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Detroit Woman Displays Real-Life Horrors for Halloween
A Detroit woman is getting a lot of attention for her controversial, conversation-inducing Halloween decorations, WJBK reports. The decorations depict the victims of police shootings, neighborhood violence and even the Flint, Mich., water crisis. According to the news station, it isn’t the first time the homeowners have shied away from the Halloween tradition of showing…
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Colin Kaepernick to Make 1st Start This Sunday
It’s time for Colin Kaepernick to rise up: Chip Kelly, the coach of the San Francisco 49ers, announced Tuesday that he’s making the switch from the highly ineffective Blaine Gabbert to Kaepernick, NFL.com reports. Much of the Kaepernick news has been less about his football ability and more about his protests against overpolicing of black…
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Md. Teacher Charged With Assaulting, Soliciting Sex From Student
Doney Olivieri, 66, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a male student and exchanging inappropriate texts with another, according to the Washington Post. Olivieri, a foreign-language teacher at DuVal High School in Lanham, Md., was charged with counts of second-degree assault and soliciting sex from a minor student. He has been placed on administrative leave by the…
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Kobe Bryant’s Protective Mask Expected to Fetch $50,000
I don’t think Dwyane Wade was thinking about all the money Kobe Bryant’s protective mask would fetch when he broke his nose and gave him a concussion in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, but such is life. The two superstars collided, and Bryant was forced to wear one of those protective masks that Richard Hamilton…
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Suspect in Killing of 2 Police Officers in Calif. May Face Death Penalty
John Felix, 26, a suspect in the shooting deaths of two Palm Springs, Calif., police officers, was expected to be charged with two counts of first-degree murder, including multiple murder and the murder of a police officer in the line of duty. The death penalty is currently being weighed by the office of District Attorney…
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The Sad Story of Ex-NFL Quarterback Marcus Vick Continues
The sad story of ex-NFL quarterback Marcus Vick continues as TMZ Sports reports that the younger brother of Michael Vick was arrested in Virginia on a drug-possession charge. According to the sports site, police went to Vick’s Newport News, Va., apartment Saturday after receiving a call from neighbors about marijuana odor. An intense weed smell…
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Iowa Man Convicted of a Racially Motivated Hate Crime Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
An Iowa white supremacist who brutally beat a black man in a Dubuque, Iowa, bar last year has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for what a federal judge slammed as a “brutal and outrageous attack,” the Washington Post reports. “This vicious attack threatened the most basic standards of human decency and dignity,” Deputy Assistant…
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Ill. Bus Driver Facing Charges for Allegedly Hitting Special Needs Child
An Illinois bus driver for Orland School District 135 is being accused of hitting a 4-year-old child with special needs in the face Friday, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the report, a teacher heard the driver, Linda Bell, telling the victim, “I’m sorry for hitting you,” as the child was being helped off the…
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Wrongfully Convicted NYC Man to Be Freed After More Than a Decade in Prison
A wrongfully convicted Queens, N.Y., man is expected to be freed from prison Tuesday after spending more than 16 years behind bars, his lawyer told the New York Post. Tullie Hyman was convicted in 2002 of the murder of a Far Rockaway, Queens, tenant activist. However, that conviction was tossed out in July after witness testimony…
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2 Calif. Police Officers Killed, 1 Wounded by Gunman
Two Palm Springs, Calif., police officers were killed and one was injured Saturday by a lone gunman wearing body armor and equipped with high-capacity magazine, the Los Angeles Times reports. The officers who were killed have been identified as Officer Jose “Gil” Vega, a 35-year veteran of the Palm Springs Police Department who was due…