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Woman in Leading Lawsuit Over Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Found Shot to Death in Home
A woman who was at the center of a leading Flint, Mich., contaminated-water lawsuit was one of two women who were found shot to death inside a townhouse in the city earlier this week, MLive reports. Sasha Avonna Bell, the site notes, who says that her child was poisoned by lead in the water, was…
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Dashcam Footage Shows Fla. Deputies Discussing Whether to Rescue Drowning Girls in Stolen Car
Dashcam footage released shows that sheriff’s deputies did not try to save three Florida teenagers who were drowning after driving into a cemetery pond in a stolen car last month, Raw Story reports. Dominique Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died March 31 after a car chase with officers. The Pinellas County…
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‘The Person Is Dead Here’: Read the Prince 911 Call Transcript
Whoever called 911 to report that Prince was in dire need of medical assistance didn’t seem to know that he was at Paisley Park or the address or the city in which it is located. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, died Thursday at his Paisley Park compound in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen. A transcript…
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Miami-Dade Judge Recognizes Middle School Classmate in Her Courtroom, Meets Up With Him After His Release
Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer had a happy reunion with her former middle school classmate Arthur Booth as Booth walked free after serving a brief jail sentence, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, last summer it was Glazer who recognized Booth after he appeared before her in bond court on burglary charges. …
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Del. Teen Dies After Fight in High School Bathroom
Amy Inita Joyner-Francis didn’t believe in fighting. She was a quiet teen, who managed her Wilmington, Del., high school’s wrestling team and was focused on her studies. Nik Stryminski remembered an incident when Amy, 16, stopped an argument between himself and another student that was headed toward violence. “She wasn’t worried about herself. She was worried…
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Everything We Know About Prince’s Death
Minnesota police are investigating the death of 57-year-old music mastermind Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, who was found unresponsive inside his Paisley Park studios. Police responded to a call at the Chanhassen, Minn., studio around 9:43 a.m. Thursday and found Prince unresponsive inside an elevator, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office. First responders attempted…
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Wis. Teachers Aide Arrested for Physical Abuse After Video Shows Brutal Beating of Student
A Wisconsin teachers aide has been arrested after being caught on video brutally beating a student inside a classroom Wednesday morning, WDJT reports. In the video, the 39-year-old staff member at Bay View High School in Milwaukee is seen roughly pushing a 14-year-old student onto a desk before holding him by the neck and pushing…
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High School Basketball Player From South Sudan Who Said He Was 17 Is Arrested After Authorities Say He’s 30
When Jonathon Nicola arrived in Ontario in November as a refugee from South Sudan, the believed-to-be 17-year-old was thought to be a natural fit for the boys’ basketball team at Catholic Central High School in London, standing at 6 feet 9 inches. The team’s basketball coach, Pete Cusumano, whom Nicola lived with, believed that Nicola…
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Tenn. Senator Afraid $20 Harriet Tubman Bill Diminishes Andrew Jackson
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is not pleased that President Andrew Jackson, a Tennessee native himself, is being taken off the front of the $20 bill and replaced with Harriet Tubman, ABC News reports. “United States history is not Andrew Jackson versus Harriet Tubman. It is Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman, both heroes of a nation’s…
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Pregnant Teen Beaten by Students Inside Tenn. High School
A Tennessee mother is outraged after her 15-year-old daughter, who is four months pregnant, was attacked at school and reportedly kicked in the stomach. “I’ve talked to several administrators up here and I’ve told them what happened, and they’re like, ‘Oh, we’ll work it out’ or ‘We’ll get it fixed,’ and nothing has happened,” the…