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La.’s ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill Signed Into Law
On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards officially signed into law the “Blue Lives Matter” bill, making the state the first in the nation to protect public safety workers under hate crime laws, the Washington Post reports. Hate crime laws usually bring additional penalties to those convicted of targeting victims on the basis of race,…
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Murder Suspect Leads Authorities to Mutilated, Partial Remains of US Air Force Vet Tricia Todd
Authorities are resuming the exhumation of the partial remains of U.S. Air Force veteran Tricia Todd on Friday after her former husband led them to the crime scene, CBS12 reports. Partial remains were exhumed Thursday night hours after Steven Williams, who is charged in the murder of his ex-wife, physically led them to where he…
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Classmates Pay for Teen’s Mom to Fly From Nigeria to Baltimore to Attend His Graduation
When Michael Tertsea was 14, he was offered the opportunity to get an education and play basketball at the John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md. To pursue his dreams, he left his village in Nigeria and his mother, the Washington Post reports. Four years later, the towering 6-foot-10 teen, who has received a full scholarship…
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2 Ohio Men Charged in Brutal Racist Beating That Left Black Man With Broken Eye Socket
Two Toledo, Ohio, men have been arrested after allegedly beating up a man because of his race, Cleveland.com reports. Charles Edward Butler, 33, and Robert Allen Paschalis, 25, both face charges of felonious assault, while Butler is also charged with ethnic intimidation. The men were arraigned Tuesday, with Butler being held on a $75,000 bond,…
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Tenn. Principal Wasn’t Having It After Someone Criticized Student Who Was Slain
Don’t come for Principal Alisha Coleman-Kiner’s students. Ever. Coleman-Kiner, the principal of Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tenn., made her feelings quite clear in sharing an email she received that questioned the school’s handling of the death of senior Myneisha Johnson, who was shot and killed a week before she would have graduated.…
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Mo. Father Accused of Fatally Shooting Infant Son Surrenders to Police
A St. Louis man who allegedly shot his infant son in the midst of a domestic dispute with his wife before taking off with two of his other children has turned himself in to the authorities, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Diata R. Crockett is expected to be charged in the death of his 8-month-old…
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White Idaho High School Football Players Charged in Brutal Sexual Assault of Black, Disabled Teammate
Three Dietrich, Idaho, teenagers have been charged with sexual assault in the brutal rape of their high school football teammate, the Washington Post reports. One teammate, under the guise of giving the victim—who reportedly has “mental disorders, including learning disabilities”—a hug, restrained the boy while another player allegedly thrust a coat hanger into his rectum,…
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Family of Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn Sues Tobacco Industry Over Star’s Cancer Death
The family of baseball star Tony Gwynn is blaming the tobacco industry for the death of the Hall of Famer, who succumbed to salivary gland cancer in 2014, and filed a lawsuit Monday in San Diego Superior Court, the Washington Post reports. The wrongful death suit names several defendants, including Altria Group Corp., the parent…
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Calif. Toddler Declared Brain-Dead Transferred to Unidentified Hospital Outside the US
A California 2-year-old whose family fought to keep him on life support after he was declared brain-dead has been transferred to another hospital, according to his family. The family’s GoFundMe page declared that Israel Stinson was transferred to an undisclosed hospital in another country over the weekend. “Israel Stinson was transferred out of Kaiser Permanente…
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Texas Girl, 12, Severely Injured by Rope Around Neck on School Trip
A Texas mother is furious that her 12-year-old daughter returned home from an overnight school trip with a severe rope burn around her neck, the Dallas Morning News reports, and has taken her child out of school. According to the report, the girl, who is black, attended the mostly white Live Oak Classical School, a…
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