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NYC Man Who Was Beaten With a Bat Claims He Was Kept Handcuffed for 7 Hours With Broken Elbow
James Rodriguez had just left his night job stocking supermarket shelves on Feb. 26 and was heading to his home in the Bronx, N.Y., when he stopped at the Santiago Deli on East 170th Street to pick up a couple of sodas. He knew that they shouldn’t have cost more than a few bucks, so…
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7 Dead, Dozens Injured in Amtrak Train Derailment in Philly
Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to report the new death toll and discoveries from the ongoing investigation. An Amtrak train traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City derailed in Philadelphia Monday night, killing seven people and injuring more than 60 passengers, the New York Times reports. Around 9:30 p.m. EDT, the Amtrak…
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Tamir Rice Investigation Drawing to a Close, Sheriff Says
Tamir Rice died almost six months ago, and just last week his mother, Samaria Rice, and her legal team publicly demanded answers as to how long an inquiry into the 12-year-old’s death would continue. CNN is reporting that on Tuesday, Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pinkney said that most of his department’s probe into the shooting of…
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Report: SC Homeowner Given 2-Second Warning to Drop Weapon Before Deputy Shoots Him
Newly released dash-cam video of a police-involved shooting in Charleston County, S.C., reveals that a homeowner who was armed with a handgun to protect himself from intruders was barely given a warning before a sheriff’s deputy opened fire, WCIV reports. According to the report, Bryant Heyward had taken up the .40-caliber weapon in defense of…
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Busy Few Weeks for Harriet Tubman’s Legacy
It’s been a busy few weeks for the legacy of Harriet Tubman. Earlier this month it was announced that Viola Davis would be starring in an HBO biopic about the abolitionist who led slaves to freedom. Now, if the voting from an online poll holds any sway with lawmakers, Tubman could be in contention to…
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Detroit Ex-Pat and Activist Killed in Ghana
Mamelena Diop, born Jeannette Salters, was a Detroit activist in the 1970s who eventually moved to Ghana as part of her exploration of her roots. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that she was killed in that West African country. Her body, along with that of her sister, Nzinga Janna, was found last week near…
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Fox Contributor: First Lady Should Have Given a Shout-Out to Affirmative Action
First lady Michelle Obama drew attention for the commencement speech she delivered at the HBCU Tuskegee University on Saturday, where she spoke candidly about race and racism in America and the trials she herself has faced because of her skin color. One Fox News contributor, however, thought that the first lady focused too much on…
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George Zimmerman Shooting Wasn’t Random Road Rage: Report
Turns out George Zimmerman’s brush with death Monday in Florida was everything but random. According to WESH, the man who allegedly fired the shot that shattered Zimmerman’s windshield and left him with cuts on his face had reportedly been threatened by Zimmerman some eight months earlier. No arrests have been made or charges filed in the…
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Former CIA Officer Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison for Leaking Intel to Reporter
Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA officer who was found guilty in January of leaking classified information to a New York Times reporter, was sentenced Monday to three-and-a-half years in prison by a federal judge, the Washington Post reports. Sterling was convicted of leaking details about a U.S. operation to sabotage Iran’s efforts to develop a…
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Ga. Man Found Dead, Hanging From a Tree
Roosevelt Champion III, a 43-year-old African-American man from Georgia, was found dead Monday morning, hanging from a tree in Greene County, My Fox Atlanta reports. Champion was found hanging behind his home near a “bushy area,” the news site explains. A man found Champion’s body and called authorities. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,…