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What We Know About Lakeisha Holloway, the Las Vegas Crash Suspect
Lakeisha Holloway currently sits in the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, pending a formal bail hearing Tuesday morning. She is on suicide watch. She is being held without bail and is expected to be charged with several felonies, including murder with a deadly weapon, after the 24-year-old mother reportedly drove onto a Las…
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NY Knicks Player Robbed by 2 Women
After a night out on the town Friday, New York Knicks forward Derrick Williams returned to his lower-Manhattan apartment with two women in tow. According to the New York Post, Williams awoke to find the women gone and $750,000 worth of valuables gone with them. According to the Post, the evening started with the Knicks…
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Texas Grand Jury: No Indictments in Sandra Bland’s Death
After meeting for more than eight hours, a Texas grand jury Monday decided that there will be no indictments of any officers or jail workers who came in contact with Sandra Bland. “After reviewing all the evidence in the death of Sandra Bland, a Waller grand jury did not return an indictment in the death…
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Search Expands for ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch and His Mother
U.S. marshals have released a wanted poster and reward for missing “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, who authorities say violated probation earlier this month and is believed to be on the run. Police also added Couch’s mother, Tonya Couch, to the missing-person list, since she is believed to have fled with her son, ABC News reports.…
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Chicago Man, 71, Shot to Death After Answering Front Door
Fredell Bryant was in his South Side Chicago home, where he’d lived for 40 years, when he heard a knock at the door around 6 a.m. Sunday. “We heard him ask ‘Who is it?’ at the door. No response,” Ron Dean, Bryant’s son-in-law, told NBC Chicago. “Then he said, ‘Who is it?’ real loud, nothing.…
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Driver Who Reportedly Killed 1 Woman and Injured Several Dozen in Las Vegas Is Identified
Las Vegas police are still searching for answers after, they say, a woman deliberately drove her vehicle onto the sidewalk of a busy street known as the Strip on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring some 37 others. “We have determined that this is an intentional act,” Las Vegas Deputy Police Chief Brett Zimmerman…
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Watch: Fla. Suspect Punches Cop, Pulls Gun and Opens Fire
On Friday a Florida sheriff’s deputy stopped a motorist for operating a moped with no tag, and within seconds, the traffic stop turned violent after the driver punched the deputy before pulling a gun and exchanging fire with the officer, authorities say. Video of the encounter between Indian River County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Lester and…
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Ga. Teen Accidentally Shoots Mother
A 13-year-old Atlanta boy accidentally shot his mother in the neck after reportedly finding a gun in his South Fulton County, Ga., neighborhood, officials say. According to WSB-TV, police were called to the teen’s home after he reportedly fired a single shot, which struck his mother in the neck. The teen’s older brother told the…
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Civil Rights Activist Ozell Sutton Dies at 90
Civil rights activist Ozell Sutton, who was one of the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marines Corps, died “peacefully” at St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta Saturday, his daughter Alta Sutton told the Associated Press. He was 90. Sutton told AP that her father celebrated his birthday a week ago. “He was…
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Sikh 7th-Grader Arrested, Spends 2 Nights in Texas Jail for Bomb-Threat Hoax
Stop us if you’ve heard this story before. An Arlington, Texas, seventh-grade Sikh student was arrested and spent a weekend in jail after being accused of carrying a bomb in his backpack. According to the Dallas Morning News, 12-year-old Armaan Singh claimed that another boy, whom he calls a “bully,” reported that Armaan had a…
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