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Obama Starts 4-Country European Trip With Russia as the Main Topic
President Obama will be touring some of Europe this week and handling one of the more delicate diplomatic dilemmas of his presidency as he tries to convince America’s allies to stand up to Russia, New York’s Daily News reports. The long-planned trip starts on Monday in the Netherlands, and with Russia’s recent takeover of Crimea, the…
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Girl, 14, Dies in Phoenix Fire Police Say Could Have Been Set Intentionally
A Sunday-morning fire at an apartment building in Phoenix has killed a 14-year-old girl and left her mother and three siblings in critical condition, the Associated Press reports. Firefighters were dealing with an early-morning blaze in a second-floor unit of a west Phoenix apartment building when five people were found unconscious. “What [one firefighter] found…
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Study: Violent Video Games with Black Characters Fuel Racism
You start your favorite video game, go to character select, pick a black avatar—be it a fighter or gangster—and start playing. As a white person, what effect, if any, does this have on you? According to a new study, the effect is significant: White players who adopt black characters are more likely to exhibit aggression…
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Officials Investigating Reported Confession in Kendrick Johnson Case
A communications company has been ordered to release Internet records after an anonymous email was sent to investigators declaring that an ex-schoolmate had confessed to killing Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson, CNN reports. According to the news network—which managed to obtain the e-mail and the subpoena—the email was from Jan. 27, with the sender claiming that…
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Former Police Captain Released for 2nd Time in Ex-Wife’s Murder Case
He had already spent nearly 15 years in prison for the killing of his ex-wife, but somehow on Thursday morning former Akron, Ohio officer Douglas Prade found himself in custody once again while at a morning hearing, the Associated Press reports. An appeals court had found the judge who freed him based on DNA testing—showing…
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Body Too Toned for Planet Fitness?
Tiffany Austin was just hoping to get back into shape after a car accident and, like so many others, went to her local Richmond, Calif., Planet Fitness in hopes of working it out … only to be told by an employee that she was “intimidating” others, according to KTVU. That’s right. Austin was allegedly told…
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Obama Shifts Focus to Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane
In his first public comments since the as-yet-unexplained vanishing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, President Barack Obama is pledging that the jetliner is among America’s top priorities, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Obama said Wednesday that all available U.S. resources, including the FBI, the National Transportation Safety Board and other offices that…
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Mentally Ill Former Marine ‘Baked to Death’ in Rikers Island Jail Cell
It was a cold February night, and Jerome Murdough had huddled inside an enclosed stairwell on the roof of a Harlem public housing project to get warm when he was arrested for trespassing. While in custody at New York City’s Rikers Island jail, he was found dead in his cell, and officials are now claiming…
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Chicago Man Confesses to Killing Girlfriend’s 1-Year-Old Daughter
A Chicago man has been charged with murder after confessing to beating his girlfriend’s 19-month-old daughter to death on Sunday, New York’s Daily News reports. According to authorities, who confirmed that the confession that was made on Wednesday, 23-year-old James Harris said he had beaten Amierah Roberson to death in his home, where she was left…
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Oprah to Headline at Virginia Democrat’s Fundraiser
All other Virginia Democrat campaigns, move aside: Oprah Winfrey is raising funds for Lavern Chatman, who is hoping to replace retiring Rep. Jim Moran, also a Democrat, New York’s Daily News reports. The talk-show icon will be the headliner at an April 5 fundraiser in Arlington. Chatman, former president of the Northern Virginia Urban League, says…
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