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  • Sketch Released of Man Who Reportedly Attacked 11-Year-Old Boy in NYC

    A man violently pulled an 11-year-old boy between two cars on a moving subway train in New York City, the New York Daily News reports. The boy told police that he saw two men play-fighting in his subway car when one of them asked him if he wanted to join. After he refused, the man…

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  • NYC Anti-Violence Activist Shot Dead in Fla.

    Lavon Walker, 30, an anti-violence activist, died at a hospital after being shot Sunday on a street corner in Miami Beach, CBS News reports. The incident took place near the popular Miami Beach street Ocean Drive right before 7 a.m. Three suspects were seen in a surveillance video speeding away from the scene of the shooting…

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  • Ken Thompson, Brooklyn, NY’s 1st Black District Attorney, Dies at Age 50

    Brooklyn, N.Y., District Attorney Ken Thompson died Sunday after a battle with cancer, his family announced, NBC New York reports. He was 50 years old. In a statement released Tuesday, Thompson had announced a leave of absence in order to fight his cancer, not specifying what type of cancer he had or any time frame…

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  • The Man Behind the Viral Letter to His White Neighbors Speaks Out

    On Thursday a Harlem-based resident, Richard Brookshire, 29, became an internet hero when he delivered the clapback to a pair of neighbors who complained that he was too loud in his own apartment. An excerpt: This letter serves a formal response to a note left by you expressing, in no uncertain terms, your intent to…

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  • Police Search for 15-Year-Old Mom and Infant Son Who Vanished From NYC Group Home

    Early Wednesday morning, Shantay Howington, 15, and her 2-month-old son, Demontae, vanished from a Brooklyn, N.Y., group home, the New York Daily News reports. Police say that mother and son were last seen around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday at the group home in the New York City borough’s Crown Heights neighborhood. Authorities say the mother has…

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  • NYC Couple Slashes Man on Subway Platform

    A 21-year-old man was slashed in the head, chest and hands after getting into an argument with a man and woman inside the Prospect Park subway station in Brooklyn, N.Y., the New York Daily News reports. According to officials, the 21-year-old victim was attacked around 5:15 a.m. Sunday when the man punched him in the face, and…

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  • Watch This Ball Boy Make Perfect 1-Handed, OBJ-Style Catch

    While Odell Beckham Jr. was having a mediocre Monday night by Odell Beckham Jr. standards, the ball boy for the Minnesota Vikings was busy stealing all the social media views. Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford was scrambling out of the pocket when he attempted to throw the ball out of bounds. He did, and the ball…

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  • NYC Subway Conductor Talks Down Suicidal Woman on Train Platform

    Gabriella Georgescu, 43, was standing close to the busy train platform’s edge in New York City, holding on to her 9-year-old child, when subway conductor Warren Cox came to the rescue, the New York Daily News reports. Georgescu was reportedly talking about killing herself at the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue station in Manhattan when nearby subway…

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  • NYC Cops Search for Man Seen With Woman Hours Before She Was Killed

    Jennifer Cohen, 35, was found beaten to death in a Brooklyn, N.Y., skate park around 9:10 a.m. Thursday, the New York Daily News reports. Cohen had multiple lacerations to her head. A man was seen on video walking with her a couple of hours before she was killed, authorities said. The two were seen walking…

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  • NY Investigating Death of 6-Year-Old Who Was Covered in Bruises 

    New York state officials are investigating the death of Zymere Perkins, the Harlem 6-year-old who died in the hospital earlier this week after being rushed there covered in bruises, the New York Post reports. Investigators will be looking into whether or not there was any wrongdoing in child protective services’ handling of the child’s case.…

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