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The decision as to whether accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof will face the death penalty in his federal case is in its final stages, the Associated Press reports.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson confirmed Tuesday that the decision is now before U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Roof is charged with federal hate crimes and…

Georgia’s Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is doing its part to keep teens from ending up in the system, according to WMAZ. Its Consider the Consequences program aims to help kids ages 9 to 17 recognize the value of an education and put them on the path to a successful career. But last week the sheriff’s…

Federal investigators and police in Michigan made a horrific discovery while looking into a case involving identification fraud, Click on Detroit reports.  Authorities were originally investigating Ryon Lenell Travis for allegedly charging more than $50,000 to a local business’s credit card. But what West Bloomfield, Mich., police uncovered upon executing a search warrant at Travis’ home…

A Michigan school is under scrutiny after a picture of a student dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan spread across social media, ABC57 reports.  The photo, which was originally posted to Snapchat, was taken inside a Niles High School classroom Thursday but quickly spread across Facebook, resulting in several disparaging comments about…

Police in Kenner, La., are looking into the deaths of a couple found shot multiple times with an infant sleeping next to them, Fox 8 reports. Dawn Scott, 28, and Rayell Kimbrough, 31, were found Monday morning in the bedroom of their apartment, Kenner Police Lt. Brian McGregor said. Scott was still in bed when…

Diego Saul Reyna, a Mexican-Canadian construction worker, left a gift on top of the Trump Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. To show solidarity with Mexico and to protest Donald Trump’s comments disparaging Mexicans, Reyna on Saturday left a Mexican flag on top of the building. Reyna posted his photo on Facebook and explained his motives:…

Abdul Majid, convicted in the 1981 shooting of two New York City police officers that left one dead, died in a hospital over the weekend, officials confirmed Monday, the New York Daily News reports.  A spokesperson for the Onondaga County, N.Y., Medical Examiner’s Office said that Majid, 65, died of natural causes—namely, acute cholecystitis, an inflammation…

Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, a high school student from Long Island, N.Y., has a big decision to make soon. The Elmont High School valedictorian has been accepted at all eight Ivy League schools! Schools in the Ivy League are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale…

A man and a woman were arrested over the weekend at a Connecticut restaurant after a dispute over crab legs turned physical, NBC Connecticut reports.  Police were called to Royal Buffet in Manchester on Saturday around 8 p.m. following reports that a 21-year-old man had been punched in the face. The victim’s mother used pepper…

Chicago has tentatively agreed to a $4.9 million settlement for the family of a man whom police dragged from his cell while he was in handcuffs, the Chicago Tribune reports.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office has already set up briefings this week with city aldermen to notify them of the settlement with the family of Philip…