culture
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Leak? It Probably Means That Darren Wilson Won’t Be Charged In Michael Brown’s Death
When I read in last Friday’s New York Times that some of the testimony in the investigation of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson was leaked, I cringed and then uttered a few expletives because I knew something bad was coming soon. In my years of being a trial lawyer and legal analyst, I’ve seen…
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World Health Organization: Nigeria Is Now Ebola-Free
Ebola is no longer a threat in Nigeria, the World Health Organization announced Monday, with more than a month having passed without a new case, Reuters reports. “Nigeria is now free of Ebola,” World Health Organization representative Rui Gama Vaz told a news conference in the capital, Abuja, Reuters reported. “This is a spectacular success…
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Possible Serial Killer Linked to Bodies of 7 Women in Northwestern Indiana
Authorities have found the bodies of seven women throughout Hammond and Gary, Ind., that have been linked to a possible serial killer currently in police custody, Fox News reports. According to the report, 43-year-old Gary resident Darren Deon Vann gave police information about three other dead women after he was picked up for questioning in…
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Ferguson Protesters Battle St. Louis Rams Fans After Game
Ferguson protesters looking for justice in the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown clashed with St. Louis Rams fans outside the Edward Jones Dome Sunday evening after the Rams upset the visiting Seattle Seahawks. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, protesters were calling for the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson when several fans started chanting…
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Rwandan Children Kept Home From NJ Elementary School Amid Ebola Scare
Two children who recently moved from Rwanda to the United States are being kept home from school after parents at Howard R. Yocum Elementary School in Maple Shade Township, N.J., voiced concerns about a possible outbreak of Ebola, Fox 29 reports. Of course, Rwanda is an East African country that is located about 2,600 miles…
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Family: Amber Vinson, 2nd Nurse to Contract Ebola, Did Not Fly Recklessly
Amber Vinson did not knowingly endanger passengers during a Frontier Airlines flight, her family members insist, and they have hired a lawyer to help fight such allegations, the New York Daily News reports. “In no way was Amber careless prior to or after her exposure to Mr. Thomas Eric Duncan,” the family said in a…
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This Isn’t New—Venus and Serena Have Endured Nasty Insults Throughout Their Careers
Over the weekend, Russian tennis chief Shamil Tarpischev apologized for calling Venus and Serena Williams “the Williams brothers”—the least-funny insult in what for the Williamses has been a career filled with unfunny, sexist and racist insults for the sisterly titans of professional women’s tennis. Ever since they stepped onto the court in the mid-1990s, the Williams…
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Ga. Teen Files Lawsuit After Being Arrested at Gunpoint for Seat Belt Violation
Earlier this year, a police officer forced a Georgia teen on the ground at gunpoint in his parents’ driveway for a seat belt violation. Last week, attorneys for high school senior Montre Merritt announced a federal lawsuit alleging brutality, wrongful arrest and racial profiling. They are seeking $12.5 million from the city of Waycross and…
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Nigerian Parents Doubtful of Girls’ Release After ‘Truce’ Breached
Recent attacks in Nigeria after a reported ceasefire and negotiation was reached with Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the abduction of 200 schoolgirls from a northeastern-Nigerian village, have dashed the hopes of some parents who were hoping to see their daughters, who have been missing since April. According to Reuters,…
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How One Man Hopes to Diversify the Tech Industry Through His ‘Platform’
When you think “tech,” chances are you don’t think black people, you probably don’t think brown people and you surely don’t think women. This is a disturbing trend that Hank Williams, the founder of Platform, noticed about three years ago while he was living in the tech mecca of California’s Silicon Valley. “I was part…