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Man Accused of Shooting at George Zimmerman Is Arrested
A Florida man was arrested Friday on charges of attacking George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, Reuters reports. Matthew Apperson was charged with aggravated assault and battery with a deadly weapon, as well as with firing a deadly missile into an…
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NJ Teacher Fired for Allowing Students to Write ‘Get Well’ Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal
A third-grade teacher at an Orange, N.J., elementary school was fired this week for allowing her class to write “get well” letters last month to Mumia Abu-Jamal, according to the Daily Mail. Orange Schools Superintendent Ronald Lee on Wednesday confirmed the board’s decision, taken during a heated board meeting Tuesday, to fire Marylin Zuniga, the…
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Watch: Baltimore Cop Sentenced in Attack on Unarmed Man During Arrest
A Baltimore police officer on Friday was sentenced to six months in jail for beating an unarmed man at a bus stop in June, an attack that was captured on surveillance video, reports the Baltimore Sun. The sentence comes just weeks after a national furor erupted over the death of Freddie Gray, 25, from spinal…
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WNBA Newlyweds Griner and Johnson Suspended Over Domestic Violence
Newlyweds Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson were suspended from the WNBA on Friday after their domestic violence arrests last month, according to the Associated Press. Each of them will miss seven games in the league’s longest suspensions in its 19-year history, the report says. The suspensions amount to more than one-fifth of the 34-game regular…
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Jury Sentences Boston Marathon Bomber to Death
A Boston jury has given Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death sentence, finding the lethal punishment “appropriate” for six of the 17 death-penalty-eligible counts, ABC News reports. The seven women and five men of the jury found Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in the April 2013 bombing that stunned the nation and left three…
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Cafeteria Worker in Ill. Arrested After Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Student
An Illinois high school employee has been arrested and charged after allegedly pursuing a sexual relationship with an underage male student, WLS reports. Joi Taylor, 32, charged with felony sex assault and indecent solicitation of a child, is being held on a $25,000 bond after allegedly performing a sex act on a 16-year-old student in…
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Chicago Man Convicted in Bali Suitcase Murder Case Demands Portion of Girlfriend’s Trust Fund
Tommy Schaefer, the 21-year-old convicted of murdering his girlfriend Heather Mack’s mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, is demanding a portion of the $1.56 million trust fund that Mack’s mother set up for her before the couple killed her, the Daily Mail reports. According to the Daily Mail, Schaefer claims that he is entitled to a share…
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NYC Man Charged With Assault in Manhattan Hammer Attacks
David Baril, suspected of being the hammer-wielding man responsible for a series of attacks in New York City earlier this week, has been charged with seven counts of felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon, the New York Times reports. Baril remains in critical condition after an encounter with two police officers on Wednesday…
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Cop in Ill. Who Killed Black Teen Won’t Face Charges
An Illinois cop won’t face charges for the fatal shooting of a black teen in April, prosecutors have decided, saying that the use of lethal force was justified, Reuters reports. Zion Police Officer Eric Hill shot Justus Howell, 17, twice in the back. According to witnesses and police, Howell was carrying a firearm he had…
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NY Mother Pleads Guilty to Killing 8-Year-Old Disabled Daughter
Veronica Cirella, from Plainview, N.Y., pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday for asphyxiating her 8-year-old disabled daughter in July 2011, the New York Daily News reports. Cirella’s daughter, Julie Cirella, had cerebral palsy and was supposed to be the flower girl in a wedding on the day she died. Her mother originally told authorities that Julie…