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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…
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Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Is Charged With Murder
An off-duty Texas police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old and wounded another juvenile was arrested Wednesday for murder and aggravated assault, the Associated Press reports. Farmers Branch Police Officer Ken Johnson was taken into custody Wednesday night and was booked into the Dallas County Jail. The fatal shooting occurred Sunday at a gas…
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Gay Ga. Couple Severely Burned After Mother’s Boyfriend Throws Boiling Water on Them
A young Atlanta couple are recovering after a man severely burned them by throwing boiling water on them while they were in bed sleeping, WSB-TV reports. Blackwell, 48, is currently being held at Fulton County Jail; he is charged with two counts of aggravated battery. Tolbert, 21, and his boyfriend, Anthony Gooden, were seriously injured…
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5 NC Deputies Suspended After Assault at Trump Rally
Five North Carolina sheriff’s deputies have been suspended after they failed to arrest a Donald Trump supporter who was caught on video punching a black man as he was being escorted out of a Trump rally in Fayetteville, N.C. According to the Associated Press, three deputies were demoted and suspended without pay for five days.…