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Former Texas A&M Football Player Admits to Stabbing Jogger to Death With Machete: Report
Thomas Johnson, a former Texas A&M University wide receiver, was reportedly “angry about his situation” when, police say, he randomly attacked and fatally stabbed a male jogger along White Rock Creek Trail in northeast Dallas early Monday, Fox 4 reports. The 21-year-old reportedly used a “large, edged weapon” to kill the unidentified jogger around 8…
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Lamar Odom Found Unconscious in Nev. Brothel, Rushed to Hospital
Former Los Angeles Lakers forward, and erstwhile reality-TV star, Lamar Odom is currently fighting for his life after being found unconscious at Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nev., TMZ reports. The 35-year-old Odom, whose battle with substance abuse has been heavily reported in recent years, had allegedly been partying with multiple women…
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Ga. Confederate-Flag Lovers Who Crashed Child’s Birthday Party Charged as Terrorists
Confederate-flag supporters who crashed a child’s birthday party hosted by an African-American family in Douglasville, Ga., have been charged with terrorist threats and gang activity, prosecutors announced Monday. According to WSB-TV, 15 members of a group called Respect the Flag have been indicted and accused of making terroristic threats for reportedly driving through an outdoor…
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Black Women More Likely to Receive Improper Breast-Cancer Care: Study
Racial disparities in medical care, with black patients often receiving substandard care in comparison with their white counterparts, are not a new discovery. However, in what NBC News is describing as the largest study to look at the disparities in breast-cancer tratement in the U.S. (just in time for Pinktober), it is all but confirmed…
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Tenn. Missionary Killed by Gunmen in Haiti
A Tennessee missionary was killed over the weekend in Haiti when her car was intentionally blocked and gunmen opened fire, officials from the Estes Church of Christ and eyewitnesses claim, the Jackson Sun reports. Roberta Edwards, who was the administrator at Sonlight Ministries Children’s Home in Port-au-Prince, cared for 20 orphaned or unwanted children in…
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Philadelphia Police Arrest Man in Slaying of Transgender Woman
Philadelphia police Sunday arrested a man they believe was involved in the brutal killing of Keisha Jenkins, a transgender woman who was beaten and shot last week. According to NBC New York, a tip led to the arrest of Pedro Redding, who, police say, has a history of violence. Redding, 24, has been arraigned on…
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Report: Fla. Woman Beaten, Arrested for Filming Police
On July 15, 2015, Kelli Wilson took out her cellphone to record two Jacksonville, Fla., policemen arresting her husband when, she says, the officers assaulted and arrested her and took her phone, footage of which was captured by a surveillance camera. “I was beaten and then falsely arrested, my phone was stolen, my car was…
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Texas Police School Resource Officer Seen on Camera Slamming 14-Year-Old to Floor by the Throat
A Texas parent is furious and says he intends to press charges of excessive force against a Round Rock, Texas, police school resource officer after watching video showing the officer slamming his 14-year-old son to the floor by his throat, KXAN reports. “The police officer that was actually in this particular situation, he should have…
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Miss. Man Found Dead in Police Custody
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a 29-year-old man who died while in police custody in a downtown Jackson jail, WAPT reports. “We have had an incident occur here at the Jackson Jail, and we want to be as transparent as we can about it,” Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance…
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Waffle House Customer Fatally Shoots Armed Robber in Charleston, SC: Report
A North Charleston, S.C., Waffle House customer will not be charged after fatally shooting a would-be robber over the weekend, police said, according to the New York Daily News. “No one was hurt, which is the best part,” Waffle House Division Manager Brandon Rogers told the Post and Courier. “No one was injured—besides the suspect.” The…