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Expectant Miss. Mother Includes Late Husband in Family Photo Shoot
Photos have the ability to hold memories of all that has transpired and to freeze our most precious moments in time. Yet with additional technical touches, they can reflect even more than that. When Nicole Bennett of Jackson, Miss., unexpectedly lost her husband, Deonta, two months before her due date, she reached out to photographer…
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Fla. Teen Who Posed as Doctor Arrested Again
The 18-year-old Florida teen who was arrested last month on charges he impersonated a doctor has been arrested again, this time on charges he used another person’s identity. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Malachi Love-Robinson was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with one count of larceny and five counts of using another person’s identification without…
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Fla. Basketball Cop Surprises Kids With Brand-New Basketball Court
Gainesville, Fla., Police Officer Bobby White isn’t done with his good deeds yet. The officer first caught national attention when he responded to a noise complaint about neighborhood kids playing basketball outside by joining their game instead of reprimanding them. The dash-cam video of him playing around with the kids went viral, along with the…
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Brother Accused of Fatally Shooting Ohio Pastor Pleads Not Guilty
The brother of an Ohio pastor who is accused of shooting and killing the pastor during a Sunday church service has pleaded not guilty, court records note, Reuters reports. The man, Daniel Gregory Schooler, 68, is facing a possible life sentence without parole if convicted in the murder of his brother, the Rev. William B…
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Seattle Seahawks Kam Chancellor Wanted to Buy a Gym and Gym Employees Called the Cops on Him
Kam Chancellor of the Seattle Seahawks was looking into an investment opportunity Wednesday when he ended up having to chat with police instead because two employees at the business got nervous and called 911, Fox Sports reports. According to the report, Chancellor was checking out a Redmond, Wash., gym that had recently lost its lease…
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Ala. Officer Charged With Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man
Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey charged Montgomery, Ala., Police Officer Aaron Smith with murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside his mother’s house. “I will do everything in my power to protect a police officer who is operating within the law,” Bailey said Wednesday, CBS News reports. “I will…
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Texas Officer Who Arrested Sandra Bland Is Finally Fired
The Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland has formally been fired. Trooper Brian Encinia was officially fired after he failed to “rebut disciplinary charges leveled against him in January, Public Safety Director Steven McCraw wrote in a letter of final termination,” the Huffington Post reports. Encinia stopped Bland June 10, 2015, for reportedly failing to…
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Black Couple Upset Over Description Written on IHOP Receipt
A black couple are upset after realizing that the receipt they were given at an Austin, Texas, IHOP had the words “BLACK PPL” written at the top of it, Fox 7 reports. Even more surprising to them, they say, is the fact that their waiter was also black. “People being racist—and it’s your own people…
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Jesse Matthew Jr. Convicted of Murdering 2 Va. College Students
Jesse Matthew Jr. was convicted Wednesday for the murders of two Virginia college students as part of a plea deal that spared him from facing the death penalty, the Washington Post reports. The 33-year-old entered guilty pleas in Albemarle County court for the 2014 murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham and the 2009…
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Trump Watch: White Supremacist Given Press Credentials and Interview With Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump, the presidential candidate who refuses to denounce the Ku Klux Klan, has reportedly allowed James Edwards, a white supremacist radio talk show host, VIP access at his rallies. The “pro-white” host even landed a recent interview with the Republican front-runner’s son. According to the Huffington Post, Edwards spoke with Donald Trump Jr. in…