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Calif. Father, Accused of Setting House Fire That Killed 5-Year-Old Son, Surrenders to Police
A California father who is accused of purposely setting fire to his house—and ultimately killing his 5-year-old son as a result—turned himself in to authorities Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Darrylone Shuemake Sr. reportedly called the Richmond, Calif., Police Department on Wednesday morning, telling them his location and adding that he wanted to surrender, Vallejo,…
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Mich. Man Survives Gunshot to Start Residency at Same Hospital Where Doctors Saved His Life
This story could’ve ended tragically years ago. In 2007, then-22-year-old Kevin Morton Jr. had just finished working the night shift at a Detroit Arby’s. The Oakland University student was heading to his car when a man emerged out of the shadows and attempted to rob Morton. The robber fired a shot that hit Morton in…
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2 Ohio Men Charged in Brutal Racist Beating That Left Black Man With Broken Eye Socket
Two Toledo, Ohio, men have been arrested after allegedly beating up a man because of his race, Cleveland.com reports. Charles Edward Butler, 33, and Robert Allen Paschalis, 25, both face charges of felonious assault, while Butler is also charged with ethnic intimidation. The men were arraigned Tuesday, with Butler being held on a $75,000 bond,…
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Tenn. Principal Wasn’t Having It After Someone Criticized Student Who Was Slain
Don’t come for Principal Alisha Coleman-Kiner’s students. Ever. Coleman-Kiner, the principal of Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tenn., made her feelings quite clear in sharing an email she received that questioned the school’s handling of the death of senior Myneisha Johnson, who was shot and killed a week before she would have graduated.…
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1st Look at the Obamas’ New DC Home
After recent news that the Obamas would stay in Washington, D.C., once the president finished his term in office, Politico reports that the first family has found its new digs. According to the report, the president’s family has leased an 8,200-square-foot mansion in the District’s posh Kalorama neighborhood. The $6.4 million, nine-bedroom, eight-and-a-half-bathroom home is…
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Protest Outside Donald Trump Rally in NM Turns Violent
A protest outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico on Tuesday turned violent after several protesters began throwing burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police, authorities say. The scene outside the Albuquerque (N.M.) Convention Center turned chaotic as officers responded to the protesters’ taunts by firing pepper spray and smoke grenades into…
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Justice Department to Seek Death Penalty Against Alleged Charleston, SC, Church Shooter
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, ABC News reports. Roof, 22, faces 33 counts of federal hate crime and firearm charges in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. “Following the department’s rigorous review process to thoroughly consider all relevant factual…
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Mo. Father Accused of Fatally Shooting Infant Son Surrenders to Police
A St. Louis man who allegedly shot his infant son in the midst of a domestic dispute with his wife before taking off with two of his other children has turned himself in to the authorities, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Diata R. Crockett is expected to be charged in the death of his 8-month-old…
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Ursula Burns Stepping Down as CEO of Xerox, Leaving No Black Woman as CEO of an S&P 500 Company
When Ursula Burns announced last week that she was leaving her position as CEO of Xerox, she also, in effect, announced the end of the minuscule representation of black women in leadership positions at companies within the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. As New York magazine reports, the move now leaves a huge gap: Once…
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Calif. Jury Deadlocks in Case of Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison Before Murder Conviction Was Dismissed
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a California man who spent 16 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mistrial comes as a Compton jury deadlocked Tuesday on charges of mayhem and assault with a deadly weapon in the case against 42-year-old Reggie Cole,…