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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the gruesome slaying and robbery of her neighbor, a retired 71-year-old college psychology professor, is set to be the first woman put to death in the United States since 2010. A Dallas County jury already found former nursing home therapist Kimberly McCarthy guilty of the 1997 […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday dropped charges against a 22-year-old man who authorities initially believed was involved in a shooting that wounded him and two others at a Houston-area community college. Carlton Berry was arrested soon after the Jan. 22 shootings at Lone Star College and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with […]
Former Rep. Allen West used social media this past week to air his opinion on the Pentagon’s decision to allow women to serve in combat roles in the military. The Fla. Republican, who served over 20 years in the military tweeted, “Women in combat billets? Another misconceived lib [liberal] vision of fairness and equality.” The […]
DORAVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say two men are accused of stealing $65,000 in frozen chicken wings from a cold storage business where they worked in Doraville, just north of Atlanta. Police say 35-year-old Dewayne Patterson; and 26-year-old Renaldo Jackson are both charged with theft. A report reports states that an Enterprise rental truck was […]
TMZ has removed graphic content from video of the brutal murder of 19-year-old Andre Lowe from its site. The move comes after more than 200,000 people joined a popular campaign started by the victim’s family on Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change. The petition was started last week by Andre’s uncle, Jason Andrews. […]
MIAMI (AP) — A former caretaker was convicted Friday of child abuse and kidnapping in a 4-year-old foster child’s disappearance more than a decade ago, but a mistrial was declared on a murder charge after jurors were narrowly unable to agree. The 12-person jury said early on they were split 11-1 on whether 67-year-old Geralyn […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — At least five people were gunned down Saturday in Chicago, including a 34-year-old man whose mother had already lost her three other children to shootings. Ronnie Chambers, who was his mother Shirley’s youngest child, was shot in the head while sitting in a parked car on the city’s West Side. A 21-year-old […]
Mothers. Fathers. Sisters. Brothers. Family. Friends. Citizens. People. People from all across the country marched the streets of Washington D.C. today to protest, no, to PLEAD with our government for gun control. They marched holding signs bearing the names of those lost to gun violence. They chanted and cheered for the cause of peace, with […]
DETROIT (AP)- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will spend the weekend in prison on a parole violation. In a news release issued Friday morning, Michigan Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan says Kilpatrick was charged with 14 counts of violating his parole. When given the opportunity to waive the formal parole violation process and serve three days […]
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A judge planned to rule on whether the upcoming trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl should be open to the public or closed at the request of the girl, the state attorney general and one defendant. At issue are concerns about protecting the girl […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Fayette County State Court officials say a simple assault charged filed against 50-year-old mega-church founder Creflo Dollar Jr. has been dismissed. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Dollar’s then 15-year-old daughter filed the charge against him in June, and Dollar has consistently denied the allegations. Dollar, founder and pastor of College Park-based World Changers […]
