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A Connecticut college professor has created a firestorm for calling white people "inhuman a-holes" who need to "die" following last week's shooting attack on congressional Republicans. Trinity College's Johnny Eric Williams' social media feed after the June 14 shooting of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise included racial tirades and commentary calling on minorities to "confront" white people and "end this now," a reference to an alleged system of "white supremacy."

Seven crewmen missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with ship

Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early yesterday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country's coast guard reported. Footage from the Japanese TV network NHK showed heavy damage to the mid-right side of the Navy ship and a person in a stretcher being lifted to a helicopter.

First Amendment protected Jeremy Christian’s right to speak his mind

That's an often-asked question as the nation's attention has focused on Portland as a hub of bigoted speech -- a community where Jeremy Christian ranted unfettered for months or even years before police say he fatally stabbed two good Samaritans in the neck and left another wounded May 26. Christian's Facebook posts refer to nihilism, Hitler, ovens and killing others, including those who trod on his free-speech rights. Several weeks before the attack on the MAX train, Christian shouted his death wish for Muslims and vitriol toward African Americans at a public march.

Pusha T Launches College Fund For 6-Year-Old St. Louis Boy Whose Plea To End Gun Violence Went Viral

A 6-year-old boy's plea to end gun violence has struck a chord with Pusha T. The G.O.O.D. Music president responded to Jeffrey "Lil J" Laney with a video and heartfelt letter , but he's going a step further to make sure the boy has money for a college education. Laney, who lives in St. Louis Missouri, issued a plea to end gun violence after hearing consistent shootings and witnessing regular fatalities within his hometown.

Q&A: Internet extremism and how to combat it

Several people were killed in the terror attack at the h... . La primera ministra britanica, Theresa May, hace una declaracion frente a su oficina en 10 Downing Street, Londres, despues de encabezar una reunion de funcionarios de emergencias del gobierno, el domingo 4 de junio de 2017.

Can your off-hours political activism get you in trouble at work?

In recent weeks, the story of a New Jersey lawyer whose off-hours political activism was brought to the attention of her employer went viral because of the unusual way it happened: A congressman's letter flagged her as a "ringleader" of a group in New Jersey aimed at making him more accountable and accessible to his constituents. In a fundraising letter sent to a board member of the bank for which Saily Avelenda worked, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., attached an article that quoted her, warning in a handwritten postscript that a member of one of the groups challenging him worked in his bank.

Fundraiser will boost reward fund for missing teens

Members of a Facebook group dedicated to the search for missing Yolo County teens Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore will hold a fundraiser Sunday, June 4, to bolster FBI rewards that have been offered for information about their whereabouts. "Angels for Enrique and Elijah Silent Auction" will run from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. in downtown Davis.

How Facebook Can Fight the Hate

Last summer, Johannes Baldauf, an anti-hate-speech activist from Berlin, got a request for help from an unexpected place: Facebook Inc. When it came to stemming the spread of extremist messaging, Baldauf was accustomed to seeing the giant social network as part of the problem. Now it was asking him and other activists to act as a kinder, gentler, online version of Quentin Tarantino's Nazi-hunting  Inglourious Basterds  squad.

North Carolina Woman Awarded $1.5M in Construction Safety Whistleblower Suit

A federal jury has awarded $1.5 million to a former North Carolina fire investigator who said she was fired after complaining about the safety of construction work at an office building. The Charlotte Observer reported that a jury ruled May 11 in favor of Crystal Eschert, who said the Charlotte Fire Department fired her in 2014 because of her concerns over renovations at a new office building.

Authorities: Stabbing being probed as a possible hate crime

The FBI is investigating the stabbing of a visiting black student by a white University of Maryland student as a possible hate crime, authorities say. Sean Christopher Urbanski has been charged with first- and second-degree murder as well as first-degree assault in the weekend attack that killed Richard Collins III, police said.

Notre Dame students walk out on Mike Pence during commencement speech

A group of graduating seniors from the University of Notre Dame turned their backs on their own graduation ceremony in protest of Vice President Mike Pence, who gave their commencement address there on Sunday. The protests, which were organized by a student activist group at Notre Dame called We Stand For, were staged in response to "marginalized people affected by Pence's politics," according to a Facebook post published by the group last week, which urged students to join them in the walk out.

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This Sunday, vice president Mike Pence will return to his home state of Indiana to deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. For the third time in several years, the school's graduation ceremony will be plagued by controversy, as a group of students plans to walk out during Pence's speech.

Facebook crashes in Australia and Asia

'I'm Conrad motherf***ing Hilton, don't you forget it': Paris's brother is filmed unleashing homophobic and racist rant at police after claiming a cop groped him during arrest Phoenix 'serial street shooter', accused of murdering NINE people in a year, is caught: Suspect, 23, who terrorized Latino community is arrested after tip from the public Trump's aides 'asked Canada's Justin Trudeau to call their boss and talk him out of removing the US from NAFTA' Racial discrimination lawsuit against Fox News grows as two more women accuse former executive Judy Slater of making racist comments towards them PICTURED: The 18 Penn State students charged after fraternity pledge's death as it is revealed group spent $1,200 on cases of vodka, beer and Four Loko days before teen suffered fatal fall Penn State student who was attacked by fraternity brothers when he tried to help dying teen suffered ... (more)

Three-fourths of Americans regularly talk politics only with members of their own political tribe

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Closer than most Americans get to the opposition? Painted tabletop models of the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey, shown in March 2002. Film critic Pauline Kael is often quoted as saying after the 1972 presidential election some variant of "How can [Nixon] have won? Nobody I know voted for him."

APNewsBreak: New Orleans to take down Confederate statues

Farmers around the U.S. are worried that the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants will deprive them of the workers they need. New Orleans will begin taking down Confederate statutes, becoming the latest Southern body to divorce itself from what some say are symbols of racism and intolerance.

Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey is back. And it’s weird – CNET

What do you do when you're young, rich, love internet irony and have a lot of time to kill? You could follow the example of Palmer Luckey, the 24 year-old cofounder of Oculus VR, who emerged Wednesday from an apparent social media exile after his political activities raised eyebrows last year. Luckey changed his Twitter avatar to Obi-Wan Kenobi -- perhaps in reference to the Star Wars character's last words, "If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."