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Bill Cosby's Attorneys File Motion to Drop Sexual Assault Case
Attorneys representing Bill Cosby filed a motion in court Thursday requesting that the sexual assault charges against him be dropped, the Los Angeles Times reports. The motion was filed in the Pennsylvania court where Cobsy is facing trial for a 2004 incident involving Andrea Constand, who was a Temple University basketball staffer at the time.…
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NJ Train in Hoboken Terminal Crash Was Going 21 MPH
The NJ Transit commuter train that crashed into the Hoboken Terminal was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact, the National Transportation Safety Board said, NBC News reports. New details about the Sept. 29 crash that killed one person and injured hundreds more were released in an agency update Thursday. The NTSB said…
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Update: Hurricane Matthew Leaves at Least 283 Dead in Haiti, Heads Toward Fla.
Updated Thursday, Oct. 6, 9 p.m. EDT: The New York Times is reporting that the death toll in Haiti is at least 283, after officials there drastically raised the number following lower initial reports. They say the number of deaths is likely to rise as international organizations begin to reach the worst-affected areas of the country. Earlier:…
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Suspect Wanted After Screaming Racist, Homophobic Slurs at a Man Before Attacking Him
A 32-year-old man was attacked by another man who shouted racial and anti-gay slurs at him in New York City’s West Village neighborhood Sunday evening, the New York Daily News reports. The attacker yelled,”[F—got! N—ger]!” before pushing the victim, causing him to fall and hit his head on a window frame, according to the report.…
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All Mansions Matter: Lawsuit Claims That Cam Newton Trashed Rental Property
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is being sued for reportedly trashing a California mansion after his dismal performance in the Super Bowl. According to Yahoo! Sports, Newton is “facing a $270,000 lawsuit over alleged damages to an $11 million home he rented in Beverly Hills.” Newton rented the luxury home during the summer from a…
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Disturbing Video Footage Shows Another Father Pleading, ‘I Can't Breathe’ Before Dying in Jail
Michael Sabbie, 35, was found dead in his jail cell July 22, 2015, and news reports suggested that he died in his sleep. A medical examiner deemed his death “natural” because of his obesity and heart-muscle damage, implying that the tragedy was unavoidable. However, a recently released video suggests otherwise, the Huffington Post reports. Sabbie was being…
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2 Ga. High School Students Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Two Georgia teens were found dead late Monday in what authorities believe to be a murder-suicide, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A relative of 15-year-old Christopher Andrews found the bodies of Christopher and his girlfriend, 16-year-old Samyah Copeland, inside a home in Riverdale. Both teens attended Riverdale High School. “It appears that the male subject shot…
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Jerry Rice Is Sorry, Y’all; He Didn’t Realize That All Lives Matter Wasn’t Our Fight
Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice admits that he dropped the ball. As it turns out, Rice wasn’t well-versed in social happenings surrounding police killings of unarmed African-American men, women and children when he spouted off, “All Lives Matter” in a recent tweet. But after being dragged on Twitter for his ill-timed tweet, the…
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Cleveland Running Back Makes Good on Promise to Donate Game Check to Police Foundation
Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell made good on his word to donate his first game paycheck to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation after he posted a drawing of a hooded man slashing a kneeling police officer’s throat. “I said I was going to do it, and I wanted to follow through,” Crowell told Cleveland.com.…