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Convicted Md. Inmate Found Dead in Steam-Filled Cell
Maryland officials are looking into the death of an inmate who was found dead in a cell mysteriously filled with steam. According to the Daily Mail, Louis Stanley Leysath III was found dead on Friday in his cell at the Jessup Correctional Institution. He was reportedly serving a life sentence after his conviction for strangling…
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Maya Angelou Honored With Forever Stamp
Renowned poet Maya Angelou is next to be honored by the U.S. Postal Service: She will be featured on her own Forever Stamp, according to a press release. Details about the stamp—including a preview, as well as the date and location of the first-day-of-issuance ceremony—will be announced at a later date. “Maya Angelou inspired our…
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A Filmmaker’s Quest to Tell Unknown Slugger Pete Hill’s Story
Pete Hill. He’s a largely unsung hero in the baseball world, even as a Hall of Famer who played the majority of his career in the pre-Negro Leagues era for legendary teams such as the Pittsburgh Keystones, Cuban X Giants and Chicago American Giants; and yet most people have never heard of him. According to…
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Parents of Abused Detroit Boy Found in Basement Are Charged With Torture
The parents of Charlie Bothuell V, the 12-year-old Detroit boy who was reported missing and was found in his basement last year, are facing charges of torture as well as second-degree child abuse for alleged abuse of Charlie, NBC News reports. Charles Bothuell IV, his father, and Monique Dillard-Bothuell, his stepmother, could face up to…
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Elementary School Adviser Charged With Aggravated Battery After Teacher Is Slammed to the Floor
An elementary school adviser was arrested and charged with aggravated battery after, police say, he picked up and threw a female special-education teacher to the floor during a pickup-basketball game, the Smoking Gun reports. The two-on-two game Tuesday, which was captured on surveillance camera inside Florida’s Holly Hill School gymnasium, allegedly turned sour when 27-year-old…
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Vanilla Ice Arrested on Suspicion of Burglary and Grand Theft
Robert Van Winkle—probably better known as Vanilla Ice—had to bail himself out of a Florida jail on Wednesday night after he was arrested on suspicion of felony home burglary and grand theft, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 47-year-old rapper, who posted bail of $6,000, told local news stations that it was “a misunderstanding” as…
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Convicted Craigslist Murderers Sentenced to Life in Prison
Two young men responsible for the 2013 death of a Florida man who was interested in what turned out to be a fake Craigslist ad for an iPhone sale were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday without the possibility of parole, WXIA-TV reports. Malik Rice, 19, was sentenced to life without parole plus 55…
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Tenn. Mom Charged for Allegedly Punching her Son Because He Was ‘Too Gay’
A Tennessee woman is facing charges of domestic assault after allegedly hitting her son for being “too feminine and too gay,” WMC reports. Jacqueline Alexander allegedly punched her son in the face around 11 p.m. on Tuesday after accusing him of being effeminate. “No, that’s not right. I mean that’s her flesh and blood, her…
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Wrongly Convicted Man Sues New York City
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who was wrongly convicted in a 1989 murder is taking the final steps toward justice, suing New York City and a number of police officers for civil rights violations in a federal lawsuit, the New York Post reports. Derrick Deacon, now 58, is adding the lawsuit against the city to his…
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LBJ’s Condolence Letter to Coretta Scott King to Be Auctioned
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s April 5, 1968, letter of condolence to the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., dated the day after King was assassinated, has been a highly controversial document at the center of a legal battle, and now it is up for auction, the Washington Post reports. In the historic letter, Johnson expresses…
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