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Average Age of Chicago’s Shooters Is 15 or 16, Top Cop Says
Chicago’s shooters are getting younger, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson revealed Saturday, saying that the average age is now about 15 or 16, DNAinfo reports. “When I started as a patrolman in 1988, the average age of our shooters [was] 19, 20 years old,” Johnson told a crowd gathered at Simeon Career Academy, a vocational high…
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Watch: Houston Police Looking for Drivers in Road Rage Brawl
A driving incident in Houston quickly turned into road rage as a woman confronted two men in a car and then things got physical. Police investigators told KHOU that the incident began after one vehicle cut off another. When the vehicles were stopped at a light, a passenger inside a black truck got out and…
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Missing Ivy League Student Found Safe; Rented Apartment in Brooklyn, NY: Report
Nayla Kidd, the 19-year-old Columbia University sophomore who’d been missing since May 5, was found Monday after she reactivated her bank card with her new address. According to the New York Daily News, Kidd had changed her cellphone and bank account numbers and pulled down her Facebook page before disappearing earlier this month. Kidd, a…
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Candidate for US Senate Refuses to Apologize for Calling Obama ‘an Animal’
A Florida candidate for theU.S Senate is facing heavy criticism from his peers after video surfaced in which he referred to President Barack Obama as an “animal,” the Tampa Bay Times reports. Carlos Beruff, a Manatee County homebuilder, has been under scrutiny from Democrats and Republicans alike ever since video of the remarks surfaced Sunday. …
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Final Suspect in Killing of 9-Year-Old Tyshawn Lee Arrested
Authorities have arrested the last of three suspects believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. Kevin Edwards, 23, was apprehended in Danville, Ill., on Saturday after a traffic stop and a short chase, officials confirmed Monday. Authorities are reportedly working on bringing Edwards back…
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Texas Pastor Who Accused Whole Foods Employee of Writing Homophobic Slur on Cake Drops Suit
Jordan Brown, the openly gay Texas pastor who sued Whole Foods, claiming that an employee had written a homophobic slur on a cake he bought in April, has apologized to the chain and withdrawn his lawsuit, KVUE reports. “I want to apologize to Whole Foods and its team members for questioning the company’s commitment to…
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Pa. Man Accused of Pouring Gasoline on Smoking Girlfriend
A Pennsylvania man is accused of killing his girlfriend and setting a motel on fire by tossing gasoline on the victim, who was smoking, WPVI reports. Kevin Smalls, 46, is charged with criminal homicide, arson and other offenses in the death of Melissa Bacon-Smith, also 46. Smalls was denied bail during his Sunday-afternoon arraignment. According…
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Russian Safari Park Adopts Black Goat Named ‘Obama’
A Russian wildlife park has taken in a black goat that was named “Obama,” dubbing its new addition a “rare, exotic animal,” NBC News reports. Usually, the network notes, “goat” in Russian is an insult to describe an obtuse, obstinate and headstrong person. The goat had already been named by a farmer in the Russian…
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Calif. 2-Year-Old to Be Given 1 More Week on Life Support, Judge Rules
A California family has been given a one-week extension by a judge to keep their son, 2-year-old Israel Stinson, on life support. Israel was declared brain-dead after an asthma attack left him without oxygen for 40 minutes April 1, CBS News reports. U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller in Sacramento, Calif., ruled that the family could…
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NJ Girl, 3, Mauled by Pit Bulls
The two pit bull mixes were supposed to be in the basement, but somehow they escaped and began attacking 3-year-old Janaya Everett. “The baby was laying on the floor bloody with her scalp all messed up, and just a mess … horrible, horrible thing,” Dwyane Harper told ABC 7. Harper said that he was outside…