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Prince Will Release a Memoir in 2017
The artist who continues to delight us as Prince will release an “unconventional” autobiography next year, Rolling Stone reports. Publisher Spiegel & Grau describes the work as “an unconventional and poetic journey through his life and creative work” that will be written by the 57-year-old himself. Prince will reportedly be delving into stories about his…
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Baltimore Ravens’ Tray Walker Dies in Dirt Bike Accident
Tray Walker, a 23-year-old cornerback with the Baltimore Ravens, died Friday from injuries suffered from a fatal crash in Liberty City, Fla., reports CNN. Walker was reportedly riding a dirt bike when he collided with an SUV driven by a 62-year-old woman Thursday night. Walker was treated at the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami’s Jackson…
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2 Ky. Juvenile-Detention Staffers Indicted on Misconduct in Death of Gynnya McMillen
Two Kentucky juvenile-detention-center employees have been indicted on an official-misconduct charge in the case involving the death of a teenage girl in January, a prosecutor confirmed Friday, the Associated Press reports. Reginald Windham and Victor Holt were both charged with a count of second-degree official misconduct as the result of a state police investigation into…
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Texas Man Who Raped Girls and Infected Them With HIV Sentenced to Life in Prison
A 34-year-old Texas man who raped a 14-year-old girl and a 24-month-old toddler, infecting both of them with HIV, chlamydia and herpes, has been sentenced to life in prison, KHOU reports. David Wilson, a registered sex offender who served four years in prison for a previous rape of a teen, claimed that he and the…
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Student at Exclusive Sidwell Friends School in DC Reports on Campus Rape by Ex-Boyfriend
A female high school student at the elite, private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., reported to police that she was raped on campus by an ex-boyfriend, D.C. police confirmed Friday, the Associated Press reports. The student told officers that the classmate forced her to have sex in the afternoon and evening hours on Wednesday.…
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‘As Healthy and Beautiful as Ever’: Jahi McMath’s Family Posts New Photo of Teen Declared Brain-Dead 2 Years Ago
Jahi McMath, an Oakland, Calif., teen who was declared brain-dead in December 2013, is as “healthy and beautiful as ever,” according to a post by her mother, Nailah Winkfield, in a Facebook group updated with a new photo of Jahi. Her parents shared the photo of the now 15-year-old on Friday, the first update in…
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FBI Investigating Death of Va. Man Who Died While Handcuffed in Police Custody
On May 4, 2013, South Boston, Va., police were called to a hotel where a man was reportedly causing a disturbance. They found Linwood Lambert Jr., 46, and believed him to be suffering from hallucinations. They cuffed him, put him in a police car and drove him to the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital for medical…
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Pa. High School Football Coach Resigns Amid ‘No Gay Thursday’ Hazing
A suburban Philadelphia high school football coach has resigned after three senior football players reportedly sexually assaulted a freshman during a hazing the team called “No Gay Thursday.” Longtime Conestoga High School head football coach John Vogan issued his resignation Thursday and made it effective immediately after three 17-year-old students faced charges stemming from an…
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Boston English Teacher Asks Black Student, ‘What’s Up, My N–ger?’ During Lesson on Huckleberry Finn
During a lesson about Huckleberry Finn, a Boston high school English teacher walked over to Destinee Wornum’s desk and said, “What’s up, my [n—ger]?” “I didn’t know what to say,” Destinee, a black 16-year-old, told the Boston Globe about the October 2015 incident at Boston Latin School. “I was uncomfortable and embarrassed.” It was an…
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Toronto Dad With Albinism Forced Off Bus After Someone Told Police He Abducted His Son
Jason Thompson and his 4-year-old son, Xavier, were on their way to see the movie Zootopia when they were forced off a Toronto bus by police who were called because Thompson didn’t look like he could be Xavier’s father. “A white guy with a brown kid doesn’t mean that anything is going on,” Thompson, who…