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NYC Settles With Family of Avonte Oquendo for $2,700,000
The city of New York is paying out $2.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Avonte Oquendo, the autistic boy whose body was found in New York City’s East River in January 2014 three months after he disappeared from his Queens, N.Y., school, the New York Daily News reports.…
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Mom Orchestrated Slayings of Witnesses in Son’s Trial, Prosecutors Say
A Missouri mother is charged with arranging the killing of two teens who witnessed her son kill another boy, KMOV reports. The update in the case comes nine months after charges were originally dropped against Tyrell Davidson, the suspect in the September 2013 St. Louis killing of 16-year-old Chauncey Brown. Now Davidson’s mother, along with…
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Freddie Gray Didn't Kill Himself, but Cop Obstruction Made It Hard to Prove: Prosecutor
In a controversial move, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby dropped charges against Police Officer Garrett Miller, Police Sgt. Alicia White and Police Officer William Porter, the three remaining Baltimore officers accused in the arrest and death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. The timing of the dismissals was surprising to medical professionals, lawyers and laymen alike who had theorized that Miller,…
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Noodles & Co. Employees Fired Over Refusal to Serve Police Officer
On Wednesday it was reported that Noodles & Co. agreed to post signs on its doors indicating that it supports blue lives after an altercation during which one of the restaurant’s cooks and cashiers refused to serve a female police officer in Alexandria, Va. The Washington Post has since reported that both employees have been fired because…
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Melania Trump’s Official Website Disappears Amid Questions About Her College Degree
The official website of Melania Trump has seemingly vanished into thin air after questions recently arose about whether the site’s claim that she has a college degree is indeed a fact, People magazine reports. MelaniaTrump.com now reroutes to the Trump Organization’s website home page. In addition, the biography page does not mention Donald Trump’s wife at…
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Indianapolis Police Searching for Man Who Kept Woman Chained in Basement for Days
Indianapolis Metropolitan police are searching for a man who they say kidnapped and raped a woman found chained in a basement, the Indianapolis Star reports. According to court documents, Maurice Nelson, 28, is accused of abducting and torturing the 23-year-old victim, who was held as a prisoner. A neighbor reportedly heard the woman’s screams and…
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Iowa City Police Release Body-Cam Footage of Encounter With Football Player
Remember Faith Ekakitie? The University of Iowa defensive end was playing Pokémon Go in an Iowa City, Iowa, park last week when officers came up on him and drew their guns because he supposedly fit the description of a bank robber. Ekakitie described his experience with the officers in great detail in a post that…
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16-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Black Pilot to Fly Across Country
On July 18, 16-year-old Isaiah Cooper made history by becoming the youngest black pilot to fly around the country. His journey was 8,000 miles, starting in California, then on to Washington state, Maine and Florida, before heading back to the California city of Compton, according to the Huffington Post. And this is just the beginning for…
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No Charges in Case of Texas Girl Who Was Injured by Rope Around Neck on School Trip
The Blanco County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office has ruled that there is no evidence of a criminal act or intention to harm in the case of a black Waco girl who suffered a severe burn from a rope around her neck during a school field trip earlier this year, KHOU reports. Thus, no charges will be…