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Charges Dropped Against 5 Teens in Alleged NYC Park Gang Rape
Five Brooklyn, N.Y., teens accused of raping an 18-year-old woman last month at gunpoint in a New York park have had the charges against them dismissed after prosecutors say the young woman recanted her story. In addition, prosecutors say, the story the teen boys told police when they were arrested—that the young lady’s father had…
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Ohio Police Searching for Bald Suspect in $847 Rogaine Theft
Mount Healthy, Ohio, police are looking for tips about a serial-theft suspect who was involved in the shoplifting of some $847 worth of Rogaine and Prevagen products from a local Walgreen’s store. The thief had reportedly also been identified in similar Cincinnati-area thefts in North College Hill and West Chester, among other locations, and is…
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Johnson & Johnson to Pay $72,000,000 in Cancer Case Linked to Talcum Powder
Johnson & Johnson will have to pay $72 million to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer that the family argued was linked to the woman’s use of the health care giant’s talcum powder, the New York Daily News reports. The family of Jacqueline Fox argued that the company was “lying to…
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Meet Carla Hayden, the President’s Nominee for Librarian of Congress
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Carla Hayden to be the new librarian of Congress. If confirmed, she would become the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. According to The Hill, Hayden is the chief executive of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. “Being the first female and the…
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Minn. Officials Revoke ‘FMUSLMS’ Vanity License Plate
A vanity license in Minnesota has been confiscated and officials are apologizing after the plate, which read, “FMUSLMS,” caused an uproar, Reuters reports. Officials said Wednesday that approval procedures for the vanity plates are under review. The contention started after a St. Cloud-area resident uploaded a photo of the offensive license plate on social media. …
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NYC Teen Drowned in Hotel Pool While Doing Missionary Work in Tanzania
A Bronx, N.Y., teen died last Friday in a hotel pool while doing missionary work in Tanzania, WABC reports. Laniece Moore, a 15-year-old student at Thurgood Marshall Academy in Harlem, was part of a group helping to rebuild a Tanzanian school before she drowned in the hotel pool. According to the news station, the girl’s…
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Obama Details Qualities He’s Looking for in Supreme Court Justice
President Barack Obama has taken to SCOTUSblog to describe the qualities he will be looking for in his nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. In the blog post titled “A Responsibility I Take Seriously,” Obama noted that this particular duty is one that he intends to fulfill in the weeks ahead,…
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Kenyan MP Urges Women to Deny Husbands Sex Until They Register to Vote in 2017 Elections
One Kenyan member of Parliament is encouraging women to withhold sex from their husbands in an odd bid to encourage the men to register to vote in the 2017 general elections, Newsweek reports. Esther Murugi, the M.P. for Nyeri Town, is also encouraging women not to cook for their husbands, and even encouraged pastors not…
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NY Woman Who Served 10 Years in Prison After Cop Falsified Confession is Exonerated
On November 18, 1991, 71-year-old Michael Shaw was assaulted and robbed. He would succumb to his injuries on n April 21, 1992. In 1992, now retired NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella questioned Vanessa Gathers. Gathers told police she had nothing to do with the crime. Five years later, Scarcella questioned Gathers again and coerced her into…
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Del. Cop Who Was Acquitted of Kicking Black Man in the Face Resigns
A Delaware police officer who was captured on police dash cam kicking a black man in the face as he bent to the ground has resigned. Police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, who was acquitted in the 2013 assault, has made his resignation effective immediately. Officials describe Webster’s resignation as a “negotiated separation,” the Associated Press…