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Woman mistaken for Univision reporter asks Kamala Harris question

During her trip to Mexico on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris took a question from a woman introduced as a “Univision reporter” — before it was revealed that she was not a reporter at all, exposing a vetting hiccup by the VP’s staff. Harris, who had just met with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, was

Woman accused of killing Harry Dunn was working with US intelligence

An America diplomat’s wife who killed a UK teen motorcyclist in a 2019 wrong-way crash was “employed by an intelligence agency in the US” at the time of the accident, according to her attorney. Anne Sacoolas, 43, has admitted that she was driving on the wrong side of the road as she left a US

Judge delays execution of only woman on US death row

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up the Trump administration to schedule the execution after president-elect Joe Biden takes office.U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss also vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons

China’s ‘bat woman’ says COVID didn’t originate in Wuhan lab

China’s “bat woman” says that a new batch of tests prove that the coronavirus did not originate at her Wuhan virology lab. Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology who is well known for her work on the virus, said that updated tests of blood samples taken eight years ago from

Cops handcuff woman who went on maskless rant in California Costco

A woman was removed in handcuffs from a Costco in Northern California after she caused a scene while refusing to wear a mask, authorities said. Viral video of the Tuesday incident in Eureka showed the woman taunting customers on the line and downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic. “There’s no reason why I shouldn’t be

Florida woman charged with abandoning sick baby on doorstep

A Florida woman allegedly abandoned her sick 3-month-old son on the doorstep of a stranger’s home over the weekend, authorities said. Melissa Kelley, 33, is accused of dropping off her baby in his car seat on Patricia Tillman’s porch Sunday night saying she couldn’t care for the infant any longer, the Dayton Beach News-Journal reported.

Texas woman allegedly slugs cop trying to impound pot belly pig

A Texas woman was arrested Monday for allegedly punching a police officer who was trying to impound her pot belly pig, a report said. Arianna Swenson, 34, was charged with assaulting a public servant over the alleged attack on Hooks Police Officer Cole Ogden, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by TXK Today. Ogden

Woman in undies forces plane to land early

A boozed-up woman stripped off her pants on a flight to Texas and took a swing at a flight attendant — forcing the plane to be diverted to Alabama, reports and a witness said. Sierra Nicole McClinton, 25, was drunken and and first threw up on herself aboard the Houston-bound CommutAir flight from Jacksonville, Fla.,

Woman snuck onto flight without ticket to see Jay-Z: prosecutors

A Chicago woman skirted past several layers of security and somehow boarded a plane at O’Hare International Airport without a ticket, hoping to fly to Los Angeles to see rapper Jay-Z, prosecutors said. Yaazmina Payton, 23, was arrested at the Chicago airport early Sunday after she was identified as the woman who “boarded an airplane

Afghan woman left blind after attack for taking job as cop

An Afghan woman’s father was so opposed to her landing a job with the police that he tipped off a group of savages who shot her and stabbed her in the eyes, according to a report. “I asked the doctors why I can’t see anything? They told me that my eyes are still bandaged because

DNA leads to arrest in 22-year-old woman’s 1984 cold case murder

Phoenix police said Monday that DNA has helped solve the cold case of a 22-year-old woman murdered more than 36 years ago. They announced the arrest of David Kizziar, 67, in the murder and sexual assault of Aimee See, whose body was found three days after Valentine’s Day in 1984. Kizziar was arrested after police said

Georgia woman accused of posing as FBI agent to get free Chick-fil-A

A Georgia woman was arrested last week for allegedly posing as an FBI agent in order to get a free meal from Chick-fil-A, a report said. Kimberly Ragsdale, 47, was busted last Thursday trying to rip off the fast foot joint in the city of Rockmart, according to a police report obtained by The Smoking

Kamala Harris, Biden’s V.P. Pick, Is First Woman of Color on Major Party Ticket

Joseph R. Biden Jr. selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his vice-presidential running mate on Tuesday, embracing a former rival who sharply criticized him in the Democratic primaries but emerged after ending her campaign as a vocal supporter of Mr. Biden and a prominent advocate of racial-justice legislation after the death of George Floyd

‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ Didn’t Mean What Trump Hoped It Did

In unscripted moments before the camera, the president sometimes wanders from topic to topic without completing a train of thought, repeats himself or falls back on the same familiar phrases when questioned. He makes statements that defy common sense, like insisting that if there were not so many coronavirus tests conducted, there would not be

White Woman Who Called Police on a Black Man at Central Park Apologizes, Says ‘I’m Not a Racist’

In a video that has gone viral, a white woman holding her dog by the collar in New York City’s Central Park can be heard saying “I’m calling the cops…I’m gonna tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.” The woman, since identified as Amy Cooper, apologized for making the call in a…

African American Woman Going to Prison for Voting

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Sep 06, 2018 On Nov. 8, 2016, Crystal Mason, an African-American mom of three, went to the polls and voted. Hers became a provisional ballot, however, as she hadn’t been to her polling position near Citadel Price, Texas, for a couple of years. She had been in penitentiary for