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Corey Jones Was Standing on a Fla. Highway Waiting for a Tow Truck, so How Did He End Up Dead? Here Is Everything We Know
Around 3 a.m. Sunday, a white van with tinted windows rolled up next to Corey Jones’ broken-down car on a Florida highway, and a man dressed in jeans, T-shirt and a baseball cap hopped out. Moments later, Jones was dead. We now know that Jones was a drummer who grew up in the church. We…
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Calif. Cop Who Threatened Activists Online No Longer on Force
The San Jose, Calif., police officer who posted threatening comments on social media no longer works with the police force. According to the Associated Press, a spokesman confirmed that Phillip White no longer works for the San Jose Police Department, but would not confirm whether White had been fired or had resigned. White gained national…
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Fla. Driver Takes Photo of Teen Killed in Car Accident and Posts Image Online
A Jacksonville, Fla., mother is raging mad after the man who she believes killed her 16-year-old son, Trevius Williams, posted a photo of his dead body on social media but has yet to be arrested. According to First Coast News, Trevius was hit by a car around 8:40 p.m. Sunday. A 19-year-old man later posted…
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Free Black Man Who Helped Slaves Escape Posthumously Pardoned
In 1847 Samuel Burris, a free black man, was caught trying to help slaves escape. He was sent to jail, and part of his sentence included a requirement that he be sold into slavery for seven years, but an anti-slavery association purchased him and set Burris free. One of Burris’ descendants, Ocea Thomas, received a…
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Gov. Chris Christie Wants to Stop Flights From NJ to Cuba Until Assata Shakur Is Extradited
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to ban flights from New Jersey to Cuba until Assata Shakur (formerly known as Joanne Chesimard), who was convicted in 1977 for the murder of a New Jersey state trooper and fled to Cuba in 1984, is returned to the United States. “It is unacceptable to me as governor…
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Muslim Boy Whose Homemade Clock Led to His Arrest Is Leaving the US
Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim boy who grabbed national headlines after he was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to his Irving, Texas, high school, will be moving to the Middle East to attend school. According to the Associated Press, Ahmed’s family has accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community…
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NYPD Officer Fatally Shot in East Harlem
A New York City police officer was fatally shot during a gunfight with a suspect in East Harlem Tuesday night. According to CNN, the officer, Randolph Holder, 33, was pursuing a suspect believed to be involved in a bike theft. Holder and other officers chased the suspect along a pedestrian overpass when the suspect opened…
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Former Escort Claims She Arranged Stripper Parties, Sex for Money to Woo Louisville Basketball Recruits: Report
The University of Louisville men’s basketball program has been rocked to its core by scathing allegations from a former escort who claims that she and several women, including two of her daughters, were paid to have sex with players and recruits considering attending the storied university. On Tuesday, several former Cardinals players told ESPN’s Outside…
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Fla. Church Musician Killed by Police After Car Breaks Down: Report
The family of a church drummer has been left searching for answers after a Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., police officer shot and killed the Florida man early Sunday morning. According to WPTV, Corey Jones, 31, was fatally shot by an on-duty plainclothes officer in an unmarked car around 3:15 a.m. Sunday. A police report viewed…
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Folks in a Rush to Get Their Money as Russell Simmons’ Prepaid Bank Card Stops Working
Looks like Russell Simmons has some explaining to do after scores of people took to Twitter and Facebook to voice their displeasure over the hip-hop mogul’s prepaid debit card, which they said had many locked out of their accounts and some showing zero balances. According to Time, the controversial prepaid RushCard debit card, which some…
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