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8-Year-Old Fla. Girl Dies After Dare to Drink Boiling Water
An 8-year-old Boynton Beach, Fla., girl is dead after injuries she suffered earlier this year from drinking boiling water through a straw as part of a sick dare. According to the Palm Beach Post, the little girl, identified as Ki’ari Pope, complained to her mother’s boyfriend late Sunday that she couldn’t breathe. Within minutes she…
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Pa. Man Threatens to Shoot Woman’s ‘Brains Out,’ Screams Racial Slurs During Road Rage Incident
A Pennsylvania is man is facing multiple charges after allegedly screaming racial slurs at a woman and threatening to “shoot her brains out” after what police describe as a road rage incident that took place in July along state Route 999. According to Manor Township police, Roger G. Chenault of Washington Boro is charged with…
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Md. Father Accused of Punching Infant Son to Death and Burying Body in the Woods Pleads Guilty
A Maryland father who was accused of fatally punching his infant son to death before burying the child’s body in the woods has pleaded guilty. According to the Washington Post, 33-year-old Antoine Petty was convicted of first-degree child abuse resulting in death in the killing of 2-month-old Antoine Flemons. Authorities said that Petty attacked the…
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Man Brutally Beaten on Dallas Train After Asking a Group of Passengers to Stop Smoking Weed
A man was brutally attacked by a group of fellow passengers on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train, apparently for simply asking the group to stop smoking weed on the train. The man, who has chosen to be identified only as “Kennan,” was left motionless, barely conscious, after the attack that started on a Green…
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Man Accused of Holding His Girlfriend and Her 2 Children Captive for at Least 2 Years Charged With Abduction
A man is facing multiple charges after police say he abducted his girlfriend and her two children and held them captive for at least two years in a Virginia home. According to Fox5, Kariem Ali Muhammad Moore is facing charges of abduction, felony assault and battery. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said that more charges…
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HIV-Positive Md. High School Track Coach Accused of Sexual Assault Is Indicted on 119 Counts, Could Face 1,500-Year Sentence
A former Maryland school aide and track coach was hit with a staggering 119-count indictment that could have him sentenced to over 1,500 years in prison if convicted, after being accused of sexually assaulting several male students while he was HIV-positive. According to Fox News, authorities accuse Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, of assaulting at least…
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Tenn. Deputies Repeatedly Used Taser on Teen Strapped in Restraint Chair: Lawsuit
Cheatham County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputies are at the center of a newly filed federal lawsuit that claims the officers used excessive force on an 18-year-old who was taken into custody late 2016. The lawsuit accuses deputies of using a Taser on Jordan Norris multiple times, leaving some 40 Taser burns on his body, even as…
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‘We Are Not Thugs’: Black Police Chiefs Respond to Trump’s Endorsement of Police Brutality
Not all police officers are here for President Donald Trump’s casual endorsement of police brutality when he encouraged officers to be rough with suspects in a speech Friday to officers on Long Island, N.Y. Days after Trump’s controversial comments (when aren’t they ever controversial?), leaders of a leading black policing group met with Attorney General…
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Legally Blind Black Woman Outraged After Being Ordered to Sit in the Back of a Ga. Church
A Georgia woman is outraged at the way the church that she’d hoped would be her new home treated her, all because of her service dog. “They just left me no choice. It was like, ‘Either you move to that back pew or you leave their church,’” Cynthia Coleman, 58, of College Park, told news…
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Texas Retiree Builds Sprawling 20,000-Square-Foot Estate for Himself, His Family and Even Some Friends
One Houston man is all about the family (and close friends), to the point where he took it upon himself to build a sprawling 20,000-square-foot estate for himself, his three sisters and their families. According to Fox 26 Houston, retiree Reggie Van Lee believes that most relatives don’t spend enough time together, and the estate…
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