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Actress Amber Brenner is suing director/producer Salim Akil for breach of contract & domestic violence

Washington Post reports on how the Khashoggi killing was born out of a deadly royal family feud

Trans woman immigrant who died in ICE custody was abused, family says

“Home is the most dangerous place for women” worldwide, says UN. And in the US, Black women are most likely to killed by partners

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

Border Patrol fires tear gas, chases asylum seekers and closes the border to keep them out of the US

Alabama police kill Black army veteran after mall shooting, then say he may not have been involved

Four years removed from his year-long suspension, Adrian Peterson reveals he still hits his children

Shooting at Alabama mall leaves two injured, one dead during Black Friday shopping

ER doctor killed by ex-fiancé in shooting at Mercy Hospital in Chicago that left three dead

Ahead of upcoming HBO documentary on Sandra Bland, her sisters reveal new details of the case

Founder of notorious private military company Blackwater looking to extract minerals from war-torn Afghanistan

Chickenpox outbreak at North Carolina school where many parents opted out of vaccines is state’s worst in 20 years

Stacey Abrams & Andrew Gillum officially withdraw from historic races shaped by voter suppression, racism

Kanye donates $150K to the family of Black security guard killed by cops after he took down robbery suspect

Beyoncé buys complete control of Ivy Park from mogul Philip Green following claims of sexual harassment

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti arrested on domestic abuse charges in Los Angelos

Trump’s new criminal justice reform bill has notable bipartisan support

Federal judge rules Georgia has to wait to certify state election, protesters calling to ‘count every vote’ arrested

Super-rich Californians are hiring their own private firefighters, and it’s causing problems

ICE and the DEA are paying for hidden streetlight cameras to be watch you all across the country

Brazil’s far-right President wants to mine the Amazon, but one Indigenous tribe is fighting him

Beleaguered Harris County judge releases juvenile offenders after losing election, highlighting problems with the system

Alyssa Milano demands Women’s March leaders condemn Farrakhan—or step down

Trump fires Jeff Sessions as attorney general over Mueller investigations a day after midterms

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu endorses death penalty bill designed specifically for Palestinians

Party of Trump tightens control of the Senate, the House becomes Democratic again, and progressives clench notable wins

Motel 6 will pay millions after releasing guest lists to ICE, leading to arrests and deportations

The CDC predicts Congo’s Ebola outbreak may not be able to be contained

Iran promises to “break” sanctions reimposed by Trump when he voided Obama’s nuclear deal

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