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A Georgia cop has been fired after he was caught on a viral TikTok video touching an unarmed black woman on her front porch, officials said Friday. Michael Oxford, formerly of the Gwinnett County Police Department outside Atlanta, was first placed on probation after Tuesday’s incident and was discharged Friday …

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After watching their bullpen imploded twice in the loss of doubles from Thursday to Toronto, the Phillies on Friday made two trades that they hope the mishandled unit will improve. The team recruited assistant referee David Hale of the New York Yankees for minor reliever Addison Russ. Later Friday night, …

Boston Actress Lori Loughlin will serve two months in jail and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, will serve five months after the couple pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the college admission scandal. A federal judge accepted the couple’s pleas Friday in a video conviction hearing. Loughlin, 56, will …

A suspected gunman is dead and a woman is in custody after a shooting with authorities in California. The San Luis Obispo office said it received reports at 11:15 a.m. about shots being fired in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Nipomo, about 165 miles north of Los …