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James Roberts has a brand-new job, and he says it’s all thanks to a mystery New York City police officer who gave him a lift after he got lost on his way to the interview, CBS2 reports.  Roberts, from the city’s Bronx borough, misunderstood the location of the job interview and ultimately got lost, much…

A Baltimore jury was one vote away from acquitting Police Officer William Porter of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, the most serious charge he faced, according to sources, the Baltimore Sun reports.  The case ultimately ended in a mistrial because the jury deadlocked last month on all four of Porter’s charges. According…

It’s a move that had never been done before, but Trinidad and Tobago gymnast Marisa Dick has perfected it and made it her own. The 18-year-old leaps off a springboard to a split, landing on the balance beam, with legs extended, toes pointed and arms stretched up in artistic flair, pefectly balanced.  It’s Dick’s signature…

A Texas middle school student who was suffering an asthma attack and accepted an inhaler from a classmate faces one month in an alternative school, Fox 4 News reports.  Alexis Kyle, 13, who used her classmate’s inhaler, is facing the same penalty as Indiyah Rush, 12, who offered Alexis her inhaler Tuesday in gym class…

Chicago has released more videos of a fatal police-involved shooting, this time showing the shooting death of black teen Cedrick Chatman, the Chicago Tribune reports.  Lawyers for the 17-year-old’s family say that the videos—captured from a police surveillance camera as well as cameras outside a convenience store—show that the teen was running from police and…

Madison, Ala., Police Officer Eric Parker has been acquitted by a federal judge following two trials that resulted in hung juries, Reuters reports.  Parker was accused of violating the civil rights of Indian national Sureshbhai Patel and using unreasonable force while responding to a 911 call after he was seen on video tossing the 57-year-old…

Ben Carson’s finance chair quit early Thursday in the wake of mounting questions about his use of campaign funds, as well as his high monthly salary, Politico reports.  According to the report, Dean Parker recently began making $20,000 a month—unusual for a typically unpaid, honorary position, according to campaign experts—even as his team’s high spending habits…

A sheriff’s deputy in Montana who reportedly got wasted at a party is now facing a felony charge of assault with a weapon after attacking and pulling a gun on an Asian man whom he called “an ISIS,” the Helena Independent Record reports.  Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Phillip Jay Clark, who was arrested…