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Oldest Member of the Tuskegee Airmen Dies in Fla. at 101
The oldest surviving member of the historic Tuskegee Airmen, Willie N. Rogers, died Friday in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 101, the Tampa Bay Times reports. According to the report, Rogers died of complications from a stroke. Rogers was a member of the renowned all-black Tuskegee Airmen, with whom he…
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#NoDAPL: Unarmed Water Protectors Met With Violent Militarized Police Response
Water protectors who attempted to remove two broken-down military trucks from Highway 1806 in North Dakota on Sunday night were met with a militarized response from law enforcement that included the use of tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, concussion grenades, and more crowd-control munitions. Independent news site Unicorn Riot broadcast live Sunday night when…
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O'Hare Airport Employees to Strike Nov. 29 as Part of Fight for $15 Movement
Hundreds of workers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport have planned a strike for Nov. 29 to coincide with a Fight for $15 nationwide day of protest. The Chicago Tribune reports that Fight for $15 said Monday that it will not back down from activism in the face of Donald Trump’s presidential election and an incoming…
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At Least 6 Dead, 23 Injured in Elementary School Bus Crash in Chattanooga, Tenn.
At least six students are dead and 23 more have been injured after a school bus crashed in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Monday. WDEF reports that 35 students were on the bus from Woodmore Elementary school when it crashed. Parents in Hamilton County, Tenn., received the following text message from the school district: We just wanted…
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'The Uniform Was the Target': Manhunt Continues for Texas Man Who Fatally Shot Cop
San Antonio police are hunting for the gunman who fatally shot a detective Sunday while he was writing a traffic ticket. The man is described as being “extremely dangerous to the police and to the public,” ABC News reports. “We have pulled out all the stops. We have engaged our federal, our state partners and…
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Senior-Living Trap House: 65-Year-Old Arrested, Charged With Selling Cocaine
A 65-year-old Chicago woman was reportedly heavy in the streets. According to the Chicago Tribune, Audrea Sanders was arrested on charges of selling cocaine out of her senior-living apartment in Cook County public housing. Sanders was arrested last week and appeared in bond court Wednesday. The Golden Towers Senior Living Center resident was “charged with…
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Faulty $2 Drug Test Lands Military Couple in Jail for 2 Months
For two-and-a-half months, Gale Griffin and her husband, Wendell Harvey, a military couple with top security clearance, sat in an Arkansas jail after bags of baking soda tested positive for cocaine because of a faulty drug-test kit used by police. “I felt cut off from reality; it felt very strange—someplace that doesn’t feel like America…
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Congressman’s Grandson Killed in Chicago Over Sneakers
A U.S. congressman’s 15-year-old grandson was shot and tragically killed Friday night over a dispute over sneakers. Two teens are in custody and have been charged with the murder, ABC7 Chicago reports. Jovan Wilson, grandson of Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), was home with his three siblings (ages 16, 14 and 8) when two other teenagers…
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55-Year-Old Becomes Oldest College Football Player Ever
Age ain’t nothing but a number—even in the rough-and-tumble world of college football. On Saturday, with a 3-yard gain, a 55-year-old became the oldest walk-on running back ever to play Division I college football. South Carolina State running back Joe Thomas Sr., the 55-year-old father of Green Bay Packers linebacker Joe Thomas Jr., took the…
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2 Cops Kill 21-Year-Old Man in Brooklyn, NY
Another young person of color is dead after being shot by two New York City police officers Saturday. The New York Daily News reports that two police officers shot 21-year-old Erickson Gomez Brito after he allegedly attacked them with one of their own collapsible batons in a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project. The News reports that Officers Jennifer…