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BLACKSTONE, Mass. (AP) — The bodies of three infants were found in a Massachusetts house filled with vermin and piled high with soiled diapers, where four other children were removed by authorities last month, a prosecutor said. Detectives investigating a case of reckless endangerment of children found the bodies Thursday at the house in Blackstone, […]
LIMA, Ohio (AP) — A teenager convicted of killing three students at an Ohio high school scrambled over a fence to escape a state prison with two other prisoners and was captured nearly six hours later hiding by a church early Friday, authorities said. T.J. Lane, 19, was caught only about 100 yards from the […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the ruling but would decide on whether to appeal only after sentencing. Judge Thokozile Masipa said […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California Highway Patrol officer videotaped repeatedly punching a woman on the side of a Los Angeles freeway had just pulled her from oncoming traffic and she resisted by pushing him, a patrol investigator said. Investigator Sean Taketa outlined the July 1 incident in a request to search 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock’s […]
Support is growing for former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to take over as NFL commissioner following criticism of how the league dropped the ball on former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice. The Ravens swiftly canceled Rice’s five-year contract and the NFL suspended him indefinitely on Tuesday, one day after video surfaced on TMZ.com showing […]
John Crawford III, the African American man shot dead by police in a Beavercreek, Ohio Walmart, may be gone; but revelations about what he was or was not doing before his death continues to unfold. Now, the witness who made the phone call that led to the shooting has changed his story. Ronald Ritchie, the […]
Alabama Federal Judge Mark Fuller was charged with beating his wife, pled guilty and his arrest record will be expunged if he completes a counseling…
“WE ARE NSU” Student : Derek Smith Major : History Hometown : Chesapeake, Virginia Derek Smith a senior, from Chesapeake, Virginia has been named this week’s Tom Joyner Foundation “Hercules Scholar”. At Norfolk State University Derek is majoring in History and is recognized as an honor student with a 3.69 GPA . He plans to be […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri women seeking abortions will face one of the nation’s most stringent waiting periods, after state lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto to enact a 72-hour delay that includes no exception for cases of rape or incest. The new requirement will take effect 30 days after Wednesday’s vote by the Republican-led […]
TORONTO (AP) — Rob Ford, the controversial mayor of Toronto who became an international celebrity last year after acknowledging using crack cocaine in a “drunken stupor,” is believed to have a tumor in his abdomen, health officials said. Dr. Rueben Devlin from Humber Regional Hospital said Wednesday night that Ford had been complaining of abdominal […]
Is a woman’s tolerance to marijuana higher than a man’s? One study thinks so. The New Zealand Herald reports: Women are more likely to suffer negative effects of smoking cannabis – including depression, anxiety and paranoia – because their oestrogen levels make them more sensitive to its active ingredient, according to new research. U.S. researchers […]
A few days ago, there were reports that two construction workers near the scene of the Mike Brown shooting witnessed Brown being shot by Officer Darren Wilson. The white workers, who declined to be identified, said they saw Brown put his hands up before being gunned down. Now, there is video that supports their testimony. […]
