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San Antonio Suspect Apologizes for Fatal Police Shooting
Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, the suspect in the fatal shooting Sunday afternoon of Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, apologized to Marconi’s family after his arrest, CNN reports. When asked by police on Monday why he was upset, McKane said, “Society not allowing me to see my son. I lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it. I’ve…
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Ex-NBA Star Dennis Rodman Faces Jail Time in Hit-and-Run
Former NBA wild man and five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman is in hot water after police say he was driving on the wrong side of the freeway, caused an accident and then drove off. According to a CNN report, in June, Rodman entered a Santa Ana, Calif., freeway, headed the wrong way. A driver was…
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Tenn. School Bus Driver Charged in Horrific Crash That Killed at Least 5 Children
The Chattanooga, Tenn., school bus driver involved in a fatal crash that killed at least five children has been arrested and is currently facing multiple charges in the incident, the Times Free Press reports. Johnthony Walker, 24, was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving, Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher…
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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…