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Detroit Mom Who Killed Children and Put Their Bodies in the Freezer Sentenced to Life
Mitchelle Blair, the Detroit woman who killed two of her four children and stuffed their bodies in the freezer, was sentenced to life in prison Friday and told the judge, “I don’t regret none of this. … I don’t feel no remorse for the death of them demons.” According to the New York Daily News,…
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Gunman Opens Fire in Tenn.: 4 Marines Dead, 3 Other People Injured
On Thursday a man driving a rented silver Ford Mustang convertible pulled up to a military recruitment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., and fired several shots. He then drove some seven miles to the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and opened fire again, this time killing four Marines. Three people, including a…
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Obama Becomes 1st Sitting President to Visit Prison; Pushes Reform
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 46 people serving lengthy jail terms for nonviolent drug offenses. On Thursday, Obama continued his commitment to prison reform when he became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. According to the Associated Press, Obama visited with staff and inmates at the…
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Sandra Bland May Have Suffered From Depression, PTSD
Sandra Bland used Facebook as a diary of sorts. She would post stream of consciousness videos on a variety of topics, from going natural with her hair to the Black Lives Matter movement. She called the videos “Sandy Speaks.” She called her viewers “kings and queens.” Some five months before she would be found dead…
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Mayor in Wash. State Calls Michelle Obama ‘Gorilla Face,’ Refuses to Step Down: Report
The mayor of a city in Spokane County, Wash., reportedly took to his private Facebook account to make racist comments about both the president and first lady, and now county officials and residents are calling for him to step down. According to KXLY, Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing allegedly posted a comment on his Facebook…
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Sandra Bland Drove to Texas to Start a New Job, so How Did She End Up Dead in Jail?
On July 9, 28-year-old Sandra Bland of Naperville, Ill., drove to Texas to start a new job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M. On July 10, police stopped Bland just outside the campus for allegedly failing to signal while changing lanes. Police claim that during the stop she became combative, was thrown to the ground,…
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Brittney Griner’s Ex Wants $20,000 a Month in Spousal Support
The love story between WNBA players Glory Johnson and Brittney Griner has involved a short-lived courtship, a domestic violence assault, a marriage, allegations of an undisclosed in vitro fertilization pregnancy, Griner’s filing for an annulment and, now, Johnson’s request for spousal support and attorney fees—all in less than a year. According to ESPN, Johnson wants “$20,000…
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90-Year-Old WWII Vet Who Wanted to Stay in His Home Is Evicted on Stretcher
The story of Johnnie H. Hodges, a 90-year-old Navy veteran of World War II, and the home that he lived in for some 60 years is chock-full of sadness and missed chances. Hodges lived in his Buffalo, N.Y., home with his wife for decades. About four years ago, Hodges spent most of his income caring…
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Obama Grants Clemency to 46 Men and Women Serving Unjust Prison Sentences
On Monday, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 men and women, almost all of whom were serving lengthy sentences for drug crimes. “Nearly all of these individuals would have already served their time and returned to society if they were convicted of the exact same crime today,” the White House wrote on the…
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Texas Pizza Worker Takes Smoke Break and Saves Kidnapped Child
On July 9 Courtney Best, 26, stepped outside the Papa Murphy’s pizza in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she works, for a quick cigarette. Instead of her normal routine of going out back for a smoke, on this day she stepped out front, and the move may have saved a child’s life. “I stepped outside, I…
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