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Missing NJ College Student’s Death Ruled a Homicide
The death of a 20-year-old Montclair, N.J., college student whose parents reported her missing days before Thanksgiving has been ruled a homicide, according to NJ.com. Family members reported Butler, a freshman at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, N.J., missing Nov. 23. She was last seen the night before, and the car she was…
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#NoDAPL: Number of People at Resistance Camp Increasing Despite Evacuation Order
Groups of U.S. military veterans have already begun arriving at the protest against the Standing Rock oil pipeline to make good on their promise to act as “human shields” for the water protectors. Despite a mandatory evacuation order issued by North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple citing the harsh weather that has already arrived at the…
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District Attorney Says LAPD Officers Who Fatally Shot Homeless Man Were Justified
Three officers with the Los Angeles Police Department will not be charged in the videotaped fatal shooting of a homeless man last year. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office found that Sgt. Chand Syed, Officer Francisco Martinez and Officer Daniel Torres reasonably believed that Charly Leundeu Keunang posed a lethal threat during the March…
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#WalterScott: Lone Juror Appears to Be Holdout in Guilty Verdict
Updated, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, 2 p.m. EST: One juror in the Walter Scott murder trial apparently refuses to vote for a guilty verdict, thereby deadlocking the jury in the high-profile murder case. The juror, identified only as a 50-year-old male, told the judge Friday that he could not “with good conscience approve a guilty verdict” against…
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Suspected Pharmacy Burglars Nabbed for Stealing Cough Syrup With GPS Tracker
Two men suspected of a series of pharmacy burglaries this year were recently caught by police after allegedly stealing a bottle of cough syrup that had a GPS tracker inside it. Police in Tustin, Calif., had been trying to figure out who was behind a half-dozen pharmacy burglaries this year. Lt. Robert Wright of the…
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Jury Deadlocks in Trial of Officer Who Killed #WalterScott
The jury in the trial of Michael Slager, the police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, says it’s deadlocked after three days of deliberation, according to Reuters. In 2015, Slager pulled Scott over in North Charleston, S.C., and the encounter ended with Slager shooting Scott as a bystander recorded the incident. Scott died from five bullet…
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Atlanta Man Robbed and Sexually Assaulted After Being Set Up by Woman He Met on Snapchat
A woman named “Jasmine” allegedly robbed an Atlanta man she met on Snapchat, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Jasmine showed up at the victim’s home with another woman, and the victim let her in because the other woman claimed that she needed to use the bathroom. Apparently, what followed is that Jasmine opened the…
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Zaida Pugh, Cricket Prankster, to Volunteer With Youth Program
Zaida Pugh, 21, the Bronx, N.Y., woman who dropped live crickets in the New York City subway in August, told a court that she’s going to be volunteering with a youth program, according to the New York Daily News. She was charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for selling crickets and worms on a…
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President Obama Lights His Final White House Christmas Tree
It was all about the holidays at the White House Thursday night as the first family came together one last time to light the annual Christmas tree. President Barack Obama, along with first lady Michelle and daughter Sasha, braved the cold Washington, D.C., night and celebrated with a crowd of families who sparkled as the…