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29 Injured in Bomb Explosion in the Heart of NYC
A powerful explosion rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood and injured at least 29 people Saturday, and another suspicious device was discovered blocks away and safely removed, according to various news reports. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any connection to terrorism but called the blast “intentional.” “Tonight, New York City…
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Desmond Tutu Rehospitalized in South Africa
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital after being released just days ago after a weekslong stay, according to CNN.The 84-year-old Nobel laureate and retired archbishop had spent three weeks in a Cape Town hospital after having minor surgery. On Saturday, Tutu’s family said that the surgical wound itself started showing…
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6 Rikers Guards Jailed in Vicious Inmate Beating
The shoe most certainly now sits on the other foot as six former New York City correction officers at Rikers Island, the city’s notoriously violent jail, were themselves jailed Friday after being sentenced for the ruthless beating of an inmate there, according to the New York Daily News. The six men convicted included a former…
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Man Who Shot at George Zimmerman Convicted of Attempted Murder
A Florida man was found guilty Friday of attempted second-degree murder for shooting at George Zimmerman in a 2015 road rage incident, CNN reports. Matthew Apperson, 27, was also found guilty of shooting into a vehicle and aggravated assault with a firearm, and faces a minimum of 20 years in prison because the crime involved…
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Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Donald Trump for President
The nation’s largest police labor organization announced its endorsement of Donald Trump for president on Friday. The Fraternal Order of Police, which has more than 330,000 members, said in a press release (pdf) that Trump has its full support. According to the statement, “For a candidate to receive the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of…
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Texas Youth Football Team Kneels During National Anthem, Receives Death Threats
After deciding as a team to take a knee before a football game Sept. 11, a youth football team in Beaumont, Texas, is now receiving death threats. Following the example of the San Francisco 76ers’ Colin Kaepernick, the Beaumont Bulls took their helmets off, knelt down and placed their hands on one another’s shoulders. Coach…
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Gas-Pipeline Leak in Ala. Could Cause Gas Shortage and Price Increases
A gasoline pipeline that runs from Houston to New York ruptured 30 miles south of Birmingham, Ala., leading to a major leak. Colonial Pipeline, of Alpharetta, Ga., which operates the pipeline, says that 519 workers are cleaning up the spillage, now estimated to involve as much as 336,000 gallons of fuel. The spill happened just 500 feet…
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Trump: ‘Clinton’s Bodyguards Should Disarm; Let’s See What Happens to Her’
During a campaign stop in Miami on Friday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested once again that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton could be assassinated if the Second Amendment—the right to keep and bear arms—weren’t in place to protect her, The Guardian reports: She goes around with bodyguards … I think that her bodyguards should drop…
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Rodney King’s Daughter Is Working With LAPD to Bridge Gap Between Police and Citizens
Twenty-five years after Rodney King was beaten in what has become one of the most infamous cases of police brutality in history, his daughter teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday to speak to young people about interacting with police. The message? It’s more important to build bridges with officers than to…
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3 Ore. Children Pepper-Sprayed, Called Racial Slur
A black Portland, Ore., family say they were attacked this week by a cyclist who used a racial slur as he shot pepper spray at their three children who were in a car, the Portland Mercury reports. According to the report, 62-year-old Patricia Garner and her daughter, 32-year-old Foia Frazer, were getting Frazer’s three children…