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Kansas City, Kan., Police Captain Fatally Shot on Duty
A Kansas City, Kan., police captain was fatally wounded while responding to a drive-by shooting in the city, USA Today reports. Capt. Robert Melton was pronounced dead at the hospital after being shot as the hunt for suspects continues, Mayor Mark Holland confirmed in a statement. “This is a very tense and volatile time in…
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Yale Offers to Rehire Employee Who Smashed Stained Glass Window Depicting Slaves Carrying Cotton
Yale University issued a statement Tuesday, offering to rehire a black dishwasher who had originally resigned from his post after confessing to intentionally breaking a stained glass window that depicted slaves carrying cotton,Talking Points Memo reports. The employee, Corey Menafee, resigned last month after admitting to using a broomstick to break the window inside a…
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How Did They Walk Free? A Closer Look at the Prosecution’s Case in the Death of Freddie Gray
On Monday, Police Lt. Brian Rice became the third officer acquitted in the death of Freddie Gray. Rice, 42, was the highest-ranking officer of six officers charged in Gray’s death. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office, and of those charges, he was acquitted on all of them. Citizens and…
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The Washington Redskins' Unofficial Mascot Has Died
The Washington Redskins’ unofficial mascot, Chief Zee, has died. Chief Zee, born Zema Williams, began attending games dressed in Native American garb in 1978. He was a staple at home games, often leading the crowd in celebration after a score, NBC Washington reports. The news station notes that Williams died in his sleep and was…
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Charges Dropped Against 100 Protesters in Baton Rouge, La., Prosecutor Says
Louisiana prosecutors have dropped charges against protesters including civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson and Ieshia Evans, the nurse whose arrest photo went viral. According to the Baltimore Sun, District Attorney Hillar C. Moore III of East Baton Rouge announced Friday that his office wouldn’t pursue charges against some 100 protesters arrested for obstruction of a…
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Wis. Sheriff to RNC Crowd: Black Lives Matter Is ‘Anarchy’
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke continued his ongoing notoriety as an outspoken black cop against the Black Lives Movement at the Republican National Convention. On Monday he drew raucous applause after he celebrated the acquittal of one of the officers accused in Freddie Gray’s death. “There is some good news out of Baltimore, Maryland, as…
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Kan. Woman Gives Birth to 3 Sets of Twins in 26 Months
The odds are 1 in 88,000, but don’t tell that to Danesha Couch. The 20-year-old Kansas supermom has given birth to not one, not two, but three sets of twins in the past 26 months. “People just consider me a freak of nature when I tell them,” Couch told Fox 4 News. According to the…
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Report: Health Officials Stunned After Elderly Zika Patient Transfers Virus to Caregiver
Health officials are stumped after a Utah caregiver became infected with the Zika virus after caring for an elderly patient who has the disease. The Utah Department of Health said that the caregiver, a family member of the patient, tested positive for the virus, which, until now, was believed to be transmitted only through sex…
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Everything We Know About Baton Rouge, La., Shooter Gavin Eugene Long
In the early-morning hours of Sunday, the nation was rocked by yet another shooting in Baton Rouge, La. A gunman—identified as Gavin Eugene Long, who turned 29 on the day of the shooting—shot six law-enforcement officials, killing three, before he was shot and killed himself. As more and more details about the case slowly emerge,…