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Donald Trump to be charged over violence at his Fayetteville Rally

NBC reporter Katy Tur has confirmed various local media sources’ initial reports that investigators in North Carolina may charge Trump with “inciting a riot” after the events of his Fayetteville Rally, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office.

Observer at Trump rally shocked by calls of death for protestors

James Troup boldly went to Donald Trump’s Dayton, Ohio, rally last weekend to silently observe the crowd’s response to Trump’s rhetoric and people of color within the audience. Troup’s account of his experience is going viral.

Ben Carson endorses Donald Trump

Dr. Ben Carson has just made a hypocrite of himself and done great damage to the country by endorsing the moral monster, Donald Trump. Carson has spent an entire campaign pleading for honor and decency and decorum, only to endorse a man who is the crassest, most vulgar, most deceitful person in the race — a man who has repeatedly attacked in the most vicious ways, and lied about, every other candidate in the race.

Bernie Sanders secures Michigan win

All of the nation’s leading pollsters predicted Hillary Clinton to win Michigan by massive margins. And all of them were proven wrong on Tuesday night.

In a revealing tweet, The Intercept‘s Glenn Greenwald showed the aggregate polling averages for the Michigan Democratic Primary according to RealClearPolitics. As recently as March 6, a Fox 2 Detroit poll had Hillary Clinton winning by 37 points. ARG predicted Clinton to win by 24 points in a poll conducted between March 4 and March 5:

Buddhist monk taken for Muslim suffers attack

An elderly Buddhist monk was assaulted in Oregon by a man who apparently thought he was a Muslim.

Kozen Sampson wears plain brown robes and keeps his hair cropped as his Buddhist faith dictates. He had parked on a side road near Hood River to walk his dog.

Gov’t already has access to the iPhone, FBI’s “debate” with Apple gimmick – Tech Wizards

Many security experts believe that the FBI and NSA can already hack into an iPhone without Apple’s help, using a number of techniques such as “infrared laser glitching” or “de-capping.” Edward Snowden backed this up last month in a virtual interview with Johns Hopkins University. These techniques, although risky to the chip, are already in use by the most advanced hackers and, very likely, the NSA.

Which African cities offer the best quality of life?

Consulting firm Mercer recently published its 18th Quality of Living Survey, which ranks 230 cities they believe provide the best quality of life.

The study examines over 440 cities, and based on certain criteria, Mercer then decides which 230 make the cut. The cities are chosen and ranked according to a variety of factors, such as the political and social environment, economic conditions, education, and public services, to name a few.

Mexican drug cartels leaking cash as Cannabis legalization efforts in the U.S advances

The Mexican drug cartels are finally meeting their match as a wave of cannabis legalization efforts drastically reshapes the drug trafficking landscape in the United States. It turns out that as states legalize cannabis use and cultivation, the volume of weed brought across the border by Mexican drug cartels dramatically decreases — and is putting a dent in their cash flow.

21 year old sneaker business owner shot and killed, no cash taken

Jamal Gaines, 21, overcame a car accident and partial blindness to run a thriving business before he was shot and killed while closing up shop.

East Coast sneaker store sits on a commercial strip in downtown Rahway, New Jersey, a working class city just south of Newark. For the past two and a half years, it has been a destination for sneaker collectors throughout the state. But this week, the hole-in-the-wall boutique remains darkened and locked. Four days ago, East Coast’s owner, 21-year-old Jamal “Mally” Gaines, was shot and killed inside the shop he had worked for years to build.