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Cleveland Truck Driver Labeled ‘Serial Killer’ by Prosecutor
A Cleveland truck driver is charged with murder in four slayings and is being labeled a serial killer by a Cuyahoga County prosecutor, Reuters reports. A grand jury in Cleveland indicted Robert Rembert Jr., 45, on 10 counts of aggravated murder in three 2015 slayings and one 1997 slaying, the newswire reports. In addition, Rembert…
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Injured Conn. Cop Gets Note From Kids He Reads to in Spare Time: ‘Thanks for Being Like a Dad for Us’
An injured New London, Conn., police officer got a pleasant surprise to help him heal a little faster, as well as a pleasant reminder that his own acts of kindness have not been overlooked, WFSB reports. The surprise came in the form of a handwritten note taped to his door by 9-year-old Malik, in…
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Banking While Black: DC Police Chase and Cuff College Student After White Woman Says She Is ‘Uncomfortable’
Black Lives Matter activists lined a Washington, D.C., street Tuesday in protest after an 18-year-old black man and his friends were accosted, chased and handcuffed by police for, they believe, standing too close to a banking institution and thereby making a white woman uncomfortable. Jason Goolsby told the Washington Post that he and two friends…
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Conn. Teen Jumps From Car After Woman Offers Her a Ride and Then, Teen Says, Sexually Assaults Her
A 17-year-old Bridgeport, Conn., teen claims that a 38-year-old woman whom she didn’t know offered her a ride to school on a brisk morning last week. The teen accepted the offer, and once she was inside the car, the teen claims, the woman sexually assaulted her. Fearing for her safety, the teen reportedly dived from…
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Baltimore Officer on Trial in Death of Freddie Gray Says She Was Unjustly Interrogated
A Baltimore judge ruled Tuesday that two officers’ statements would be admissible at their trials in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, while three other cops charged in the case withdrew their efforts to block their statements, the Baltimore Sun reports. Judge Barry Williams rejected motions by attorneys for Sgt. Alicia D. White and Officer…
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Ga. Sheriff’s Deputies Seen in Graphic Video Tasing Restrained Inmate in the Groin
Graphic video of Matthew Ajibade’s ultimately fatal encounter with Georgia deputies has been obtained by NBC News, and it shows officers using a Taser on the mentally ill inmate, who was restrained. The two deputies involved, as well as a health care worker, are currently in the middle of an involuntary manslaughter trial in connection…
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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…