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The FBI Launches Investigation Into the Police Killing of Chicago Teen Laquan McDonald
Several police officers were already working to detain 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was walking though the Chicago streets wielding a knife, when another police vehicle pulled up and one of its officers fired 16 shots into Laquan’s body, killing him. The FBI announced Monday that it is launching a criminal investigation into the actions of…
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Bill O’Reilly: It’s ‘Open Season’ on White Men and That’ll Help Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
Cry for white men, Argentina. It seems that’s how it ought to be if you ask Bill O’Reilly. The Fox News TV host described Monday how he feels people are coming down on white men, Raw Story reports, and all of that dumping, O’Reilly suspects, will give Hillary Clinton a leg up during her 2016…
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Ariz. Police Officer Seen Ramming Suspect With Car in Dash-Cam Video
An Arizona police officer is being backed by his chief after he drove his police cruiser into an armed suspect who was walking on the sidewalk, USA Today reports. Marana Police Chief Terry Rozema released footage of the Feb. 19 crash, and the moments leading up to it, this week, according to the news site.…
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Jury: Aaron Hernandez Guilty of 1st-Degree Murder
Aaron Hernandez has been found guilty of first-degree murder by jurors after a lengthy trial in Fall River, Mass., CNN reports. The conviction means that the former New England Patriots tight end faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, whose body was found in June…
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V. Stiviano Owes Donald Sterling’s Wife $2,600,000, Judge Rules
Shelly Sterling, the estranged wife of disgraced, former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, is owed $2.6 million by V. Stiviano, her husband’s alleged mistress, a judge ruled Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. According to the news wire, Judge Richard Fruin Jr. decided that Shelly Sterling is due money and gifts given to Stiviano that…
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Baltimore Man Arrested by Police Hospitalized in Critical Condition
A Baltimore man is currently hospitalized at Maryland Shock Trauma in a medically induced coma with spinal injuries after an arrest by police Sunday, WJZ reports. According to the news station, 26-year-old Freddie Gray’s condition raises question about what happened to the young man after his arrest that landed him in the hospital. Gray’s godbrother,…
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Educators Get Prison Time in Cheating Scandal
One of the biggest school cheating scandals in the country has come to a close with a Fulton County, Ga., judge handing out varying sentences to eight of 11 Atlanta school employees convicted in the case, Education Week reports. According to the report, Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter showed some leniency toward those who took…
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Chicago Proposes Reparations Package to Police Torture Victims
Chicago is trying to apply closure to a scandal that continues to haunt the city. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and several city aldermen proposed Tuesday a $5.5 million reparations package for victims of police torture, reported the Associated Press. The package will be introduced Wednesday to the City Council. “Today we stand together as a city…
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Nigeria’s President-Elect: I Cannot Promise That We Can Find Abducted Girls
Today marks a somber anniversary in Nigeria—and indeed around the world. It’s been one year since the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeast-Nigerian town of Chibok. Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari issued a statement Tuesday saying that it may never be possible to locate the missing girls. “We do…
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Wis. Man Shot to Death After Accidentally Hitting and Killing a 2-Year-Old With His Van
A 40-year-old Milwaukee man lost his life in apparent retaliation for accidentally hitting and killing a 2-year-old boy, the Associated Press reports. After Archie Brown Jr.’s van struck Damani Terry on Sunday, Brown got out of his van to check on Damani, but Brown was then fatally shot by someone nearby. Damani’s older brother, 15-year-old…