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Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris Scores Comfortable Win in US Senate Primary
California Attorney General Kamala Harris easily came through as the victor in the state’s Senate primary, beating out her competition with 40 percent of the vote, based on 76 percent of precincts reporting, the Washington Post reports. These means that Harris will be facing fellow Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez of Orange County, who trailed Harris with…
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Son Allegedly Shoots Father at Repast for Brother’s Funeral Service in Baltimore
The police are investigating a shooting that occurred at the New Song Worship & Arts Center in Baltimore after a son pulled a gun on his father at the post-funeral repast for his brother, the Baltimore Sun reports. Authorities say that the brother of Antonio Addison, a 22-year-old who was killed in West Baltimore last month,…
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Michael Dunn Appeals Murder Conviction for Shooting Jordan Davis in Loud-Music Case
Michael Dunn, the Florida man who was convicted of murder for shooting Jordan Davis at a gas station in November 2012, is seeking to have his convictions and life sentence thrown out, the Florida Times-Union reports. Dunn had gotten into an argument with Jordan, 17, and his friends over the loud music coming from their vehicle…
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November Trial Set for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof
The federal trial for accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof has finally been set in motion, with jury selection scheduled for Nov. 7, the Associated Press reports. Roof is accused of killing nine members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic black church in Charleston, including pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Roof is facing several…
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Detroit Man, Wrongly Convicted of Murder as a Teen, to Be Released
A Detroit 23-year-old, who was wrongly convicted of murder as a young teen, will soon be a free man again, prosecutors announced Tuesday, USA Today reports. Davontae Sanford wrongfully pleaded guilty to killing four people in a drug den on the city’s Northeast side when he was just 14. In 2008 he was convicted and…
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5 Guards at NYC’s Rikers Island Convicted in Brutal Beating of Inmate
A former chief for security and four other officers at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex have been convicted of felony charges in the brutal beating of an inmate, CBS News reports. Former Assistant Chief for Security Eliseo Perez and officers Alfred Rivera, Tobias Parker, Jose Parra and David Rodriguez were convicted Tuesday of charges,…
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Hillary Clinton Claims Victory as 1st Woman to Claim Presidential Nomination of Major Party
Hillary Clinton has officially staked her claim as the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, taking her place in history as the first woman to claim the presidential nomination of a major U.S. party after capturing primary victories in California, New Mexico, South Dakota and New Jersey Tuesday, Al-Jazeera reports. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached…
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Black Students Nearly 4 Times as Likely to Be Suspended: Report
Black students are almost four times as likely as white students to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions, new federal data released on Tuesday shows (pdf), underlining the grave disparity that still exists within the U.S. education system. The 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection survey looked at 16,758 school districts, encompassing 95,507 schools and 50,035,744…
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Ill. School Bus Monitor Denies Hitting 8-Year-Old Boy With Special Needs
A 68-year-old Illinois woman, a former bus monitor for the First Student bus company, denies slapping and hitting an 8-year-old boy with special needs from the Naperville area of suburban Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The incident, which reportedly occurred in April, prompted an investigation, and now she is facing charges of misdemeanor battery. “This is…