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Miami-Dade Judge Recognizes Middle School Classmate in Her Courtroom, Meets Up With Him After His Release
Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer had a happy reunion with her former middle school classmate Arthur Booth as Booth walked free after serving a brief jail sentence, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, last summer it was Glazer who recognized Booth after he appeared before her in bond court on burglary charges. …
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Harriet Tubman to Be New Face of $20 Bill; MLK and Marian Anderson to Be Honored on Back of New $5 Bill
Harriet Tubman will be replacing President Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill, the Treasury Department confirmed Wednesday. But Tubman is not the only civil rights icon set to be honored on U.S. currency. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew said during a press call Wednesday that the $5 bill will also…
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Man Pleads Guilty to Making Terrorist Threat Against Black Mizzou Students
A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat on social media against black people at the University of Missouri after the university’s president was ousted because of complaints over his handling of racial abuse, Reuters reports. Hunter Park, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge Monday and is scheduled to be sentenced June…
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Texas Judge Orders ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch to Serve 720 Days in Jail
“Affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, who recently turned 19, has been ordered by a Texas judge to serve nearly two years—720 days—in a county jail, the Associated Press reports. Couch appeared in adult court Wednesday in Tarrant County and was ordered to serve four consecutive 180-day terms, one term for each of the four people killed…
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Panel Recommends Array of Changes at Texas Jail Where Sandra Bland Died
The Waller County, Texas, jail where Sandra Bland died in July is in serious need of an upgrade, according to a report issued Tuesday by a panel put together after Bland’s death, the Associated Press reports. The panel noted that the jail needs a new building, more expertise is needed among staffers in identifying mental-health…
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Mich. Family Wants Answers After Woman Dies Following Dental Visit [Updated]
This original post has been removed because the original source of the reporting has retracted the story.
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San Antonio School District Launches Investigation After Viral Video Shows School Cop Body-Slamming 12-Year-Old Girl
The San Antonio Independent School District has launched an investigation after viral video surfaced showing a school police officer tossing a 12-year-old to the ground, Fox San Antonio reports. In the incident, which took place March 29 at Rhodes Middle School, the sixth-grader, identified as Janissa Valdez, was picked up and slammed to the ground…
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DC Launches New Search for Relisha Rudd, Who Disappeared More Than 2 Years Ago With Janitor
Police in Washington, D.C., are continuing the search for Relisha Rudd, the young girl who disappeared more than two years ago with the janitor of a District homeless shelter, the Washington Post reports. The new search will be carried out on the grounds of the National Arboretum in Northeast D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy…
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Abdul Majid, Convicted of Killing NYPD Officer, Dies in Hospital After Transfer From Prison
Abdul Majid, convicted in the 1981 shooting of two New York City police officers that left one dead, died in a hospital over the weekend, officials confirmed Monday, the New York Daily News reports. A spokesperson for the Onondaga County, N.Y., Medical Examiner’s Office said that Majid, 65, died of natural causes—namely, acute cholecystitis, an inflammation…
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Prosecutors Seek to Compel 2nd Officer to Testify Against Colleague in Freddie Gray Case
Maryland prosecutors are hoping to compel a second officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray to testify against a colleague, according to a court filing made available Monday, Reuters reports. In the motion, filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court, prosecutors are asking a judge to make Police Officer Garrett Miller testify at the trial of…
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