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SC Man Who Shot, Burned, Buried Men in Backyard Claims Self-Defense, Is Granted Bail
The attorney for a South Carolina man who shot two men and later burned their bodies says that his client acted in self-defense and then later panicked, the Post and Courier reports. James Edward Loftis faces trial for the killings of taxi driver Guma Oz Dubar, 46, and James Cody Newland, 32. Loftis’ claim of…
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Cellphone Footage Captures Huge Lunchtime Fight at Calif. High School
Security at Sylmar High School in Los Angeles increased Tuesday after a huge fight involving some 40 students took place on school grounds Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cellphone video shows the chaos that ensued during the 20-minute fight as students ran around trying to hit one another. Twelve officers were required to bring…
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Obama to Make Another Historic Presidential Visit, This Time to Hiroshima
President Barack Obama will be visiting Hiroshima later this month while in Japan for the G-7 summit, the White House confirmed Tuesday. According to the White House, the president will be making the trip with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a world without…
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Ferguson, Mo.’s New Police Chief Was Ready to Retire; Then Ferguson Exploded and He Knew the City Needed Him
Ferguson, Mo., swore in its first African-American police chief Monday, and although the new chief had been ready for retirement, after seeing the unrest caused in the wake of Michael Brown’s death, he said that he felt a calling to take this job and help restore order. “My plan was to retire in September and…
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Family Members of SC Church Massacre Victims Upset With Donation Payout
The families of the nine people killed in the mass shooting inside a Charleston, S.C., church last year aren’t pleased with the distribution of donations the church has received since the June 17 shooting. The wife of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the South Carolina state senator and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church pastor who was…
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Cold War: Russian Company Makes ‘Little Obama’ Chocolate-Flavored Ice Cream Bars
A Russian ice cream company has started selling frozen chocolate ice cream bars called Obamka, or “Little Obama.” The outside packaging shows a little brown-skinned boy wearing a yellow shirt and a hoop earring and holding an ice cream, the Moscow Times reports. Despite obvious tension between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
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Muslim Calif. High School Student Misidentified as ‘Isis Phillips’ in Yearbook
Bayan Zehlif is a Muslim high school student at Los Osos High School in California, and like most high school students, she was excited to get her yearbook. When she turned to the page that held her photo, she was shocked to see that she had been identified as “Isis Phillips.” “I am extremely saddened,…
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UAB Football Player Declared Brain-Dead After Being Shot
University of Alabama at Birmingham running back Gregory Bryant, found shot in South Florida, has been declared brain-dead, police say. According to the Associated Press, Bryant, 21, was driving on Interstate 95 when he was shot. He was found around 4:45 a.m. Saturday. Passenger Maurice Grover, 25, was hospitalized with minor injuries. West Palm Beach,…