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A West Baltimore group of girls allegedly beat and robbed a teenage girl just blocks away from a local mall where she planned to submit a job application. The victim’s mother, who didn’t want to be identified, told WJZ in Baltimore that the group that attacked her daughter is part of the “Sisterhood” gang. “They…

Volunteers resumed searching Saturday for 8-year-old Relisha Rudd, who went missing seven months ago after her mother entrusted her in the care of a janitor, who worked at the homeless shelter where the family lived in Washington, D.C. Four teams—including search-and-rescue workers from Maine, who arrived in the area Thursday to help out—scoured three areas…

Commissioner William Bratton of the New York City Police Department said Friday that a hatchet attack on four rookie cops a day earlier was an “act of terror” by a homegrown radical, according to the Associated Press. The man, Zale Thompson, 32, was shot and killed Thursday when he reportedly attacked a group of rookie…

A Los Angeles police officer is under fire amid allegations that he kicked and beat a man who was being held down by other officers, sources close to the investigation told the Los Angeles Times. Four officers involved in the arrest and a sergeant who arrived on the scene have been relieved of duty with…

Some may call it an accident, but by most accounts, Kenneth J. Stokes of Norwood, Mass., is a lucky man. He won $546,000 in the Massachusetts State Lottery this week after his number came up twice, according to ABC’s Good Morning America. This is what happened: He is a lottery season ticket holder in the…

After the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in New York City, state officials in New York and New Jersey announced a screening system on Friday that is stricter than federal guidelines for those entering the United States from some West African nations. Medical personnel and others coming from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia after…

First Justin Simien’s new film, Dear White People, made the film festival rounds. Then it won big at Sundance. And if you happen to live in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. or Atlanta, you got a chance to see the film last week in theaters. Now, finally, the film is screening nationwide—it opens around…