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Violent Power Struggle in South Sudan Postpones Elections
South Sudan has postponed its upcoming elections this summer amid a violent power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, Reuters reports. June elections have been postponed, and officials plan to ask Parliament to extend Kiir’s term through 2017, the report says. Against the backdrop of the infighting, thousands have been…
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Ex-Chicago Officer Accused of Torturing Black Men Is Released From Prison
A former Chicago police commander who was accused of burning and beating more than 100 black men into making false confessions has been released from federal prison after spending less than four years behind bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. Jon Burge was transferred to a Florida halfway house Thursday, the report says. Burge and the…
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Ohio Man Accused of Fatally Shooting 3 in Barbershop Is Arrested
An Ohio man suspected of fatally shooting three people and injuring three others at a Cleveland barbershop was arrested Friday, the Associated Press reports. Acting on a tip, police arrested Douglas Shine Jr. without incident after surrounding his home, Warrensville Heights Police Chief Wesley Haynes tells AP. “Everybody is relieved that this individual is off the…
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Police Identify 7 Victims of Alleged Indiana Serial Killer
The identities of seven homicide victims linked to a suspected Indiana serial killer have been confirmed following the fall arrest and alleged confession of a 43-year-old man, the Chicago Tribune reports. Darren Vann was arrested Oct. 18 after police in Hammond, Ind., discovered the body of 19-year-old Afrikka Hardy in a hotel room, the report…
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Chicago Mayor to Award Championship Rings to Disqualified Little League Team
The week has been a roller-coaster ride for members of the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team, the first all-black team to win the U.S. championship. First the players were stripped of the title they won last summer because team officials were found to have violated a rule setting geographic boundaries within which teams…
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Ga. Sheriff’s Deputy Fired After Allegedly Handcuffing Child to Pole and Beating Him
A sheriff’s deputy from Richmond County, Ga., is facing felony charges of false imprisonment and cruelty to children in the first degree after he allegedly handcuffed a 12-year-old to a basketball post and beat him, WRDW reports. Deputy Alton Walker, who has since been fired, reportedly went to a friend’s house to discipline an “unruly”…
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Report: Haitian Teen Hanged in Dominican Republic Public Square
A 19-year-old Haitian was reportedly beaten and hanged in a public square in Santiago, Dominican Republic, the Haiti Sentinel reports. The victim, identified only as “Tulile,” was hanged in the square of Ercilia Pepin, his hands and feet tied up, near the María José Cabral and Baez hospital, where he reportedly worked shining shoes. According…
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Ray Rice Apologizes for ‘Horrible Mistake’ in ‘Dear Baltimore’ Letter
Ray Rice has issued an apology via a statement to the city of Baltimore for the domestic violence scandal he became entrenched in that prompted a nationwide discussion about domestic assault, the New York Post reports. It’s been almost a year since Rice was arrested for assaulting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in the elevator of…
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Watch: Ala. Officer Charged With Assault After Partially Paralyzing Indian Man
An officer from the Madison Police Department in Alabama has been recommended for termination after making a stop that left a 57-year-old Indian citizen partially paralyzed, WHNT 19 reports. Madison Police Officer Eric Parker has been charged with third-degree assault in the incident, with Police Chief Larry Muncey declaring that Parker’s actions did not meet…
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NC Mother of 4, Who Had to Quit Working to Care for Children, Hits Powerball
“Everything is all for them,” Marie Holmes, a 26-year-old Shallotte, N.C., mother of four, told WPXI, regarding her becoming an instant millionaire as one of three winners with all the numbers in Wednesday’s $564 million Powerball drawing. “All the struggle that I ever went through, it was all for them,” said Holmes, whose winnings, before taxes,…