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Missouri Boy Looking for Candy Finds Gun Instead, Accidentally Shoots and Kills 7-Year-Old Brother
The family of a 7-year-old St. Louis boy who was killed over the weekend believes that the boy’s younger brother found the gun and accidentally killed his sibling while looking for candy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that little Jermon Perry was shot in the head at his home around 2:15 p.m. Saturday. He was…
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‘Get Up! It’s Jesus’ Day!’ Mother Arrested After Allegedly Using Stun Gun to Wake Up Son for Easter Service
One Arizona teen received, quite literally, a shock after his mother allegedly woke him up for Easter church service using a stun gun. ABC News reports that Sharron Dobbins, 40, was arrested after she “contact-tased her teenage son in the leg” in order to wake him up, Phoenix police said. The overzealous mother unabashedly admits…
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South African Government to Hold National Funeral in Honor of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
The South African government has formally announced plans to honor Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the country’s most prominent anti-apartheid icons, with an official state funeral. Madikizela-Mandela will be laid to rest during a national funeral on April 14, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed, with a national memorial service to be held three days prior,…
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Woman Says She Was Attacked in Downtown Washington, DC, Restaurant for Supporting Donald Trump
A woman who decided to insert herself into a conversation at a downtown Washington, D.C., restaurant to voice her support of President Donald Trump was attacked by two women, the woman told police. According to NBC Washington 4, Metropolitan police are looking for the two women as persons of interests in a felony assault after…
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South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Dies at 81
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of South Africa’s most prominent anti-apartheid activists and the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, died Monday at the age of 81. According to eNCA.com, the Mandela family spokesperson, Victor Dlamini, said in a statement that Madikizela-Mandela died peacefully at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg surrounded by her family…
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Tennessee Store Clerk Charged With Murder in Shooting of Black Teen for Allegedly Stealing Beer
A Memphis, Tenn., store clerk is facing first-degree murder charges after authorities say he fatally shot a 17-year-old black boy he accused of stealing beer from the convenience store. WREG-TV reports that 28-year-old Anwar Ghazali, a clerk at Top Stop Shop, chased Dorian Harris after the teen allegedly stole a beer, shooting the teen from…
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Authorities Acknowledge That Car Crash That Killed Hart Family May Have Been Intentional
It’s been about a week since an SUV—believed to be carrying all eight members of a Washington state family—plummeted over a cliff in Mendocino County, Calif., and authorities are now apparently close to getting at least some answers about what happened to Devonte Hart and his family. It is now believed that the fatal incident…
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Ethan Couch, ‘Affluenza Teen’ Who Killed 4 While Driving Drunk, Set to Be Released From Jail
The infamous “affluenza teen,” who killed four people in Texas while driving drunk in 2013 when he was 16, is scheduled to be released from jail Monday, a few days before his 21st birthday, after serving nearly two years in prison. About five years ago, Ethan Couch’s case made national headlines after his lawyers bizarrely…
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Brother of Accused Parkland, Fla., High School Shooter Pleads Guilty to Trespassing at the School
Zachary Cruz, the brother of Parkland, Fla., school shooter Nikolas Cruz, pleaded guilty Thursday to trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the scene of his brother’s alleged horrific crime. Zachary Cruz pleaded no contest and will serve six months of probation, and he will be prohibited from having firearms or ammunition, the Palm Beach…
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For 1st Time Since Fatal Bombings Rocked Austin, Texas, Police Chief Finally Calls Serial Bomber a ‘Domestic Terrorist’
It has been eight days since the man behind a series of deadly bombings in Austin, Texas, killed himself in an explosion; about 10 days since authorities first referred to the killer as a “serial bomber”; 16 days since authorities confirmed suspicions about the connection between the occurring explosions; and 27 days since the first…
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