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Photo of Coffee Shop Workers Praying With Recent Widow Goes Viral
A recently widowed woman was in a drive-thru coffee line at Dutch Bros. Coffee in Vancouver, Wash., when she began to fall apart. Workers at the coffee shop gave her coffee for free and then offered to pray for her. A driver witnessed the scene and posted a photo to Facebook that has now gone…
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Chicago Teen Charged in Accidental Shooting of 14-Year-Old Girl
A young Chicago man is facing charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm after accidentally shooting a 14-year-old girl in her home, ABC 7 Chicago reports. The 17-year-old reportedly turned himself in Wednesday after community activist Andrew Holmes spoke to the young man’s grandmother and convinced him to go to the police. “I let him…
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2 Calif. High School Students Charged With Hate Crime After Vandalizing Latino Coach’s Car
Two Northern California high school girls have been arrested and charged with felony vandalism and committing a hate crime after reportedly vandalizing a car that belonged to a coach at Yosemite High School, the Sierra Star reports. “Initial media coverage of the incident may have scared the suspects into contacting the victim to try and…
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Morehouse Senior, Originally From Zimbabwe, Selected as 2016 International Rhodes Scholar
A Morehouse senior prepping for his own graduation is also a 2016 international Rhodes Scholar, adding yet another amazing achievement to his inspiring story. Prince Abudu is no ordinary Morehouse student, having grown up on a small farm in Chegutu, Zimbabwe, where his mother did everything to help her academically gifted son get ahead, including…
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Did the Rams Only Draft Openly Gay Player Michael Sam to Avoid HBO’s Hard Knocks?
On Wednesday, NFL reporter Howard Balzer tweeted that the NFL reached a deal with the then-St. Louis—now Los Angeles—Rams that if the team drafted openly gay defensive end Michael Sam, it wouldn’t have to appear in the HBO docuseries Hard Knocks. “Sources say NFL agreed not to have Rams on Hard Knocks in 2014 if…
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Prosecutor Recommends No Jail Time for Cop Who Fatally Shot Akai Gurley
A New York prosecutor has recommended to the court that Peter Liang, the former police officer convicted of the 2014 fatal shooting of an unarmed Akai Gurley inside his apartment building, serve no jail time. Instead, “Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson has recommended a sentence of five years of probation, including six months of home…
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Flight Attendant Who Ran From LAX Airport, Leaving Behind Gucci Shoes and 70 Pounds of Cocaine, Surrenders
A JetBlue flight attendant, who is accused of leaving behind some 70 pounds of cocaine after Transportation Security Administration officers at Los Angeles International Airport pulled her aside for a search after deeming her suspicious while she talked on a cellphone, has surrendered to federal drug agents in New York City, KTLA reports. According to…
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Wis. Teenager Who Thought She Had the Flu Gives Birth to Baby in Toilet
A Wisconsin teenager got the shock of her life when she went to use the bathroom Monday. Braeley Pettigrew, 17, thought she was having stomach issues when she went to the restroom, but instead she gave birth to a baby while sitting on the toilet. Braeley told Fox 17 that she had no idea she was pregnant.…
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9 Rikers Island Guards to Go on Trial for Brutal Beating of Inmate
Nine correctional officers at Rikers Island were set to go on trial Wednesday for the horrific beating of an inmate and the cover-up that followed at the controversy-plagued jail complex in New York City, Reuters reports. Prosecutors have accused 10 guards in the July 2012 attack that left Jahmal Lightfoot with two fractured eye sockets…