local media outlets - a potential violation of the United States' rules of warfare.
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A Political Scientist Caused Confusion By Making Up A Donald Trump Quote
President Donald Trump again called for libel laws to be changed after a prominent political scientist and think tank leader made up a quote and attributed it to Trump.
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Cops Raid Home Of US Journalist Who Refused To Reveal His Source
Bryan Carmody, a freelance reporter in San Francisco, awoke Friday to the sounds of someone trying to break into his house. About 10 officers from the San Francisco Police Department were bashing the front gate of his Outer-Richmond home with a sledgehammer, he said.
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"Justice Being Served": White Supremacist Executed In 1998 Dragging Death
Two decades after his conviction, John William King was executed Wednesday night in Texas for the murder of the James Byrd Jr., a crime that caught national attention and prompted a national discussion about hate crime legislation.
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Ex-US Official Tricked NASA-Funded Lab Into Paying For Prostitutes
A former chief economist and consultant who worked for the United States' lab at the International Space Station has been charged by federal authorities with wire fraud for a pattern of expensing visits to escorts and prostitutes in cities around the world, officials say.
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Teen Claims He Was A Boy Who Vanished In 2011. The FBI Says Otherwise.
A man found on a street corner in Newport, Kentucky, this week who told authorities he was a child missing since 2011 was not the person he claimed to be, police said Thursday.
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US Student's Murder Could Lead To New Law For Cab-Hailing Services
A college student was killed in South Carolina last week after she mistakenly got into the wrong vehicle, thinking it was an Uber. Hours later, she was found dead in a field by hunters. Her death has heightened calls to improve the safety of ride-hailing services.
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US Teen Kills Self One Year After Surviving School Shooting
Sydney Aiello, a survivor of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed herself last weekend, according to family members and friends cited in news reports. The Broward County medical examiner's office told NBC that Aiello died of a gunshot wound to the head.
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Man Faked His Own Kidnapping To Avoid Super Bowl Bet. The Plan Backfired
The man was found in the back seat of a blue pickup truck in Upstate New York. His hands and ankles bound with duct tape; a rope was tied around his neck and attached to the headrest. Police rescued the man, Robert Brandel, a 60-year-old from North Tonawanda, and he told them what happened.
