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Jury Selection Postponed in Trial of Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof
Jury selection in the trial of accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof was postposed by a federal judge Monday, USA Today reports. According to the report, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel needed to privately hear a motion filed by Roof’s attorneys earlier that morning. The move came just moments after Roof entered the courtroom.…
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Denver Broncos Linebacker Brandon Marshall Ends Anthem Protest
Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, arguably the second-most-visible NFL protester aside from Colin Kaepernick, has decided to stand during the national anthem. Marshall explained on his Instagram account that while he won’t be kneeling during the national anthem, he won’t stop fighting for social and racial justice. For the 1st half of the season, I’ve…
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FBI Says There’s Nothing in Clinton’s Emails, but That Doesn’t Stop Trump
Remember those new emails found by the FBI while it was investigating someone not named Hillary Clinton? Remember how the FBI director broke a respected long-standing agreement between the federal agency and the Department of Justice not to leak information regarding an ongoing investigation? Now it turns out that emails found on a computer used…
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Homicides Up 55 Percent in Chicago This Year
Over the weekend, nine people were killed and 42 others were wounded in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. This is the second weekend in a row in Chicago during which more than 50 people were shot. The number of homicides so far this year is now 55 percent above the number at the same point last year.…
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Janet Reno, 1st Female US Attorney General, Dead at 78
Janet Reno, who during the Bill Clinton administration became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. Reno died early Monday morning surrounded by family and friends, her niece Daphne Webb told NBC News. Reno served nearly eight years as attorney general under President…
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LeBron James Wears T-Shirt and Helps a Small Business’s Sales Skyrocket
It was only the biggest game in baseball history; the cursed Chicago Cubs were playing the Cleveland Indians in a World Series Game 7, and LeBron James was making a small clothing company famous. The camera panned to show King James and his wife, Savannah, in the stands, cheering for Cleveland and wearing shirts that…
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Black Lives Matter Told 'N–gers Go Home' After Chicago Cops Fatally Shoot Black Man: Report
Hours after an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a young black man, Blue Lives Matter protesters clashed with Black Lives Matter activists near the scene of the shooting, DNAinfo Chicago reports. According to the report, after the shooting, Black Lives Matter activists went to check on the family of the man who was…
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Cops Arrest Ex-Boyfriend in Missing NYC Woman's Death
Authorities have arrested the ex-boyfriend of a missing Queens, N.Y., mother who was found fatally stabbed in her car, the New York City Police Department confirmed Friday, according to the New York Daily News. Qwantrell Gilliam, 41, is facing charges of murder, evidence tampering and criminal possession of a weapon in the case. Dayo Corley,…
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Police Track Down NJ Man Wanted in Connection With Newark Stabbing That Left 3 Dead
Authorities have tracked down a New Jersey man who was wanted in connection with a weekend knife attack in Newark, N.J., that left three dead, including two children, CBS News reports. Officials confirmed late Sunday night that they had found and were questioning Jeremy Arrington, 26, who had been identified as a “person of interest”…
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St. Louis-Area Cop Under Investigation for Gleefully Posing With Dead Body
A St. Louis mother is demanding answers after a local news station showed her a photo of a police officer giving a thumbs-up over her dead son’s body. Kim Staton learned that her 28-year-old son, Omar Raham, was found dead in his Pine Lawn, Mo., home Aug. 8. The medical examiner ruled Raham’s death an…