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Any Tips for Tracing an Ancestor With a Common Name?
I would like to know if you have any advice on how to trace one’s family with a common surname such as Smith or Jones. Any help is greatly appreciated. —T. Jones It can be challenging to trace a family with a common name. It often requires putting time and effort into researching individuals who…
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6 Baltimore Cops Indicted in Freddie Gray’s Death
A Baltimore grand jury has handed down indictments against the six police officers charged in the April 19 death of Freddie Gray, according to NBC News. Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury after his arrest and transport by the six cops. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced the indictments, noting that in a few cases,…
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Mom Takes Deceased Son’s Place in Graduation After Deadly Post-Prom Car Crash
Aaron Dunigan died in a post-prom car crash before he got the chance to walk across the stage with his fellow graduates from Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City, Ill., Wednesday. His grieving mother, Katherine Jackson, however, was determined to see her son’s academic accomplishments through, so she donned the late teen’s cap…
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Pregnant Chicago Woman Accuses Angry Cop of Punching Her Belly
A pregnant Chicago woman says that a plainclothes police officer punched her in the belly and then unleashed a racist tirade after she and a few friends laughed at him. Nicola Robinson, who is eight months pregnant, told WFLD-TV that she and others were standing near her apartment building on Friday when they saw police…
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Missing Clark Atlanta University Student Found Safe in Ill.
Updated Thursday, May 21, 4:20 p.m. EDT: Clark Atlanta University student Alexis Jones-Rhodes, who had been missing since Monday, has been found safe in Illinois, WBS-TV reports. Authorities say that there was no foul play involved in her sudden disapperance, which occurred while the 22-year-old was supposed to be on her way to her graduation. …
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Chicago Gunman to 7-Year-Old Before Shooting Him: ‘What You Be About?’
Seven-year-old Elijah Dace was walking home from school Wednesday with his brother and sister in the Morgan Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side when the trio were ambushed by two gunmen who came out of an alley, with one of them yelling, “What you be about?” before opening fire at the children, police say, according…
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Michael Brown Will Receive a Permanent Memorial Site in Ferguson, Mo.
On Wednesday volunteers packed up the candles, stuffed animals and other memorabilia placed at Michael Brown’s makeshift memorial in Ferguson, Mo., because they were posing a public safety hazard, the Associated Press reports. But Brown’s father and Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III said that a permanent memorial would soon be installed at an outdoor site…
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Va. Mom’s Facebook Post Thanking an Officer for Protecting Her Son Goes Viral
Dr. Nada Owusu of Virginia took to her Facebook page Friday to give praise and thanks to a state trooper who came to her son’s rescue when his tires blew out and left him stranded on the side of a road for many hours, WTVR reports. The pediatrician’s 20-year-old son, Joseph Owusu, a student at…
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Assata Shakur Mural Taken Down at Marquette University
A mural of Assata Shakur has been removed from Marquette University after a professor noticed it on the school’s Facebook page. Suspended professor John McAdams contacted the school Monday after noticing the mural with the Shakur quote, “No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them,” on the student union’s…
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NYC Motorman Suspended for Breaking Rule to Get Medical Help for Trainee Who Collapsed: Report
A New York City transit employee says he was only thinking about getting medical aid for a trainee who had collapsed and begun spitting up blood, when he apparently broke a rule while doing so. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority viewed the actions he took to help the trainee as dangerous and suspended the subway motorman…