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Fla. Man Sentenced to 25 Years After Raping Woman in Order to Get Prison Time
A Florida man has been been sentenced to 25 years in prison after raping a woman so that he could get into prison to get even with the person who killed his 14-year-old son, the Palm Beach Post reports. Joel Jones raped the unidentified victim in August 2014 after she responded to a Craigslist ad…
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Police Find 1 Neb. Prison Escapee in Storm Drain; 2nd Fugitive Still on the Run
Authorities have apprehended one of two Nebraska prison escapees, but are warning the public to remain cautious, since the second fugitive remains at large, CNN reports. Timothy Clausen, 52, and Armon Dixon, 37, both escaped from the Lincoln Correctional Center in Lincoln, Neb., on Friday. It is still unclear how the men escaped. But according…
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Father of 3 Shot Dead in Car on Chicago’s South Side
A Chicago father of three was found shot dead in a car Sunday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. Dwayne Triplett, 32, leaves behind his 12-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 8 and 9. The children’s mother died a little more than a year ago, the children’s grandfather told the news site. “I was scared for…
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What We Know About the Orlando, Fla., Mass Shooting
As the nation reels in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in American history, more and more details about the horrific shooting that occurred at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., are starting to surface. Here’s what we know so far: The gunman, identified as Omar Mateen, claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group.Mateen, 29,…
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‘3 Black Teens’ Google Search Sparks Outrage
The bias against black children is no more clear than with the Google “three black teenagers” challenge. Type “three black teenagers” into a Google image search, and a bunch of menacing police mug shots turn up. “Three white teenagers” results in smiling young folks who look to be selling Bibles door-to-door. Kabir Alli, an 18-year-old from…
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Bronx, NY, Mom Dies Saving Her 3 Children From Gunman in Park
A mother in New York City’s Bronx borough was shot and killed as she tried to shield her three young children from a gunman in a park outside her apartment building Saturday, reports the New York Daily News. At about 10:15 p.m., Jessica White, 29, saw a man dressed in black open fire in the…
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At Least 49 Killed, 53 Injured, in Mass Shooting at Orlando, Fla., Gay Nightclub
Yet another armed lunatic has opened fire in a public space, killing a slew of people. This time the massacre took place in Florida. Club Pulse, in Orlando, Fla., described on its website as the “hottest gay club in Orlando,” was the site of the gruesome scene early Sunday morning, where police say at least…
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Senator in Hot Water for Praying That Obama’s ‘Days Are Few’
At a major event for conservative Christians on Friday, a Republican senator from Georgia opened his remarks encouraging attendees to pray for our current president—which seems nice enough and, frankly, a very American thing to do. Sen. David Perdue, a freshman senator from Georgia, opened his remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to…
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‘Kalief’s Law’ Passed in NYC to Honor Teen Tortured on Rikers Island
In what could be viewed as some semblance of justice for Kalief Browder, the young man who became the poster child for everything wrong with New York City’s broken criminal-justice system and its jails, the lower house of the New York Legislature recently passed a bill known as “Kalief’s Law” to ensure that persons arrested…
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Watch: Steph Curry Calls His Ugly Shoes ‘Fire’ After Game 4 Win
After redeeming himself and his team, the Golden State Warriors, by winning Game 4 in the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, league MVP Steph Curry got to talking about the shoes that have been keeping the internets guffawing since their debut. In the postgame press conference, after being asked about the shoes, the baby-faced…