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Ga. Twins Confessed to Grisly Murder of Their Mother
Editor’s note: Every now and again a story finds new life on social media, and this is one of those times. The story of the Georgia twins who murdered their mother in 2010 started appearing as the anniversary of their confession approached. Turns out the confession took place more than a year ago, but since…
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Mo’Ne Davis Takes High Road, Asks That Player Who Called Her Awful Name Be Reinstated
Over the weekend a Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania baseball player took to Twitter to call 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis, the star pitcher who shook up the Little League tournament, a derogatory name. “Disney is making a movie about Mo’ne Davis? WHAT A JOKE. That [s—t] got rocked by Nevada,” Joey Casselberry tweeted. It didn’t take long…
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Houston Woman Shot in the Head in Road Rage Incident
Houston resident Kay Hafford, 28, was driving to work Friday when a driver cut her off. Hafford honked her horn, and that’s when the driver of a white SUV reportedly pulled up next to her and shot Hafford in the head and drove off. According to ABC News, Hafford wasn’t aware that she had been…
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NYC Subway Worker Stops Knife Attack
Two men were arguing inside a New York subway station early Sunday morning when one of them pulled a knife, but thanks to a shift change and a heroic subway clerk, police apprehended the man accused of being the knife-wielding attacker. According to the New York Daily News, a 27-year-old man and a 30-year-old man,…
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Ky. Officer Finishes Race With Woman Who Refused to Quit
Asia Ford’s weight-loss journey, in which she has already lost some 200 pounds, led her Saturday to the Rodes City Run, a 10K race in Louisville, Ky. Having gone from weighing 474 pounds at her heaviest, Ford, who had changed her diet and begun working out daily, was ready for the 6-mile trek. According to…
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Eric Garner Grand Jury Testimony Won’t Be Released
The public will not know exactly what was said during the grand jury hearings that ended with a decision not to indict New York City Police Department officers in the choke hold death of Eric Garner. A judge on Thursday refused to release the testimony, the Associated Press reports. According to AP, “The New York…
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Martese Johnson: My Wounds Will Heal, but the Trauma Will Stay Forever
Martese Johnson, the University of Virginia honors student who was arrested by authorities early Wednesday, did not try to use a fake ID to enter a bar, his attorney said at a news conference Thursday in Charlottesville, Va. Early reports suggested that the third-year student had tried to use a fake ID to enter the…
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Black Man Found Hanging From Tree in Miss. Reportedly Robbed and Murdered Woman in 1980: Report
On March 2 a friend dropped off Otis Byrd at the Riverwalk Casino in Vicksburg, Miss. On March 8, members of the Byrd family reported the 54-year-old missing. On Thursday, Claiborne County, Miss., authorities found a man’s body, believed to be Byrd’s, hanged from a tree by a bed sheet, causing many in the area…
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Report: White Supremacist Threatens O.J. Simpson’s Life
Disgraced NFL running back O.J. Simpson used to make astonishing cuts on the football field, but cutting a jailhouse medication line may have the Hall of Famer running for his life. According to the Daily Mail, the 67-year-old Simpson is housed in the minimum-security section of a Nevada prison, but when it comes time for…
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UVA Students Rally to Protest Violent Arrest of Honors Student by Officers
On Wednesday evening, University of Virginia students gathered to protest the beating and arrest of third-year student Martese Johnson, 20, who was accosted by Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control officers in what many witnesses call an unprovoked attack after Johnson was denied entry to a bar. UVA students marched through the streets of Charlottesville…
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