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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…
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Baltimore Police Investigating Arrest of Teen Snatched Out of Home After Video Goes Viral
Baltimore police are investigating the arrest of an 18-year-old who was pulled out of his home in an encounter that was captured on video and posted online. The video posted to social media shows Tionne Jones inside his home Saturday. He and two other occupants are arguing with an officer who has placed his hands…
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Harriet Tubman to Be New Face of $20 Bill; MLK and Marian Anderson to Be Honored on Back of New $5 Bill
Harriet Tubman will be replacing President Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill, the Treasury Department confirmed Wednesday. But Tubman is not the only civil rights icon set to be honored on U.S. currency. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew said during a press call Wednesday that the $5 bill will also…
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Whole Foods Countersues Texas Pastor Who Claimed Employee Wrote Homophobic Slur on Cake
Whole Foods is fighting back against a gay Texas pastor who claims to be the victim of discrimination, denouncing his accusation that the grocery chain gave him a cake reading, “Love Wins F—,” the New York Daily News reports. The company is countersuing Jordan Brown for $100,000, saying that he made up his story. It…