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87-Year-Old Woman Sees ‘Slave Cabin’ in Which She Was Born at National African-American Museum
It was a cabin that housed people who were enslaved starting in 1853 on Edisto Island, S.C. In 2017 the restored structure sits in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, helping to tell the often overlooked and covered-up stories of our nation’s history. But to Isabell Meggett Lucas, 87, the cabin also…
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Calif. Cop Put on Leave After Throwing Jaywalker to Ground, Hitting Him in Face
A California resident was tossed to the ground by a police officer and then struck in the face multiple times by the officer … apparently for jaywalking. According to the Associated Press, authorities say the Sacramento officer was trying to stop the man he saw illegally crossing a street Monday afternoon. The officer got out…
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FBI Offers $25,000 Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Gunman Who Killed Chicago Judge
The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a gunman who shot and killed a Cook County judge outside his Chicago home early Monday morning. Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles, 66, was gunned down just before 5 a.m. in what has been described by authorities as a possible…
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Anti-Gay Ga. Pastor Found Guilty of All 8 Charges in Child-Molestation Case
What’s done in the dark will always come to light. On that note, a controversial, anti-gay Brunswick, Ga., pastor was found guilty on Monday on all eight charges in a child-molestation case. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour before returning with their verdict. As News4Jax reports, Ken Adkins was convicted on two counts of…
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Woman Accused of Driving Back and Forth Over Victim in Fatal Hit-and-Run
A Wisconsin woman who is facing charges after authorities say she hit a pedestrian with her vehicle before fleeing in a hit-and run crash drove back and forth several times over the victim in an attempt to dislodge her before being stopped by witnesses, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. Shaniece T. Davis, 28,…
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Controversial Video Shows Colo. Police Body-Slamming 22-Year-Old Woman
A nine-second video that went viral over the weekend shows a Fort Collins, Colo., police officer tossing a 22-year-old woman to the ground like a rag doll. According to The Coloradoan, police say the arrest technique was “relatively standard,” and that the woman had already assaulted the officer. The report indicates that officers were dispatched…
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Once Again, Judge Rules Texas Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminates Against Minorities
A federal judge ruled for the second time Monday that Texas’ stringent voter-ID laws were crafted with the intention of discriminating against minorities, a ruling that follows on the heels of another court finding evidence of racial gerrymandering in how Republican lawmakers drew the state’s election maps. As the Associated Press notes, U.S. District Judge…
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2 Killed in Possible Murder-Suicide at San Bernardino, Calif., Elementary School
Two people were killed and two others injured Monday in what authorities are calling a possible murder-suicide at an elementary school in San Bernardino, Calif. According to USA Today, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said that two adults were dead and that two students had been wounded and taken to the hospital. “We believe this to be…
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Dylann Roof Pleads Guilty to State Murder Charges
White supremacist Dylann Roof has pleaded guilty to state murder charges in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre of nine black worshippers; in doing so, he is forgoing a second death-penalty trial. As the Associated Press notes, the move now leaves Roof awaiting execution in federal prison and also spares his surviving victims and the families…
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Chicago Judge Shot, Killed Outside Home
An early-Monday-morning shooting in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood left a 66-year-old judge dead and a 52-year-old woman wounded. The gunman is still on the loose. According to DNAinfo Chicago, Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles was killed just before 5 a.m. outside his home. The news site reports that investigators believe that the killing may have…
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