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An internal Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department investigation found 'no evidence' that a racist group text thread impacted criminal cases or enforcement, the police chief announced qcitymetro.com/state-local/c…
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Starting Oct 19, the Trump administration is rolling back Biden-era airline passenger protections, and airlines will no longer have to provide stranded passengers with meals, hotels, or other assistance for delays or cancellations.
Airlines are no longer required lodging, meals, or other assistance when delays or cancellations.
Starting October 19, under 14 CFR 234.4, rule is to reduce the number of disruptions for which airlines provide amenities or compensation.
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Willy Wender Aceituno, a naturalized citizen who voted for Trump twice, supported the president’s immigration crackdown. Then he was detained by Border Patrol agents.
“ICE isn’t looking for criminals,” he said. “They’re looking for Latinos.”
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The empire has fallen.
Breaking news: The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, the Defense Department said.
“People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. wapo.st/4hNxK0C
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EXCLUSIVE | Several people involved with Trump-endorsed Rep. Mike Collins’ Senate campaign have ties to a group founded by a former Ku Klux Klan leader.
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Are we going to act like this is normal?
When a sitting president boasts about the "very bad things" he could have done to his political rivals, that's not bravado. It's unchecked power and, quite frankly, threatening.
And looks like it…
Patriots QB Drake Maye reveals he is unsure if United States landed on the moon in 1969 ebx.sh/i4wUwP
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The Trump admin is launching an investigation into Wells Fargo over commitments the bank made over nearly a decade to increase homeownership among Black Americans wsj.com/finance/banking/well…
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St. Louis police now admit their original claim that a Black teen pointed a gun at officers wasn’t true, but the officer who fatally shot him still won’t face charges.
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The image choice is so specific and I love it
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taking legal action against Thames Valley Police, England, over his arrest in February bbc.in/4AVscdd
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He was not arrested; he was allowed to turn himself in; his family is in law enforcement; He is white, and his two murdered victims were black. He was out of jail in under 12 hours on 2nd-degree murder charges in a drunk-driving crash where he was going 91 mph while impaired.
1 is too much but 1200 is staggering.
1,200 sexual assault cases were filed at Cornell from 2018 to 2024. Most of those found responsible received minor sanctions that allowed them to remain on campus, such as probation or training. Only 7 ended in expulsion or dismissal.
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The last 24 hours of news as a woman:
- A man jacks off to the woman next to him on a plane. United makes her return to her seat.
- 7 frat boys drug and gang rape a student for hours, and advertise “free p*ssy” to their frat. Cornell makes them write essays.
- A football player rapes a student. LSU reduces his suspension.
- A teen boy stalks and stabs a girl 10 times. Courts grant only a restraining order.
- Brendan Carr spent 9 years in a cult raping teen girls. Trump made him FCC Chair.
As they should.
Major television networks will halt coverage of presidential events, according to a memo obtained by The Post, over the White House’s ban on CNN, which was barred alongside MS NOW and Politico in recent days.
Read more: wapo.st/3SZXGxH
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No one cared about this when I posted it the first time, but maybe they will care now. Another snuff film-making serial killer found with thousands of images and videos of mostly Alaskan Native women. He is from South Africa.
I've been closely following the ongoing trial of a serial killer named Brian Steven Smith who was targeting Alaskan native women and making snuff films. Lots of disturbing and odd/suspicious things about this case.
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