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College-Bound 19-Year-Old Fatally Shot During Craigslist Transaction
A Florida 19-year-old who recently graduated from high school and had earned a scholarship to play college football in California was shot and killed last week during a Craigslist transaction. Brian Brown had graduated just two weeks ago from North Miami Beach Senior High School, where he was a standout on the football team, and…
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Judge Frees Terrorist-in-Training Because Whiteness Is a Helluva Alibi
Even though the man was a member of one of the most dangerous terror communities in the country; despite the fact that he knew how to make bombs; with the knowledge that he was in possession of bomb-making materials; even after he exhibited every single trait of what law-enforcement officers, Homeland Security experts and Army…
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Remembering the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy: 1 Year Later
One year ago June 12, I awoke to a flurry of text messages and missed calls from friends demanding that I turn on my television. It was a Sunday morning, and like many black gay men who reside in the nation’s capital, I was in hibernation, sleeping off one too many Jack and Cokes. When…
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‘We’ve Found Our Monster’: Fla. Sheriff Announces Arrest in Killing of 12-Year-Old Naomi Jones
Authorities arrested an ex-convict from Alabama on Thursday on charges relating to the kidnapping, killing and disposing of the body of a 12-year-old girl in Florida. According to CBS News, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan announced that 38-year-old Robert Letroy Howard had been detained in relation to the case. Morgan noted that Howard “frequented” the…
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Fla. Man Who Fatally Shot 5 Former Co-Workers Planned Attack, Authorities Say
A Florida gunman who was recently fired from his workplace planned out his attack on his former co-workers, singling out five employees and fatally shooting them in the head before killing himself, authorities say. The shooter, identified as 45-year-old John Robert Neumann, took his own life upon hearing the sound of approaching sirens Monday, according…
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Missing 12-Year-Old Fla. Girl Found Dead; Homicide Suspected
The massive search for a missing 12-year-old girl in Pensacola, Fla., has ended in tragedy. The body of Naomi Jones was found by fishermen in a creek just a few miles away from her home. According to the Pensacola News Journal, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan made the announcement around 5:30 p.m. Monday via Facebook Live.…
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Multiple People Dead After Monday-Morning Shooting at Orlando, Fla., Business
Updated Monday, June 5, 2017, 12:40 p.m. EDT: Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings identified the shooter as a “disgruntled employee” who had been fired from Fiamma Inc. in Orlando back in April. According to Time magazine, the 45-year-old gunman, whose identity has not yet been released, shot and killed himself after gunning down five employees—four…
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Get Your Life Together! Recent Fla. High School Grad Didn’t Miss a Day of School in 13 Years
You may be sad if you compare your slacker life with that of 17-year-old Victoria Jordan. The recent graduate from Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville, Fla., was honored along with two other classmates for making it through 13 years of school without missing a single day, reports People magazine. “They were kind of…
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Fla. High School Athlete Dead, 1 Severely Injured After Single-Car Accident on Prom Night
Another night of celebration unexpectedly ended in tragedy after one Deerfield Beach (Fla.) High School football player was killed and another seriously injured after a single-car accident on prom night. According to the Miami Herald, 19-year-old receiver Taletrius Bradley was killed and 17-year-old standout cornerback Demetrius Palmer was severely injured in the horrific crash over…
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Maybe Tiger Woods Wasn’t Drunk When He Was Found Asleep at the Wheel
Maybe Tiger Woods wasn’t plastered early Monday when he was found asleep in his 2015 Mercedes on the side of a Jupiter, Fla., road. Maybe he wasn’t lying when he told police that he wasn’t driving under the influence. Woods was arrested Monday and charged with a DUI after police found him knocked out behind…