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The Daily Beast
Racist New York Couple From Viral Train Incident Are Arrested… and Fired
via TwitterA man and woman in New York have been both fired and arrested for verbally assaulting a family on a train in an incident that police have determined to be a hate crime.The Daily Voice reported that Justin Likerman and Kristin Digesaro, of Long Island, turned themselves in on Wednesday. They have been charged with aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child. New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority said the charges were brought in conjunction with the Manhattan Distri
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Time
The Story Behind TIME’s ‘Year One’ Joe Biden Cover
Artist Tim O’Brien christened Biden’s administration with “Day One,” a Feb. 1, 2021, cover depicting the cluttered mess he was facing upon entering office. “This new cover shows Biden in a cleaned-up office, but the tasks remain, and the mounting issues gather like storm clouds,” says O’Brien, who has painted more TIME covers (36 and counting) than any artist in the past 50 years, including subjects ranging from the Catholic church to Osama Bin Laden.
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The Daily Beast
Cops Call BS on Denver Dad’s Story After Near-Fatal Hike With Son
Denver PoliceA dad in Colorado is accused of attempted first-degree murder after he and his son were rescued from fenced-off icy water in Denver.Michael Ninomiya, 42, was arrested Wednesday, a week after emergency responders from the Denver Fire Department fished him and his son out of a drainage culvert, according to the Denver Police Department.While Ninomiya allegedly emerged with a laceration on his forehead, doctors treating the injured five-year-old at the Children’s Hospital told cops tha
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Reuters
Teddy Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York museum
Workers on Wednesday dismantled a towering statue of President Theodore Roosevelt from outside New York City’s American Museum of Natural History. The “Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt,” commissioned in 1925 and unveiled to the public in 1940, depicts Roosevelt on a horse, with a Native American man and an African man on foot at his side. The New York City Public Design Commission voted last June to remove it, the museum said on its website.
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Good Morning America
Brother of Lori Vallow Daybell speaks out on their relationship, sister’s murder charges
Adam Cox has a hard time coming to grips with what has happened to his family. Cox is the brother of Lori Vallow, a name made infamous around the world after she and her husband Chad Daybell were charged with the murders of Vallow’s children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Alex Cox, the brother of Adam Cox and Lori Vallow, was also implicated in the murders, according to the indictment.
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NextShark
Chinese woman told by Lowe’s customer to go back to her country is scolded by store employee for filming
A Lowe’s in Illinois has come under fire after a Chinese woman and Springfield resident claims another customer told her to go back to her country. Xuna Hu says she was shopping for two fire pits when the other customer tried to get Hu to hand over one of the pits, leading up to the alleged racist encounter at a Lowe’s branch on Wabash Avenue on Jan. 17. “I was like alright, I’ll just give you one then,” Hu told WICS Channel 20.
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Dumpsters Approved For Tornado Clean-Up | Local News | Cleburnetimesreview.com – Cleburne Times-Review
Damage caused by four tornados last week caused substantial damage, but not enough for County Judge Roger Harmon to issue a declaration of disaster.“Certain requirements have to be met to call for that, and we just weren’t there,” Harmon said.Had the declaration been issued, county officials, among other things, would...
