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NYC Man Shoots BB Rifle From Roof of Building, Hitting 10-Year-Old in Classroom
Anfernee Olivo, 19, shot a BB rifle from the rooftop of his Bronx, N.Y., apartment Wednesday afternoon, striking a 10-year-old girl who was sitting in her classroom at the school next door, the New York Daily News reports. Lia Urena, 10, was hit in the forearm while sitting in her classroom on the fifth floor of…
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Things Got Really Weird After Derrick Rose's Rape Trial
Shortly after a Los Angeles jury found Derrick Rose and two friends not liable for the rape of a California woman, things got strange. Before leaving the courtroom Wednesday, the judge cracked a joke with Rose, telling the newly acquired New York Knicks point guard, “Best wishes … except when the Knicks play the Lakers,”…
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Ga. Teen Has Leg Amputated After Being Repeatedly Slammed to the Ground by School Employee
A black Georgia teenager had to have his leg amputated five weeks after a behavioral specialist working at his school allegedly threw him to the floor several times and then denied him medical treatment, the Ledger-Enquirer reports. As Raw Story reports, the 13-year-old, identified as Montravious Thomas, underwent amputation Tuesday. Montravious was allegedly body-slammed repeatedly…
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Miss. Teacher Caught on Video Dragging Special-Needs Student by the Hair
A Mississippi special education teacher has been fired after video emerged of her dragging a special-needs student by the hair across a gymnasium floor, the Washington Post reports. In the video, the teacher at Greenville High School can be seen pinning the girl down by her hair while another student pokes her, before grabbing the…
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Veteran TV Reporter Confronts Man Who Called Him the N-Word
A Virginia man was arrested, charged with harassing a veteran Charlotte, N.C., TV reporter during a confrontation in Charleston, S.C., the Charlotte Observer reports. Brian Eybers, 21, is being held in the Charleston County Detention Center and is due in court Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia in the form of a…
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Federal Magistrate Judge Sides With Transgender Teen in Ill. Bathroom Case
A federal magistrate judge has recommended that a transgender teen be allowed to use the girls’ locker room at her high school. The Washington Post reports that “Student A,” a transgender girl at Fremd High School in Illinois’ Palatine Township, is at the center of a lawsuit brought on by four female students, one male…
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DOJ Proposes Citizens Advisory Commission in North Charleston, S.C.
Seeking to improve relationships between the community and police, a proposal for a citizen’s advisory committee will be presented to North Charleston next month. The U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Office will present the proposal for the North Charleston Citizen’s Advisory Commission on Community/Police Relations Nov. 4 at Royal Baptist Church in North Charleston,…
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BuzzFeed CEO: I Heard Ivanka Trump Talk About 'Mulatto C–k'
Editor’s note: This post contains a tweet that some may find offensive. Ivanka Trump once told a group of friends drinking in a bar that although she had never seen “a mulatto c—k,” she would like to, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti alleges. Peretti tweeted that little tidbit in response to a BuzzFeed News report that Ivanka Trump…
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Police Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Wants Change of Venue for Trial
The former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged in the death of a black motorist is asking the court for a change of venue in his state trial. The Charleston Post and Courier reports that attorneys for Michael Slager filed a motion Tuesday asking the court to move Slager’s state murder trial out of Charleston.…
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Report: Man Grabs and Chokes 4-Month-Old Baby at Wal-Mart
An incident at an Overland Park, Kan., Wal-Mart is under investigation after a woman reported that a strange man walked up to her in the checkout lane and began choking her 4-month-old baby, KTLA reports. A shopper who saw the Wednesday attack tackled the man and held him until police arrived, according to the report. “While I…