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Ariz. High School Track Star Commits Suicide on Campus
A high school in Tempe, Ariz., is mourning the loss of a student who committed suicide on campus on Tuesday, KPHO reports. Marcus Wheeler, an 18-year-old senior who ran cross-country and track for Corona del Sol High School, tweeted that there would be a “suicide in the school right now” before taking his own life,…
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White Fla. Pub Owner Held Black Couple at Gunpoint Over Drink Beef: Report
Florida couple Kayla Davis and Darien Elwin were celebrating Elwin’s 20th birthday Saturday when they decided to stop at George & Dragon British Pub in Orlando for dinner, since they had a coupon. Davis, who turned 21 a few months ago, asked the owner of the pub, Kim Bruns, for a drink recommendation. Bruns made…
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Autopsy Reveals Ga. Man Found Hanging From a Tree Committed Suicide
Roosevelt Champion III’s death has been ruled a suicide by local authorities, 11 Alive reports, putting to bed the notion that the 43-year-old Georgia man had been hanged from a tree by a racially motivated perpetrator. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that autopsy results pointed to suicide. Champion was found dead Monday morning…
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Medgar Evers College Dean of Students Among Those Killed in Amtrak Derailment
Derrick Griffith, a 42-year-old doctoral student and dean of student affairs at Medgar Evers College in New York City, was one of seven individuals who died Monday night when an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, PIX11 reports. Griffith had just defended his dissertation in urban education one month prior at Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers College and was…
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9-Year-Old Md. Student Was Beaten While Bus Driver Looked On
The family of a 9-year-old Prince George’s County public school student is demanding answers as to why the school bus driver did not intervene as other students brutally beat the child, WJLA reports. Cellphone footage captured the moments when Saraia Collins begs the other children to leave her alone as they tease her. “Get out…
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Md. Teen Held on $500,000 Bail Is Released After Anonymous Payment
“It hurt” to see footage of Freddie Gray’s ultimately fatal arrest, and so Allen Bullock, who said that he knew the 25-year-old, took to the streets of Baltimore to join the protests after Gray’s death, The Guardian reports. “It wasn’t that he died; it was how he died,” Bullock, joined by family members and his…
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Former College Wrestler on Trial for Exposing Partners to HIV
The trial of Michael L. Johnson, a former college wrestler who allegedly exposed unsuspecting partners to HIV, began on Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The 23-year-old wrestling champ was expelled from Lindenwood University after he was charged in the case. He has been held in prison since then on a $100,000 cash bail, the…
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Police Shoot Man Who Allegedly Terrorized NYC Pedestrians With Hammer
New York City police officers shot a suspect on Wednesday who is believed to have randomly attacked pedestrians in Manhattan with a hammer, the New York Post reports. David Baril, 30, was rushed to a hospital, where he is said to be in critical condition. Two officers reportedly recognized the suspect from photos released by…
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Formerly Homeless NYC Man Stole $1.5 Million Home From Elderly Woman: Report
A formally homeless man allegedly tried to upgrade his single-room occupancy, or SRO, New York City lodging for a $1.5 million brownstone by scamming an 84-year-old woman out of her Harlem home. Multiple aliases and a forged city deed were used in the intricate plot, according to court papers, the New York Post reports. Herny…
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Incoming Boston University Professor Apologizes for Tweets on Race
Saida Grundy, a sociology professor headed to Boston University, caused quite the stir with a few recent tweets aimed at “white college males” who she believes make up a “problem population.” Grundy, whose Twitter account is now private, also tweeted, “White masculinity is THE problem for America’s colleges.” After some deemed her tweets racist, Grundy…