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Loretta Lynch Officially Announces That DOJ Will Not Press Charges Against Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton will not face charges in the email scandal, Attorney General Loretta Lynch officially announced Wednesday evening, USA Today reports. The announcement came a day after FBI Director James Comey announced that while Clinton, the former secretary of state, and other State Department employees had been “extremely careless” in handling classified materials, there was…
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La. Police Officers Involved in Fatal Shooting of Alton Sterling Identified
The two Baton Rouge, La., police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling have been identified as Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni, The Advertiser reports. According to The Advertiser, Lake is a three-year veteran on the force, while Salamoni has served four years with the department. Lake was one of six officers put…
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Attorneys for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof Ask for Dismissal of Federal Case
Attorneys for Dylann Roof, accused of shooting nine parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., are calling the federal case unconstitutional and asking for those charges to be dropped, WCSC reports. The court documents, which were filed Tuesday, assert that the case against Roof should be handled by the state of South…
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Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Murder of Girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but some are already criticizing the ruling, saying it was far too lenient, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the sentence for murder is a far cry from the more typical 15 years dictated by…
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Son of Alton Sterling Breaks Down During News Conference About His Father’s Death
This is how police brutality affects families. Cameron Sterling, the eldest son of Alton Sterling, who was shot and killed by police officers in Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday, broke down in tears during a news conference at which his mother, Quinyetta McMillon, demanded justice for his dad, according to ABC News. “As a mother,…
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Family of Man Killed by Off-Duty NYPD Cop in Road Rage Incident: 'This Is War'
The family of a Brooklyn, N.Y., man who was shot dead by an off-duty New York City police officer in the midst of a road rage confrontation are demanding that the officer involved face charges or else they’ll “hunt him down,” the New York Post reports. “We will seek our justice,” Zoe Dempsey, the niece…
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La. Politician Calls for Justice Department Investigation Into Shooting Death of Alton Sterling
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) is asking that the Department of Justice look into the shooting death of Alton Sterling, who was fatally shot as he lay on the ground with two Baton Rouge, La., police officers on top of him, CNN reports. Sterling’s death, the latest in the seemingly endless string of police-involved altercations, sparked…
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Descendants of Plantation Owner, Slave Reunite for Dinner 181 Years Later
Last week, two families sat down for dinner. That really isn’t unusual or special, but what made this gathering rare was that it took some 181 years to get there. Nkrumah Steward, the descendant of a slave, and Robert Adams, the descendant of a plantation owner, pulled together the meeting between their two families to…
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NYC Mom Charged With Homicide After 2 Toddlers Die in Fire
A Bronx, N.Y., mother whose two toddlers died in a fire after she left them home alone to go across the street to do laundry has been charged, the New York Post reports. According to the report, 27-year-old Haya Konte turned herself in after she was charged Tuesday morning with criminally negligent homicide and acting…
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Tenn. Mom Charged in Fatal Stabbing of 4 Kids Is Taken to Mental-Health Institution
A Tennessee mother who is facing charges of fatally stabbing four of her five children was taken to a mental-health institution after making a court appearance Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, allegedly cut the throats of four of her children—three girls and one boy, all under the age of 5—Friday. Her 7-year-old…