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Watch: St. Louis County Police Chief Apologizes to Man Mistakenly Arrested and Beaten
A St. Louis County, Mo., police chief has apologized to a 22-year-old student who was brutally beaten by police officers who were pursuing another man, according to Raw Story, citing a report at KMOV Channel 4. The incident began Thursday while officers were pursuing a suspect named Anton Simmons on Interstate 70 outside St. Louis.…
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Chicago Teen Charged With Mom’s Murder in Indonesia Can Use $1,560,000 Trust Fund to Pay Lawyers
Cook County Judge Neil Cohen ruled Friday that Heather Mack, 19, can access a $1.56 million trust fund to hire a defense attorney as she fights charges in Indonesia that she assisted in the premeditated murder of her mother, the Chicago Tribune reports. Three months before Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s violent death while vacationing on the…
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Video May Hold Clues to Death of NJ Man Found in Car Trunk
Police investigators are hoping to question an unidentified man last seen wearing a blue coat with a fur-lined hood who was caught on surveillance video leaving the luxury vehicle of a slain 24-year-old New Jersey man, according to the New York Daily News. Video shows the man leaving the car of the victim, Jordan Johnson,…
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Bill Cosby Has Jokes for Colorado
Despite protests planned over a spate of sexual assault allegations against him, beleaguered comedian Bill Cosby plans to perform Saturday on a Denver stage, one day after a successful turn at another Colorado venue, the Associated Press reports. Cosby, 77, has two shows scheduled in Denver, where protesters are expected outside the downtown venue, the…
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Oscars President Answers Hollywood Diversity Criticism
The first black president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday denied that Hollywood has a diversity problem, describing the dearth of color among nominees as happenstance, the Associated Press reports. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, responding for the first time to the controversy, told the news outlet that the all-white acting slate…
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Md. Woman Pleads Guilty in Exorcism Murder of 2 Toddlers
A Maryland woman has pleaded guilty to, but will not be held criminally responsible for, the murders of her best friend’s two toddlers last January during what she believed was an exorcism, WUSA reports. Monifa Sanford suffered from mental illness, leading her to hallucinate and hear voices, one of which she believed to be Satan.…
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This Time, Let's Not Stop Talking About Boko Haram
One of my duties for EBONY is to decide which of the day’s news stories will be published on the site. There’s only space for 10, so after sifting through the dozens of articles that populate my Facebook and Twitter feeds every morning and searching a dozen or so different news sites (The Washington Post,…
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Model Prisoner: Handsome Inmate’s Mug Shot Goes Viral
A Northern California man arrested during a police gang sweep was all the rage on social media Thursday after his mug shot was posted to the Stockton Police Department’s Facebook Page. “How much is his bail?” wrote one woman on the photo’s Facebook comments. “Probation/parole at my house,” wrote another. Jeremy Meeks, 30, was taken…