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Prominent North Texas Pastor, Wife Found Dead in Suspicious House Fire
Pastor Eugene Keahey has been identified as one of the victims who died Thursday in a house fire that officials believed was set intentionally. Dallas News reports that while his wife and one of his daughters lost their lives as well, another one of his daughters is currently hospitalized and is being treated for injuries…
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A Man Died in a Trump Tower Fire and the Trump Organization Still Wants Their Money
Should you perish in a fire in a Trump-owned property, the Trump organization still expects to get paid. Six months ago, Todd Brassner, a famed art collector who used to kick it with Andy Warhol in the ’70s, perished after an electrical fire inside his 50th-floor apartment in Trump Tower. Now, the residential board is…
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Renowned Poet and Activist Eccentrich Richardson Rebuilds After Heartbreaking Loss
A black woman is a church. She is as much a refuge as the churches that provided escapees sanctuary on the Underground Railroad. Like any house of worship, she is the pillar of her community. Countless prayers have come from inside her. Even those of us who are not religious—we all know a church. We…
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NC Teen Dubbed Hero by Firefighters After Running Into Burning Home to Rescue 7-Month-Old Cousin
Not all heroes wear capes. In fact, some heroes are only high school students wearing basketball shorts and sneakers. His attire didn’t stop 17-year-old L.J. Gray of Kinston, N.C., from running into a burning home to save his 7-month-old cousin. “As a firefighter, we’re trained with all of the protective equipment that we have—the bunker…
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GoFundMe Campaign for Burned Texas Mosque Raises More Than $800,000
A South Texas mosque is receiving an outpouring of love and support after the building was burned down in a weekend fire, WFAA reports. According to the report, the fire started early Saturday morning at the Islamic Center of Victoria in Victoria, Texas. However, members of the mosque are urging people not to rush to…
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La. Man Lights Wife on Fire After Spraying Hair Spray on Her: Report
John Emmett Harleaux, 28, of Baton Rouge, La., was arrested after allegedly lighting his wife on fire during an argument, CBS News reports. He was arrested Tuesday on a felony count of domestic abuse by burning. According to CBS News, during an argument in September, Harleaux began spraying his wife with flammable hair spray. He then…
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Report: Pregnant Memphis, Tenn., Woman Pepper-Sprayed by Security Guard
A pregnant Memphis, Tenn., woman says she was pepper-sprayed and thrown to the ground by an apartment-complex security guard. According to Fox 13 Memphis, the woman, Camri Denton, who says she is two to three months pregnant, and her family were helping their mom, whose Bent Tree apartment had caught fire. Denton told the news station…
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7th Child Victim of Memphis, Tenn., House Fire to Be Allowed to Die
The only survivor of a horrific house fire in Memphis, Tenn., will be taken off life support and allowed to die after doctors harvest his organs Wednesday, the boy’s father said, according to the Commercial Appeal. The father of little Cameron Hollingsworth, Ernest Jett Jr., said that it was decided that Cameron’s organs would be donated…
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9 Dead, Including 5 Children, After Horrific Memphis House Fire
Nine people died in a Monday-morning house fire that fire officials are calling Memphis, Tenn.’s deadliest fire in almost a century, the (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reports. According to the report, Memphis Fire Director Gina Sweat said that one child pulled from the home is still struggling to survive. Fire officials said that 10 people were in…
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Fire 'Intentionally Set' at Fla. Mosque Where Orlando Shooter Worshipped: Authorities
Investigators have ruled as arson a fire that started early Monday at the Florida mosque where Orlando, Fla., shooter Omar Mateen worshipped, the Sun Sentinel reports. “Evidence has revealed that this fire was set intentionally,” St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Maj. David Thompson told reporters. Authorities responded to a 911 call about the fire at the…