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Tina Carruthers, 25, one of the two survivors of the Feb. 20 Kalamazoo, Mich., shooting spree allegedly by an Uber driver, spoke out about her painful and emotional recovery at a press conference from the Borgess Medical Center, NBC News reports.  Carruthers said that her daughter’s “beautiful smile” has helped her through the traumatic experience.…

The Arizona Department of Corrections has fired 13 people involved in two separate inmate suicides for not doing their jobs after an investigation into the deaths led to damning evidence, Fox 10 reports.  One of those cases involve 25-year-old Cynthia Apkaw, who was serving time for aggravated assault at Arizona’s Perryville women’s prison. Video evidence shows…

After months of negotiations and litigation, the University of California and the family of university football player Ted Agu, who died after a team drill in 2014, have settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $4.75 million, SFGate reports.  Agu, then 21, died shortly after an off-season conditioning workout outside the Memorial Stadium. His parents filed…

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that a former Inkster, Mich., police officer convicted of the brutal roadside beating of a black motorist during a traffic stop can serve part of his prison term in a boot camp, overturning a lower court judge’s sentencing, Reuters reports.  William Melendez, who has been in jail since his…

High levels of lead have been detected at some schools in the Detroit Public Schools district, with water test results released Thursday showing that about 15 buildings tested positive for high lead levels, including one where a drinking fountain recorded 100 times the allowable limit, the Detroit News reports. On Wednesday it was revealed that…

Two toddler sisters were victims of an apartment fire in New York City’s Bronx borough after they were left trapped inside after their mother went to the Laundromat across the street, police said Thursday, CBS New York reports. The girls’ mother was seen on surveillance footage at the Laundromat across the street at the time…

A 17-year-old runaway who was arrested in connection with the campus killing of a University of Texas student has claimed that he was made to leave home in August because his grandmother’s beliefs dictated that teens his age go “make their own way in the world,” court records obtained by the Associated Press detailed.  “The…