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Kidnapped Chibok Girl Found More Than 2 Years After Mass Abduction by Boko Haram
A Nigerian schoolgirl who was among the more than 270 kidnapped by terrorist group Boko Haram more than two years ago has been found, officials announced Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. The young woman, identified as 19-year-old Amina Ali Nkeki, was reportedly found by Nigerian soldiers while wandering in a forest in northest Nigeria, not…
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Symone Marshall Moved to Texas Looking for a Fresh Start. So How Did She End Up Dead in a Texas Jail?
Stop reading if any of this sounds familiar: A young woman moves to Texas seeking a fresh start, ends up in jail, and because she’s unable to post bail, stays in police custody for weeks until one day she’s found unresponsive in her cell. She’s rushed to a local hospital, where she is pronounced dead.…
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George Zimmerman on Trayvon Martin’s Parents: ‘They Didn’t Raise Their Son Right’
Because George Zimmerman won’t just go away, he’s now criticizing Trayvon Martin’s parents, the Black Lives Matter movement and Hillary Clinton. In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, Zimmerman claims that he, not Trayvon, is the real victim and questioned Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin’s parenting skills. “They didn’t raise their son right. He…
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Conservative Congressional Candidate Forgets to Close Porn Tabs While Posting Screenshot in Facebook Blast
A congressional candidate vying for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District seat is suddenly the center of attention after sharing a screenshot of a photo that clearly shows porn tabs that had been left open, WUSA9 reports. Mike Webb, who is running as an independent, posted a series of screenshots about his search for a temporary job…
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Former Marine Attacked and Taunted With Racial Remarks in Wyo.
A former Marine from Montana suffered a concussion and a broken facial bone and had his eye swollen shut after, he says, two men made racial remarks and attacked him outside a bar in northern Wyoming May 7. Twenty-five-year-old Clayton Denny, who is half African American and half Chippewa Cree, said that he had just…
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Wis. 9-Year-Old Who Was Struck by Stray Bullet Dies Days After Asking if Police Could Keep Her Safe
A 9-year-old Wisconsin girl who was struck by a stray bullet on Milwaukee’s north side succumbed to her injuries Monday afternoon, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Za’layia Jenkins was pronounced brain-dead at 5 p.m. According to the Journal Sentinel, Za’layia had spoken to police and asked…
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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. …