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Milwaukee Bus Driver Helps 15-Year-Old Girl Escape Man Following Her
Heroes don’t always wear capes. Sometimes they’re in bus driver uniforms. A Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver is being recognized after she helped a 15-year-old girl escape a man who was harassing and following her and even tried to pull her into his car, TMJ4 reports. Sharon Chambers was driving her route earlier this week…
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Cavs Defeat Warriors 115-101
The Cleveland Cavaliers took the win against the Golden State Warriors Thursday, becoming the third team ever to force a Game 7 after trailing behind with a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Times reports. The stakes are higher than ever now for the 8 p.m. ET Sunday game that will be held…
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Mother Emanuel Holds Services of Remembrance, a Year After Mass Shooting at the Church
Exactly a year ago, the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., was left reeling after a horrific mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine victims, including church pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Today, Friday, the church is remembering those parishioners, embracing the community with a message of love, as it remember those…
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Orlando, Fla., Shooter Texted Wife During Rampage: Report
As he killed dozens of innocent victims, Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooter Omar Mateen began texting his wife, asking if she had seen the news, CNN reports. According to the report, at around 4 a.m. Sunday, two hours into his rampage, Mateen started messaging his wife. At one point, Salman responded, saying that she loved him,…
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Man Who Threatened Black Mizzou Students Sentenced to Probation
A white Missouri man who threatened black Mizzou students on social media after the University of Missouri’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned amid protests over his mishandling of racial abuse has been sentenced to probation, Reuters reports. Boone County Circuit Judge Kevin Crane sentenced 20-year-old Hunter Park to five years’ probation for the threats he made in…
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Final Okla. Teen Sentenced in Murder of Australian Student
The final Oklahoma teenager involved in the 2013 shooting death of an Australian student has been sentenced, CBS News reports. James Edwards Jr., now 18, was the last of four teens to be sentenced in the murder of 22-year-old Christopher Lane, who was shot to death while jogging in Duncan, Okla. Lane was in the…
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Kenyan Court Rules That Anal Exams Used to Test Sexual Orientation Are Legal
A Kenyan court ruled Thursday that using anal examinations to determine someone’s sexual orientation is legal, despite protests against the “degrading treatment,” USA Today reports. “I find no violation of human dignity, right to privacy and right to freedom of the petitioners,” Mombasa High Court Judge Matthew Emukule ruled, according to the site. The decision comes…
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President Obama to Travel to Orlando, Fla., to Meet With Families of Mass-Shooting Victims
President Barack Obama will be spending most of Thursday afternoon in Orlando, Fla., meeting with the families of the victims of the horrific mass shooting that occurred over the weekend at a gay nightclub. According to the White House, both the president and Vice President Joe Biden will “meet with families of victims of the…
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Body of 2-Year-Old Boy Dragged Away by Alligator at Disney World Resort Is Recovered
On Wednesday afternoon, authorities recovered what they believe is the body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was dragged away by an alligator the night before, ABC 7 reports. The body was recovered, completely intact, by a dive team around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, a little less than two hours after it was first located. The…
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Man Charged With Murder in 2006 Killing of NYC High School Student
The family of a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school student who went missing on Father’s Day in 2006 before her body tragically turned up days later may be one step closer to closure after authorities revealed that, a decade later, a man has been indicted in the case, the New York Times reports. Chanel Petro-Nixon, then…
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