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A pregnant woman lost her baby after she was shot in the stomach by another woman she had been arguing on Facebook with, The Daily News reports: The shooting occurred in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday after the expectant mother, identified as 23-year-old Markeisha Brooks, went over to 35-year-old Virginia Wyche’s house to confront her about a dispute […]
When Patrick Peoples applied to a number of Ivy League schools, it was on a whim. “No one ever expects to get in,” he said. “I just wanted to apply. Maybe I’ll get into one—maybe, just maybe.” But he did way more than that. Peoples attends the Lyceum Academy of New Hanover High School in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A modest family funeral has been held for a homeless former Marine who was found dead more than two months ago in an overheated New York City jail cell. The body of 56-year-old Jerome Murdough (muhr-DOH’) lay in a closed casket, adorned with photos and flowers, during the service Friday at […]
Man breaks into National Civil Rights Museum, Sleeps on Bed Around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, security officers at the National Civil Rights Museum they heard…
A new study by Nextions reveals that reviewers of a legal brief were likely to find more errors once they learned that the author was…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Postal workers in cities big and small protested in front of Staples stores on Thursday, objecting to the U.S. Postal Service’s pilot program to open counters in stores, staffed with retail employees. Rallies were planned at 50 locations in 27 states. In Concord, more than 100 boisterous workers donned bright blue […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Richard Sherman was called all kinds of names after his raging rant at the end of the NFC championship game. It was worth it, the Seattle cornerback said, because it gave him a chance to talk about the perception of black athletes to a wider audience. First, at the Super Bowl. […]
After disturbing a quiet neighborhood in Detroit for months, a group of squatters were evicted out of the home they occupied. However, they didn’t leave…
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A woman in western Pennsylvania is accused of selling heroin from a hospital intensive care unit and a hospital room. Spokeswoman Jennifer Miele (MEE’-lee) for Excela Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg says hospital security became suspicious of the large number of people flowing in and out of the woman’s room. Greensburg police […]
Former Elmo voice actor Kevin Clash gained a legal victory in court as the United States Court of Appeals dismissed three sexual abuse lawsuits against him. The dismissals, which occurred this month, involve alleged victims Cecil Singleton, Kevin Kiadii and a man identified only by the initials “S.M.” The men claim Clash sexually abused them […]
1. Detroit Teen Takes Affirmative Action Talk about not taking no for an answer! High school senior Brooke Kimbrough is literally this week’s poster…
A California mom who was held at an Arizona airport four years ago after an argument with TSA agents who wanted to X-ray her breast milk has won a preliminary settlement of $75,000 from the agency. NBC News reports: Stacey Armato, who filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, said Wednesday that TSA […]
