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Parents of 4-Year-Old Boy Who Fell Into Gorilla Habitat Are Under Media Scrutiny
The parents of the 4-year-old boy who fell 15 feet into a gorilla-exhibit moat at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, resulting in the death of the 17-year-old silverback gorilla Harambe, are now the subject of intense scrutiny on social and online media. Photos of the couple have been circulating online, and online publication the Daily…
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Bronx, NY, Man Charged With Fatally Beating Man Who Allegedly Tried to Rape His Wife
A New York City man has been arrested and charged after, police say, he fatally beat the man who allegedly tried to rape his wife inside their Bronx apartment, CBS New York reports. Mamadou Diallo, 61, is now facing charges of manslaughter. According to the report, police responded to emergency calls at the apartment building just…
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Arrest Made in the Fatal Shooting of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Aide Carey Gabay
Authorities have arrested a 24-year-old man, Micah Alleyne, for the shooting death of Carey Gabay, an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. Alleyne is now facing charges of murder, reckless endangerment and weapons possession in connection with the September 2015 gang shooting that resulted in Gabay’s death. “As…
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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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Calif. Father, Accused of Setting House Fire That Killed 5-Year-Old Son, Surrenders to Police
A California father who is accused of purposely setting fire to his house—and ultimately killing his 5-year-old son as a result—turned himself in to authorities Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Darrylone Shuemake Sr. reportedly called the Richmond, Calif., Police Department on Wednesday morning, telling them his location and adding that he wanted to surrender, Vallejo,…
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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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