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Texas Police Officer Caught on Camera Pepper-Spraying Handcuffed Man Inside Police Van
An Austin, Texas, police officer is being accused of using unnecessary force after activists captured him on camera pepper-spraying a handcuffed man inside a police wagon, Fox 7 reports. The Thursday-night incident was caught on camera by Peaceful Streets Project, a group that monitors police in Austin through video recording. The group is now demanding…
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Ind. Mom of 5 Gunned Down in Front of Her Home
An Indiana mother of five was fatally shot in front of her own home, with her children just inside, Fox 59 reports. Nerva Singleton of Indianapolis had reportedly been returning home when someone shot her on the front porch and drove away around 4 a.m. March 14. “For someone to just […] wait for her…
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Chicago Mom Outraged After Daughter, 6, Placed in Handcuffs for Taking Candy
A Chicago mom is furious after her daughter, an elementary school student, was reportedly handcuffed while at school. Marlena Wordlaw’s 6-year-old daughter, Madisyn Moore, was reportedly pulled out of class at Fernwood Elementary School for taking candy off a teacher’s desk. That was when her daughter was handcuffed and put under some stairs at the…
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Obama Welcomed in Cuba During 2-Day Historic Trip
President Barack Obama will have a busy two days in Cuba during his historic visit to the island nation as the first U.S. president in nearly 90 years to do so. The president, who landed in Havana Sunday with the rest of the first family, will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony Monday, followed by a…
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Ever Had a Dream but No Idea How to Make It Happen? Harriette Cole Wants to Help
Every entrepreneur has that one big dream that he or she hopes to accomplish and build from the ground up. However, for some, whether because of an unsupportive system or because they’re holding on to the crippling fear of failure, achieving that dream may seem near impossible, and so they bury it. Harriette Cole, “lifestylist,”…
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2 Ky. Juvenile-Detention Staffers Indicted on Misconduct in Death of Gynnya McMillen
Two Kentucky juvenile-detention-center employees have been indicted on an official-misconduct charge in the case involving the death of a teenage girl in January, a prosecutor confirmed Friday, the Associated Press reports. Reginald Windham and Victor Holt were both charged with a count of second-degree official misconduct as the result of a state police investigation into…
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Student at Exclusive Sidwell Friends School in DC Reports on Campus Rape by Ex-Boyfriend
A female high school student at the elite, private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., reported to police that she was raped on campus by an ex-boyfriend, D.C. police confirmed Friday, the Associated Press reports. The student told officers that the classmate forced her to have sex in the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday.…
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‘As Healthy and Beautiful as Ever’: Jahi McMath’s Family Posts New Photo of Teen Declared Brain-Dead 2 Years Ago
Jahi McMath, an Oakland, Calif., teen who was declared brain-dead in December 2013, is as “healthy and beautiful as ever,” according to a post by her mother, Nailah Winkfield, in a Facebook group updated with a new photo of Jahi. Her parents shared the photo of the now 15-year-old on Friday, the first update in…
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Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Is Charged With Murder
An off-duty Texas police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old and wounded another juvenile was arrested Wednesday for murder and aggravated assault, the Associated Press reports. Farmers Branch Police Officer Ken Johnson was taken into custody Wednesday night and was booked into the Dallas County Jail. The fatal shooting occurred Sunday at a gas…
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Gay Ga. Couple Severely Burned After Mother’s Boyfriend Throws Boiling Water on Them
A young Atlanta couple are recovering after a man severely burned them by throwing boiling water on them while they were in bed sleeping, WSB-TV reports. Blackwell, 48, is currently being held at Fulton County Jail; he is charged with two counts of aggravated battery. Tolbert, 21, and his boyfriend, Anthony Gooden, were seriously injured…
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