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NY Mom Accused of Tossing Newborn Out of 7th-Floor Window Had Another Child Who Died in 2008
A New York woman who used to work for the New York City Administration for Children’s Services is now being investigated for the 2008 death of one of her children after she was arrested Monday for allegedly throwing her newborn daughter out the window of her boyfriend’s Bronx, N.Y., apartment, the New York Post reports. …
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Conn. Mom Arrested After She Allegedly Left Child Home Alone While She Performed Sexual Favors for Money
A Hartford, Conn., mother was arrested Tuesday after she reportedly left her 4-year-old daughter home alone while she was out performing sexual favors for money. Police have charged Shi’day Nicks, 22, with “risk of injury to a minor, reckless endangerment and leaving a child under 12 unsupervised,” the Hartford Courant reports. According to police documents…
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Ben Carson Jokes About How He Used to Run From Police: ‘That Was Back in the Day Before They Would Shoot You’
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson took a moment Wednesday, while speaking at the University of New Hampshire, to make a joke about his childhood and the current state of police violence against black people. “Throwing rocks at cars, I really liked that,” Carson said, describing his childhood growing up in Detroit. “Sometimes the police would…
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Del. Couple Sue State Police After Disabled Vet Is Beaten Because His Quadriplegic Wife Could Not Stand Up: Report
A disabled Delaware couple have filed a lawsuit against Delaware State Police after what they say was their horrific interaction with officers conducting a drug raid in their home in June 2014, the News Journal reports. According to the report, officers beat and used a stun gun on Ruther Hayes, a disabled veteran who takes…
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Detroit Dad and Daughter Surprised With Furnished, Disability-Friendly Home
Dreia Davis’ life was flipped upside down in August 2009, when, at the age of 13, she was shot in the face in a drive-by shooting on Detroit’s east side. In the aftermath, Davis suffered two heart attacks and a stroke and had to undergo multiple surgeries. Her prognosis for survival wasn’t good. However, now,…
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Calif. Artist Shot Dead While Working on Community Mural
An artist working on a community art project in West Oakland, Calif., was shot dead Tuesday, stirring grief and disbelief, CBS San Francisco reports. The victim was identified as Antonio Ramos, a muralist with the Attitudinal Healing Connection. Ramos was painting a mural designed by students of an Oakland middle school as part of a…
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Convicted Killer Released From La. Prison by Mistake
On Sept. 23 the Dixon Correctional Institute in Louisiana released Benjuiel Johnson, but there was only one problem: Johnson, who was sentenced in 2013 to 35 years for manslaughter, wasn’t supposed to be released. According to WAFB, the Louisiana Department of Corrections says that miscommunication and missing paperwork are to blame for the convicted killer’s…
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New Mom Publicly Thanks ‘Amazing’ Stranger Who Helped Comfort Inconsolable Baby on Plane
It was a simple, kind act. However, after a grateful mom turned to Facebook to publicly thank the “amazing” stranger, the post went viral, garnering more than 85,000 shares. It all started last week, when new mom Rebekka Garvison was faced with the daunting task of traveling by herself with her baby daughter. Garvison, according to CBS…
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Ben Carson to NASCAR Fans: Confederate Flag OK ‘if It’s Private Property’
Presidential candidate Ben Carson, the only black person playing in the 2016 Republican presidential field, gave the nod for NASCAR fans to continue flying the contentious Confederate flag, the Associated Press reports. Carson made the announcment Monday, which is the same day he snagged an informal endorsement from NASCAR racing icon Richard Petty. The two…
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DeRay Mckesson Counters Jeb Bush on ‘Free Stuff’ Expectation: Bush Hasn’t Earned the Stuff He Has
Jeb Bush should know a thing or two about expecting “free stuff’; after all, just take a look at his own family legacy, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson pointed out Monday night. During a roundtable discussion about Jeb Bush on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, Mckesson brushed aside Bush’s suggestion that black voters want…