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Milwaukee Police Chief Won't Release Video of Sylville Smith's Fatal Shooting
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announced Thursday that he will not release the video of the fatal police shooting of Sylville Smith, giving a nod to the advice of the state’s attorney general and local district attorney, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the state Department of Justice has completed its investigation into the…
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Alaska Reporter Who Quit on the Air to Promote Weed Legalization Faces Decades in Prison
The Alaska reporter who quit on the air with a resounding “[F—k] it” is now facing charges on 14 serious criminal offenses, which could land her in prison for 54 years, The Guardian reports. It all started Sept. 22, 2014, when Charlo Greene, then a reporter for Alaska station KTVA, ended a report on the Alaska…
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NY Investigating Death of 6-Year-Old Who Was Covered in Bruises
New York state officials are investigating the death of Zymere Perkins, the Harlem 6-year-old who died in the hospital earlier this week after being rushed there covered in bruises, the New York Post reports. Investigators will be looking into whether or not there was any wrongdoing in child protective services’ handling of the child’s case.…
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Update on Opal Lee's Journey to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday
The petition on Opal Lee’s hope to make Juneteenth a national holiday ran out of time Tuesday when it didn’t reach the goal of 100,000 signatures, the Star-Telegram reports. However, that hasn’t stopped Lee, 89, from continuing on. “Whether we have 100,000 signatures or not, she is still walking. Her goal is to get an audience with…
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Investigation Finds White Football Players at Idaho High School Raped Black Disabled Teammate With Hanger
White Dietrich High School football players in Idaho “more likely than not” viciously raped a black, mentally disabled teammate with a plastic coat hanger in a locker room last year, according to newly released findings from a school district investigation. KTVB reports that “Superintendent Benjamin Hardcastle and Principal Stephanie Shaw conducted 30 interviews with students,…
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US to Hand Over Control of the Internet ‘Address Book’ to ICANN
A tiny branch of the U.S. Commerce Department is preparing to hand over control of the Internet’s “address book”—the highest level of the Domain Naming System, or DNS—to the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, a Los Angeles-based international nonprofit, effective Oct. 1, Ars Technica reports. Republican lawmakers have tried to block the move,…
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Wells Fargo in Trouble Again, This Time for Illegal Car Repossessions
Just when it looked as if things could not get worse for Wells Fargo, the bank took another beating Thursday when it agreed to pay $24 million for improperly repossessing cars it financed for members of the U.S. military, the Los Angeles Times reports. A Justice Department investigation revealed that from 2008 until the middle…
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Creepy-Clown Sightings: Are They Real or Just a Hoax?
It started in August when people in Greenville County, S.C., reported seeing a creepy clown lurking near the woods. Others said the clown was trying to lure children in the woods by offering them money. Then more people came forward, saying that the clown was in various parts of town, sometimes standing and simply staring…
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Congress Adjourns for the Election but Still Has Lots of Work to Do
After approving a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through Dec. 9, the 114th Congress adjourned Thursday for the election, leaving a lot of unresolved issues on the table. The must-pass spending bill—which prevented a government shutdown, provides funds to address the Zika crisis, and gives money to flood victims in Louisiana and other…
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Graphic Body-Cam Footage Shows La. Cops Fatally Shoot 6-Year-Old Autistic Boy
On Wednesday a Louisiana court released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old autistic boy. According to CNN, Jeremy Mardis was riding with his father, Christopher Few, in November 2015 when Marksville, La., police attempted to pull him over. The officers, Derrick Stafford, 33, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., 24, claimed that they were…