Education Nominee Admits Trump's 'Access Hollywood' Boasts Describe Sexual Assault

During a confirmation hearing Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) asked Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary about the president-elect’s infamous boasts on the “Access Hollywood” tapes.


In questioning Betsy DeVos, Murray wanted to know whether Trump’s descriptions of kissing and...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/education-nominee-admits-trumps-access-hollywood-boasts-describe-sexual-assault/

Body Found And Man Arrested Amid Search For Missing Victoria Cherry

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a woman, who has been missing for 15 months, was found at a property in Lancashire.


The body is believed to be that of Victoria Cherry, 44, from Fulwood, who was last seen in October 2015.


Officers found the body after...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/body-found-man-arrested-amid-search-missing-victoria-cherry/

Violence Against South Asians Has Returned To Post-9/11 Levels: Report

For South Asian-Americans, history seems to have repeated itself in a disturbing way, a recent report shows.


South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a non-partisan nonprofit, released a report Wednesday on acts of hate during the election cycle directed at individuals in the South...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/violence-south-asians-returned-post-911-levels-report/

Florida airport shooting highlights nexus between mentally ill, cops

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. >> Just weeks before a gunman opened fire at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, authorities said he walked into an FBI office in Alaska, telling agents the government was controlling his mind and that he was having terroristic thoughts. It’s a daily occurrence for law...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/florida-airport-shooting-highlights-nexus-mentally-ill-cops/

Temp Worker Charged In Meat Cleaver Attack On Restaurant Owners Who Offered Him A Job

A temporary restaurant worker in Winter Haven, Florida, attacked his employers with a meat cleaver after they offered him a full-time job and asked for his ID, police said.


Zhong Huang, who started work at the China Park restaurant this week, went into a cleaver-swinging rage Tuesday and...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/temp-worker-charged-meat-cleaver-attack-restaurant-owners-offered-job/

1 Dead, 7 Injured After Ride Malfunctions At Ohio State Fair

One person was killed and at least seven others injured when a ride malfunctioned Wednesday night at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus.


The accident occurred at 7:19 p.m. local time on a ride known as “Fireball,” according to local news station WKBW.


As seen in a bystander’s video, a part...

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NATO Should Stand Up Black Sea Command Before It's Too Late

At its summit in Warsaw on July 8 and 9, NATO should take urgent steps to protect its allies and partners on its southeastern flank. Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Georgia, are all under severe pressure from Russia and require NATO assistance.
Stephen Blank has urged...

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Twitter Had A Lot Of Fun Mocking Jameis Winston For Stealing Crab Legs (PHOTOS)

The latest controversy involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is #CrabGate.
The reigning Heisman Trophy winner was first linked to the sea creature when SB Nation’s Florida State blog Tomahawk Nation reported on Wednesday morning that he had been busted for stealing crab...

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Illinois Man Fatally Assaults Baby Who Urinated On Him: Police

An Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an 18-month-old child who urinated on him.
Police in Cicero said Martin Alvarado Jr., 23, assaulted his girlfriend’s son multiple times on Thursday after the child urinated on him. Alvarado was changing the...

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Sexual Violence: A Capitalist Love Story

(S.A.A.M. t-shirts on display at Tulane University)
After someone I love opened up to me about their sexual assault, they stated something that has stuck with me ever since, informing my research and spurring me to action: “Sexual violence is ruthlessly democratic.”
I thought...

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Ex-LA County Sheriff Lee Baca avoids surrender to prison, for now

A motion was filed on behalf of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Monday, asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow bail pending a request for another trial.
The filing automatically triggers a temporary stay, meaning Baca...

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Louisiana Woman Found Dead In Burned Home Was Shot, Autopsy Finds

Authorities in Louisiana are investigating the possible murder of a retired teacher who was initially thought to have died from a house fire. 


While investigators in St. Tammany Parish believed Nanette Krentel perished in a blaze that destroyed her Lacombe home earlier this month, the...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/louisiana-woman-found-dead-in-burned-home-was-shot-autopsy-finds/

NATO Summit: Sailing Into Rough Seas With Russia

As the heads of state and government for the 28 members of NATO gather in Warsaw Friday and Saturday, there are choppy waters ahead for the venerable alliance.
At the top of the agenda is the fraught relationship with Russia, which has been especially roiled since the invasion of Georgia in...

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Watch Jameis Winston Steal Crab Legs From A Supermarket (VIDEO)

In the latest development in CrabGate, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office released security video on Thursday that showed Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston leaving a Publix supermarket in Florida without paying for his items.
The Heisman Trophy winner was issued a civil citation...

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These 3 Lawsuits Are Taking the Chicago Police Department To Task For Brutality

In the first trial of a Chicago police officer for a shooting death in 17 years, a judge on Monday cleared Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin of all charges related to his killing of a 22-year-old unarmed black woman, Rekia Boyd.
Servin’s team did not even have to mount a defense...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/these-3-lawsuits-are-taking-the-chicago-police-department-to-task-for-brutality/

The Problem with "Required Reporting" Rules for Sexual Violence on Campus

We Must First Understand the Fundamental Injuries of Sexual Violence
Sexual violence robs survivors of autonomy and control. This is its fundamental injury.  However, the injury of disempowerment doesn’t always end with the assault.  A second fundamental injury of sexual violence can...

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Kyron Horman's Mom Prays 'For The Evil One To Grow A Conscience'

The mother of Kyron Horman, a little boy who disappeared from Portland, Oregon, six years ago, said in an open letter that she wishes the “evil” person responsible would “grow a conscience and do the right thing.”


The letter was released Saturday, the anniversary...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/kyron-hormans-mom-prays-for-the-evil-one-to-grow-a-conscience/

Suspected car thieves who abandoned auto after chase arrested in Malibu

MALIBU >> A suspected car thief and his accomplice led CHP officers on a car chase from Ventura County that ended when they abandoned the car at Malibu’s Broad Beach, and were taken into custody Saturday.
California Highway Patrol officers...

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Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns Days After Fatal Police Shooting Of Justine Damond

MINNEAPOLIS — The city police chief resigned at the request of the mayor on Friday, less than a week after a police officer fatally shot an unarmed Australian bride-to-be who had called for help, and protesters overtook a press conference to demand that the mayor go next.


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It Appears Donald Trump Doesn't Know About The Crimea Annexation Or Doesn't Care

Donald Trump appears either unfamiliar with Russia’s annexation of Crimea or directly supportive of the intrusion that began in the winter of 2014, further chilled U.S.-Russian relations and has left thousands dead.


In a conversation about Trump’s nebulous relationship with Russian...

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Ray Rice's Two-Game Suspension Makes Sense To No One But The NFL

The outrage began almost immediately after news broke that the NFL was suspending Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for the first two games of the season. The punishment came after he was arrested in February for allegedly striking his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, during an altercation...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/ray-rices-two-game-suspension-makes-sense-to-no-one-but-the-nfl/

Courageous Passenger Hailed As A Hero After Tackling Gunman On Megabus

A passenger on a Megabus that was heading north from Chicago has been hailed as a hero after he reportedly subdued an armed man who fired at least one shot minutes after the bus started its journey.
Kenneth Smith, 28, told the Chicago Tribune that he had just settled into his seat late...

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Photographer Documents What Students Wore When They Were Sexually Assaulted

By now, the offensive question has become so familiar it’s basically routine.


A woman is sexually assaulted; her agency, body, and selfhood violated. Yet, time and time again, the response to such an obtrusive act of physical or psychological violence often uttered by friends,...

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Ex-Boyfriend Of Missing Mom Loses Eye During Police Confrontation

Miami-Dade Police want to question a man who is in the hospital after he lost an eye in an altercation with officers last week. They say that Gustavo Castano was the last person to see his ex-girlfriend Liliana Moreno and their daughter alive.



The 43-year-old mother and Daniela Moreno,...

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Former LA city councilman’s detective work helps crack 2001 cold case

DNA evidence and a former San Fernando Valley city councilman helped solve the grisly, 2001 cold case of a Korean War veteran who was stabbed more than 100 times in his East Los Angeles bar, police said this week.
Former Los Angeles...

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A City Torn Apart By Police Brutality Marches For Healing And Justice

MINNEAPOLIS ― Hundreds gathered Thursday in a Minneapolis neighborhood for a rally to demand justice and mourn the victims of police shootings across the United States, including Justine Damond, the 40-year-old Australian native who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last...

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Cooperate With Russia When We Can, Stand Up To Russia When Necessary

Twenty-five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, America’s relations with Russia have reached a post-Cold War low. Russia’s interventions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine have exacerbated tensions with the U.S. and much of Europe. Distrust and sharp rhetoric have reached...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/cooperate-with-russia-when-we-can-stand-up-to-russia-when-necessary/

The Rate of Domestic Violence Arrests Among NFL Players

Although there seems to be an endless stream of stories about NFL player arrests and misconduct, this is largely because there are a lot of NFL players (and they’re famous). At the league’s peak (during training camps), there are about 2,560 players attached to NFL teams (limit 80 each). As...

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44 Injured, 12 Killed In Chicago Shootings During Memorial Day Weekend

Gun violence ripped through Chicago this Memorial Day weekend as more than 50 people were shot, leading to a dozen deaths.
Among those caught in the carnage was 4-year-old Jacele Johnson, who was shot in the head Friday night outside a graduation and prom party, the Chicago Tribune...

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The Anti-Drunk Driving Movement as a Framework for Campus Sexual Assault Prevention

In February 1981, my friends Pamela Rudin, Erica Hassner, and Ruth Yudelson died on the shoulder of an upstate New York road while walking home from a religious retreat. Astonishingly, the drunk driver who plowed into them never saw the inside of a prison cell. A grand jury refused to indict...

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Illinois Mom's Mysterious Disappearance 'Nightmare' For Loved Ones

An Illinois mom is desperate for answers in the disappearance of her daughter, a mother of two who vanished after leaving home for work last week.


“It’s a nightmare,” Cindy Lowe told The Huffington Post on Wednesday. “I don’t know where she is or if...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/illinois-moms-mysterious-disappearance-nightmare-for-loved-ones/

Family mourns 5-year-old South Pasadena boy who police believe was killed by his father

SOUTH PASADENA >> Ana Estevez lives with an “eternal shadow of devastation and emptiness,” she said, reading a letter at the funeral for her 5-year-old son who police believe died at the hands of his father.
These were words she could...

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Former Monk Wanted On Child Sex Charges To Return To Thailand: Police

BANGKOK – A former Thai Buddhist monk wanted on child sex charges will be sent home from the United States to face trial, Thai police said on Tuesday, the latest scandal to raise questions about the state of Buddhism in a fast-changing society.


Wirapol Sukphol, formerly known by his...

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Putin's View Of Trump: A Pushover, A Weaker Version Of Neville Chamberlain

The latest joke in our absurd presidential campaign is that Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Donald Trump as a strong leader. This is causing belly-laughs in the Kremlin.
People in Putin’s inner circle say that Putin considers Trump a buffoon, easily manipulated by flattery,...

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Steubenville Rapist Ma'lik Richmond Back To Playing High School Football

One of the Steubenville High School students convicted in a high-profile, March 2013 rape is now back on the football field.
Ma’Lik Richmond, 18, who, along with Trent Mays, was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, has rejoined the roster of the Steubenville...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/steubenville-rapist-malik-richmond-back-to-playing-high-school-football/

Suspected Drug Dealer Chews Off Cop Car Seat Belt To Attend Son's Birthday Party

It must have been some party.
A Chicago man arrested on drug charges allegedly chewed off the seat belt in a cop car because he didn’t want to miss his son’s birthday party, according to NBC Chicago.
Spoiler alert: He didn’t make it.
Lashon Stuckey, 33, was arrested Monday...

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When It Comes to Consent, There Are No Gray Areas

And our laws should reflect that
Like many people, I was outraged when I heard about the Oklahoma court ruling that was recently in the news. Outraged and disgusted.
In case you missed it, a court in Oklahoma declared that it is not against state law to have oral sex with a person who is...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/when-it-comes-to-consent-there-are-no-gray-areas/

Emile Senghor, Miramar Man, Charged In Daylight Stabbing Death Of Shuneeque Shawntrell Jones

A South Florida man is in custody after witnesses and police say he randomly and viciously stabbed a woman to death in broad daylight.
Miramar police arrested Emile Leon Senghor, 24, Tuesday on a first degree murder charge in the killing of Shuneeque Shawntrell Jones, 38, of...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/emile-senghor-miramar-man-charged-in-daylight-stabbing-death-of-shuneeque-shawntrell-jones/

Tadelech Yohanis Missing: Nun Vanishes In New York City

Authorities in New York are trying to locate a visiting nun who disappeared from a Manhattan convent days before she was scheduled to return home to Ethiopia.
According to the New York City Police Department, Sister Tadelech Yohanis, 30, was last seen Thursday afternoon, at the Sacred Heart...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/tadelech-yohanis-missing-nun-vanishes-in-new-york-city/

Vermont Bull Owner Faces Manslaughter Charge In Motorist's Death

A Vermont man whose bull was involved in a fatal car accident has been charged with negligent involuntary manslaughter.


Craig Mosher, who appeared in court Monday, could face up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted of the charges. The 61-year-old entered a not guilty plea.


On July...

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StubHub Center adopts new security in time for LA Chargers season

Grab your see-through tote bag or pick up a pack of clear freezer bags if you’re heading to a Los Angeles Chargers preseason game next month in Carson.
The first major security upgrade in 14 years at StubHub Center was just...

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9-Year-Old And Anti-Violence Activist Fatally Shot During Deadly Weekend In Chicago

July 16 (Reuters) – An anti-violence activist and a 9-year-old were among 10 people who were fatally shot in Chicago over the weekend, the latest in a rash of killings that has shaken the third-largest U.S. city and raised questions about how to staunch the bloodshed.


All told, more...

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As Islamophobia Rises In Many Countries, Muslims Find Unlikely Sanctuary In Western Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine ― Ernes and Alime Mambetov have been living with their 2-year-old son in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a little over a year. Both are practicing Muslims and Crimean Tatars that fled Crimea for mainland Ukraine after Russia’s military seized control of the peninsula in...

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How Small-Time Handicapper Drew Ire Of MLB In Game-Fixing Tale

In the waning days of the 2012 major league season, Niki Congero received an unusual text message. It came from a man she had never met — a sports handicapper who for a couple of weeks had been texting unsolicited betting tips to her cellphone.


The Morning Email
Wake up to the day’s...

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Chicago Boy Amari Brown Among 10 Dead, 54 Wounded In Holiday Weekend Violence

Gun violence in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend left 10 dead and 54 others wounded across the city. Amari Brown, a 7-year-old boy on Chicago’s West Side, was the youngest of the fatalities.
Amari had spent the day celebrating with family and riding his scooter up and down the block...

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Dear NCAA: My Mom Is a Sexual Assault Survivor and You Can Help

Dear NCAA,
My name is Darius Adams. I’m the son of Brenda Tracy who is a public rape survivor. It was 2010 when my mom first told me that she was raped. I was 17. We were sitting in our car in our driveway. I remember it because it was a life-changing moment for me. She didn’t...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/dear-ncaa-my-mom-is-a-sexual-assault-survivor-and-you-can-help/

15-Year-Old Boy Shot In Wynwood Near Midtown (VIDEO)

A 15-year-old boy shot in the back in Wynwood Wednesday night may be paralyzed.
The victim was identified by his father as 15-year-old Erin Willis, reportedly a student at nearby Booker T. Washington High School according to NBC6.
Witnesses say the boy was hanging out on his bicycle with...

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Man Says He Has 'No Idea' Why Ex-Girlfriend's Mom Would Plot To Have Him Fed To Alligators

A man whose ex-girlfriend’s mom is accused of hiring a hit man to kill him and feed his body to alligators said he can’t understand why he was targeted.
“It’s just f–ked up,” Ernesto Negrillo, 36, of Florida, told The Huffington Post in an exclusive...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/man-says-he-has-no-idea-why-ex-girlfriends-mom-would-plot-to-have-him-fed-to-alligators/

This Woman Was Killed While Dancing With A Cop -- And Her Family Wants The Case Reopened

The family of a woman who was accidentally killed by a police officer is asking for the case to be reopened after he was cleared of charges.
On a Saturday in July of 2012, Adaisha Miller attended a fish fry hosted by Detroit Police Officer Issac Parrish at his home in the city. Miller, 24,...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/this-woman-was-killed-while-dancing-with-a-cop-and-her-family-wants-the-case-reopened/

Messages On Wine Labels Could Help Uncork Cold Cases

A band of volunteer crime fighters is hoping that wine drinkers can help them solve a number of cold cases.


The Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a Georgia-based nonprofit, has partnered with Benefit Wines to feature information about unsolved crimes on custom wine...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/messages-on-wine-labels-could-help-uncork-cold-cases/

Special Olympics athlete killed at Granada Hills group home ‘wouldn’t harm a flea,’ family says

Dawn Marie Ritz loved competing in track and field as a Special Olympics athlete. She enjoyed water skiing — especially on one leg — during family vacations. She called everyone “honey.”
Amid these joyful memories, Ritz’s grieving...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/special-olympics-athlete-killed-at-granada-hills-group-home-wouldnt-harm-a-flea-family-says/

Second Person In Custody In Connection With Killing Of 4 In Pennsylvania

A second person of interest in the murders of four Pennsylvania men has been taken into custody, a law enforcement source told Philly.com. Sean Kratz, 20, is reported to have been a possible co-conspirator with Cosmo DiNardo, 20.


DiNardo admitted to killing Jimi Patrick, Tom Meo, Dean...

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Putin's American Fans Cheer His Persecution Of Gays, Ignore His Persecution Of Christians

Pastors thrown in jail. Religious texts criminalized. Evangelism outlawed.
These are all events that Religious Right activists–inaccurately–predicted would happen during President Obama’s time in office. But sadly, these are acts that are all too common around the world....

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NFL Holds Jim Irsay To Higher Standard, Sort Of

As expected, the NFL has lowered the boom on Colts owner Jim Irsay.  And the NFL believes that it held Irsay to a higher standard than the league’s players.
The NFL is correct.  Sort of.


The Morning Email
Wake up to the day’s most important news.


The above post is reprinted from...

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My Daily Routine -- Haunted by Chicago Inner-City Violence

I have a routine. On my morning bus rides to my job on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campus, I peer down at my phone, scrolling down my various news-feeds, reading the latest information from news outlets, specifically looking for information about my hometown of West-side Chicago....

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To Brock Turner's Father, From Another Father

Dear Mr. Turner,
I’ve read your letter to the judge on behalf of your son Brock, asking for leniency in his rape conviction.
I need you to understand something, and I say this as a father who dearly loves my son as much as you must love yours:
Brock is not the victim here.
His victim...

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Neil Doherty, Margate Catholic Priest, Pleads No Contest To Drugging, Raping Boy (VIDEO)

A former Margate priest may spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading no contest to repeatedly drugging and molesting an underaged South Florida boy.
An attorney for Neil Doherty, 69, accepted a plea deal for a reduced sentence on charges the clergyman fondled a Broward boy who...

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Police Responding To Hostage Situation In New York Pawnshop

UPDATE 1:50 p.m.: The Buffalo News reports that the suspect has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. All three hostages appear safe and were escorted out of the shop by a SWAT member.
UPDATE 1:12 p.m: Police told the Buffalo News that the situation stems from a domestic...

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Violent City's Police Chief Now Poster Boy For NRA

In the latest cover story of a pro-gun magazine, Detroit’s police chief defends his assertion that “responsible” and “good” residents in one of America’s most dangerous cities should be able to protect themselves with guns.
The June issue of...

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Colorado Teen Killed Ex For Breaking Up With Him, Police Say

A broken teenage romance led to the shooting death of an 18-year-old Colorado girl, said police, who arrested the girl’s former boyfriend in her slaying last week.


Tanner Flores, 18, confessed to killing his ex, according to his arrest affidavit. Flores, who is being held without...

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Homeless man suspected of arson fires in Glendale, Burbank arrested

BURBANK >> Police Wednesday said they have arrested a 42-year-old homeless man suspected of igniting a series of fires in Glendale and Burbank.
Detectives began investigating a series of fires in the south portion of Glendale,...

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'Person Of Interest' Stole Missing Man's Car, Tried To Sell It: DA

The person of interest in the disappearance of four men in Pennsylvania has been arrested for stealing a car belonging to one of them.


Cosmo DiNardo was charged Wednesday afternoon with receiving stolen property and theft, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said at a...

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Russians Naively Hail Putin-Trump Meeting As A Success. It Wasn’t.

MOSCOW ― On Friday, two of the world’s most prominent leaders ― U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ― finally met face to face during the G-20 summit in Hamburg. While many Americans seemed to be highly critical of their president shaking hands with the leader...

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Sports Are Supposed To Be An Escape, But This Week They Reflected Society At Its Worst

Sports can sometimes provide an escape from the world’s troubles. Not this week. This week, the world couldn’t escape the troubles making headlines in sports.
From explicit footage of domestic violence and audio recordings of racist remarks to murder trials and allegations of...

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Chicago Sun-Times Editor Thinks Sex Workers Can't Be Sexually Assaulted

On September 12, the Chicago Sun-Times published an opinion piece in which Mary Mitchell questioned whether the recent sexual assault of a sex worker–at gunpoint–should be called and prosecuted as rape.
In the op-ed, Mitchell referred to the victim as an “unidentified...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/chicago-sun-times-editor-thinks-sex-workers-cant-be-sexually-assaulted/

Betsy DeVos Will Meet With Men's Rights Activists Tomorrow About Sexual Assault

More than 100 survivors of campus sexual assault wrote a letter to President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, demanding: “Exactly who are you here to serve?”


The letter, published on Wednesday morning and signed by 118 student sexual assault survivors from 25 states,...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/betsy-devos-will-meet-with-mens-rights-activists-tomorrow-about-sexual-assault/

Neil Doherty, South Florida Priest, Sentenced On Child Sex Abuse Charges

A priest who accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a teenaged parishioner will spend the foreseeable future in prison.
Father Neil Doherty, 69, was sentenced Monday on charges he abused a teenaged Margate boy in the 1990s, according to NBC6.
Doherty pled no contest earlier this month...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/neil-doherty-south-florida-priest-sentenced-on-child-sex-abuse-charges/

Man In Murder-For-Hire Alligator Case Was Targeted Before (EXCLUSIVE)

Ernesto Negrillo, the man whose ex-girlfriend’s mom is accused of plotting to hire a hitman to kill him and feed his body to alligators, was marked for violence earlier by the husband of another ex-girlfriend, according to authorities.
Negrillo, who said he did nothing to inspire the...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/man-in-murder-for-hire-alligator-case-was-targeted-before-exclusive/

Detroit Police Hope To Identify Dismembered Body Through UniqueTattoo

DETROIT (AP) — Police have released an image of a distinctive tattoo in an effort to identity a man whose dismembered body was found partially encased in cement inside a garage behind a Detroit home.
The cut-up corpse was found May 30 by a neighbor who noticed an overwhelming foul odor...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/detroit-police-hope-to-identify-dismembered-body-through-uniquetattoo/

Man Allegedly Scans Penis At Supermarket Checkout

A man was arrested after he allegedly placed his penis onto the checkout scanner at a Seattle supermarket, according to a police report obtained by The Huffington Post.


Christian Fisher was charged with indecent exposure and assault.


According to the report, a security guard just...

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Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford meets with press, but won’t address corruption charges

Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford gave his first press briefing Monday since the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged him with conspiracy, perjury and conflict of interest late last month.
But the beleaguered city leader...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/palmdale-mayor-jim-ledford-meets-with-press-but-wont-address-corruption-charges/

Disturbing Video Shows Cop Shooting Family's Dogs In Fenced Backyard

A Minneapolis family is demanding answers after a police officer shot and injured their two dogs on Saturday while responding to a security alarm at their house.


Surveillance video that the family shared on Facebook shows an officer walking into the home’s fenced backyard when one of the...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/disturbing-video-shows-cop-shooting-familys-dogs-in-fenced-backyard/

Clinton And Trump, Call Your Office: America's Bipartisan Policy Of Perpetual War Has Failed To Deliver Peace

The last three administrations have followed a bipartisan policy of constant war. Unfortunately, the consequences have been ugly: every intervention has laid the groundwork for more conflict.
Yet the architects of this failure claim that all would be well if only Washington had acted more...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/clinton-and-trump-call-your-office-americas-bipartisan-policy-of-perpetual-war-has-failed-to-deliver-peace/

You Can't Have a Mastermind Without First Having "The Brain"

It takes a helluva lot of talent, and/or smarts, to allegedly pull one of the greatest sports fixes of all time. However, it takes even more oomph to never get caught.
Ever heard of the 1919 Chicago White Sox? Yeah, I figured you had. But in case you haven’t, go do a little research...

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Reducing Gun Violence and Reforming Our Criminal Justice System Simultaneously

On the premiere of my Politics Nation’ broadcast at its new time (Sundays, 8 a.m. ET on MSNBC) I sat down with Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who touched on a host of issues — including criminal justice reform. As she so eloquently highlighted, police are...

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Thanks To The Stanford Rape Survivor, I'm Finally Ready To Tell My Own Story

By Anonymous
This post originally appeared on Revelist.
Trigger warning: This essay contains graphic imagery of rape and abuse.
I had just turned 21 when he raped me. I had a very fulfilling social life as a college junior, writer and editor, scholar, and member of Delta Sigma Theta...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/thanks-to-the-stanford-rape-survivor-im-finally-ready-to-tell-my-own-story/

Tracy Mourning Arrested For DUI Near Miami (PHOTO) (UPDATED)

Tracy Mourning, the wife of retired Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning, was arrested early Friday morning near Miami for driving under the influence.
Police say Mourning was driving her 2010 Porsche Panamera on Douglas Road in Coconut Grove around 3:40 a.m. when an officer clocked her speeding...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/tracy-mourning-arrested-for-dui-near-miami-photo-updated/

Buffalo Police To Seize Handguns From Recently Deceased Permit Holders

Authorities in Buffalo, New York, reportedly plan to confiscate handguns from the estates of recently deceased gun owners.
“We recently started a program where we’re cross referencing all the pistol permit holders with the death records and we’re sending people out to...

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Teacher Kathryn Ronk Suspected Of Sex With Student

A former Spanish teacher at a private school in a Detroit suburb has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old student.
Kathryn Ronk, 29, has been charged with five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct for the alleged illicit relationship with the unidentified male...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/teacher-kathryn-ronk-suspected-of-sex-with-student/

Teens Found Dead Behind Georgia Publix

Authorities are pursuing leads Tuesday in the slayings of a teenage boy and girl whose bodies were found behind a suburban Atlanta grocery store.


A delivery driver discovered the bodies of Natalie Henderson, 17, of Roswell and Carter Davis, also 17, of Woodstock, behind a Publix in...

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Rumble strips to combat Valley street racing spark noise complaint

CHATSWORTH >> When Elliot Sanders moved his health insurance business to Chatsworth 11/2 years ago, he loved the balcony door he could open for fresh air.
But Los Angeles laid down “rumble strips” across Plummer Street two weeks ago...

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Funeral Home Worker Admits Dumping Casket Containing Child's Organs

A New Jersey funeral home worker has admitted to dumping a child-sized casket containing a deceased baby’s organs on a Pennsylvania sidewalk earlier this week.


According to police, the funeral home director, whose name has not yet been released, contacted investigators in Philadelphia on...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/funeral-home-worker-admits-dumping-casket-containing-childs-organs/

Is America's Problem It Doesn't Go To War Enough?

A couple of Rand Corporation scholars have discovered America’s problem vis-à-vis Russia: Washington isn’t willing to use its military as much. This has given Moscow an apparently unfair advantage in challenging America. Maybe Washington should reconsider its policy, they...

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Steenkamp Family Lawyer: 'Justice Was Served' With Pistorius' 5-Year Jail Term

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp were satisfied with the five-year prison sentence received by Oscar Pistorius, according to a family lawyer. Revealed by Judge Thokozile Masipa on Tuesday in a South African court room, the sentence came several weeks after the double-amputee track star had...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/steenkamp-family-lawyer-justice-was-served-with-pistorius-5-year-jail-term/

Let's All Point and Laugh at the NRA

Another mass shooting but I loathe to mention this most recent one by name, since if I leave the specifics out of it, this essay will remain relevant for a very long time. At least until the next mass shooting happens and the one after that, and the one after that. For there will be a next...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/lets-all-point-and-laugh-at-the-nra/

College Rape Penalties vs. Guns

Once again last week, one of America’s premier college towns drew attention for the wrong reason. Several days of national media coverage were followed by outrage, disappointment, and disbelief over the lenient sentence handed down by a Boulder, CO judge. Last week a now former...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/college-rape-penalties-vs-guns/

Hialeah Red Light Cameras Installed To Fight Robberies, Police Say

Hialeah officials are hoping to stem a rise in crime with red light cameras — but not everyone’s happy about it.
Police in Miami-Dade County’s second-largest municipality have already installed new red light cameras at eight intersections in an effort to stop robberies,...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/hialeah-red-light-cameras-installed-to-fight-robberies-police-say/

Proud Community, Proud Americans | HuffPost

People who work together, play together, belong to groups together, are more likely to respond quickly and effectively to a crisis. This is an important message contained in the new book “The Resilience Dividend” by Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, a...

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Opening Statements Reveal Shooter's State Of Mind In Renisha McBride Case

DETROIT — As a prosecutor showed a jury photos of Renisha McBride, her father rushed out of the court room. The photos of the 19-year-old — first smiling, and then lying lifeless on a porch — were shown in quick succession at the beginning of one of the most highly...

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Arrest Made In Shooting Deaths Of Georgia Teens

Georgia police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two teens whose bodies were found behind a grocery store in an Atlanta suburb earlier this week.


Jeffrey Hazelwood, 20, of Roswell, is facing murder charges in connection with the shooting deaths of...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/arrest-made-in-shooting-deaths-of-georgia-teens/

Amber Alert issued for abducted 16-year-old boy

LOS ANGELES >> Authorities issued an Amber Alert for a 16-year-old boy abducted today in Los Angeles by a woman who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Eric Coleman was reported to have been abducted by 31-year-old Kandice Johnson around 4...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/amber-alert-issued-for-abducted-16-year-old-boy/

Bill Cosby Expected To Be Retried For Sexual Assault In November

Bill Cosby is expected to be retried later this year after a judge declared a mistrial last month in a court case accusing the entertainer of sexual assault. 


Judge Steven O’Neill of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ruled Thursday that Cosby will stand trial again on three charges of...

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Hillary Clinton, Wannabe Global Dominatrix And Liberal Neocon, Plans More Stupid Wars

Never before were the two leading presidential candidates so disliked. Both major parties have nominated candidates that most Americans desperately want to reject.
There are many reasons to oppose Hillary Clinton: a history of scandal, reaching back to Bill Clinton’s Arkansas...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/hillary-clinton-wannabe-global-dominatrix-and-liberal-neocon-plans-more-stupid-wars/

Ray Rice Hoping For 'Second Chance' In NFL After 'One Bad Night' Of Domestic Violence

Ray Rice has no NFL team. But he hopes to return to football after a domestic violence arrest resulted in his release by the Baltimore Ravens and suspension from the league.
In an interview Tuesday with Matt Lauer of “Today,” the 27-year-old free agent running back discussed the...

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Empowering Inner-City Youth Through Nature

Stepping foot onto Camp Hastings campground in Lindenhurst, Illinois, in the early 90’s, the crisp fall air comforted and welcomed me like a familiar distant cousin. It was my first time away from home without my parents for an extended amount of time and years since I had experienced...

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An Artist 'Passes Out' On Fraternity Lawns To Shine Light On Campus Sexual Abuse

In one photo, a woman dressed in tulle appears passed out on a green lawn, red Solo cups flanking her lonely outline. In another, a figure is shown sprawled facedown beneath a messy beer pong table, not a concerned person in sight. Their faces are obscured, their bodies still, and only one...

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Remembering Marquis | HuffPost

Earlier this month in Miami, Marquis Sams was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. You know the story, right? Chances are you’ve already assumed that the victim was young (correct) and black (correct).


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ESPN Writer Ivan Maisel Anxious About Son Max Maisel's Disappearance

Ivan Maisel, a senior writer for ESPN.com, is clinging to the hope that his missing 21-year-old son Max will be found safe.
“We’re scared and we’re heartbroken,” Maisel said at a Wednesday press conference on a pier in western New York, near where his son’s car...

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Postscript: Big City, Small World

Yes, I recovered from that very compelling fantasy about apprehending the bad guys. But that doesn’t exactly mean that I was avoiding it. Last week on a bike ride near, but not at, the scene of the crime, I saw that sinister gold van. Whatwhatwhatwhat? WHAT?! For the second time in a...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/postscript-big-city-small-world/

Hate Crime Charge Considered Against White Supremacist Who Ran Over Black Teen

Authorities in Oregon are probing whether the death of an African-American teen at the hands of an alleged white supremacist is a hate crime.


“That’s currently the subject of the ongoing active investigation,” Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Don Rees told The Huffington Post on...

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John Creech found guilty of manslaughter in death of 20th Century Fox executive

A San Fernando Valley man was convicted today of voluntary manslaughter for killing a 20th Century Fox distribution executive who was having an on-again, off-again affair with his estranged wife.
The nine-woman, three-man jury took...

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Colorado Man Allegedly Shoots Son Dead After Mistaking Him For Intruder

A man in Colorado allegedly shot his adult son dead over the weekend after mistaking him for an intruder, authorities say.


Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said via a statement on its website that Huner Jr. called dispatchers shortly after 10:15 p.m. to say “he had just fatally shot what he...

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Ukraine Says Missile Tests Will Avoid Crimea, Mollifying Russia

Ukraine’s military said its two-day missile drill starting on Thursday would avoid the airspace over Crimea, sidestepping a possible confrontation with Russia which annexed the peninsula in 2014.


News of the tests had angered the Kremlin, prompting it to put its air defense forces on high...

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The Suppliers Of The NFL's Painkiller Addiction

I was on the phone with a man several people told me I wouldn’t be able to find. While investigating the supply side of the NFL’s painkiller problem—the league has been accused in a lawsuit by former players of irresponsibly distributing fistfulls of prescription painkillers to...

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This Veteran Refuses to Leave His Unemployed and Debt-Ridden Comrades Behind

This is one of six documentaries on American changemakers produced by NationSwell in partnership with NBCUniversal. Watch them all and vote for your favorite here.
When Eli Williamson returned from two deployments to the Middle East, his hometown of Chicago felt at times like a foreign...

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We All Know A Brock Turner

I’ve met my own Brock Turner.


That said, I’m pretty sure most of us (if not all) have come across a few versions of him at some point in our lives. At best, we know him as a mere acquaintance who “does dumb stuff at parties,” but is “a really good guy at heart.” At worst, we know him as...

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Man Named Edward Cocaine Arrested On Drug Charge -- In Florida, Of Course

After years on a South Florida bond court bench, Judge John “Jay” Hurley thought he had seen it all — but even his jaw dropped Wednesday when reading the name of a man appearing on drug possession charges.
“Edward Cocaine,” the judge read, before pausing, then...

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Kimberly Rouland Missing: 'They Know Something Happened to Her'

The boyfriend of an upstate New York mother of three who has been missing since last month said police have told him to prepare for the worst.
“The cops sat me down and literally looked at me and said, ‘Don’t plan on her coming home alive,'” Adam Siskavich told The...

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Should We Actually Arm Citizens and Let Them Police Themselves?

Urban Institute’s Sam Bieler coauthored this post.
A city with limited resources and stubbornly high crime rates, Detroit is ripe for justice system innovation. Police Chief James Craig has seized on this opportunity, implementing a broad range of changes to the department.
These...

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Radio Host's Stalker Sent Her 4 To 5 Letters A Week For 15 Years: Police

When police in Louisiana accused David Plaisance of stalking a radio personality for more than a decade, he denied any wrongdoing.


“I’m not doing anything wrong,” the 63-year-old Baton Rouge resident told police. “I’m only sending letters to my girlfriend.”


In 2001, Plaisance began...

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Montebello jail administrator suspected of fatally shooting ex during child custody exchange in South Whittier

SOUTH WHITTIER >> The Montebello Police Department’s jail administrator is accused of fatally shooting the mother of his children and wounding another man during a child custody exchange at the woman’s South Whittier home over the weekend,...

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Pennsylvania Man Charged With Murdering Teen In 'Savage' Road Rage Incident

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with the murder of a recent high school graduate during a road rage dispute last week. 


David Desper, 28, turned himself in to authorities early Sunday, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said at a press conference that morning. He was charged...

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Trump's Foreign Policy Under Tillerson And Bolton

With the presumed designation of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton as Deputy Secretary of State, Donald Trump will be sending a clear message to the world: the U.S. is open for business (presumably to the highest bidder), it...

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Adrian Peterson's Appeal Denied, Arbitrator Upholds NFL's Suspension

Adrian Peterson won’t likely be back in an NFL game any time soon. An arbitrator denied the Minnesota Vikings running back’s appeal for immediate reinstatement from a league-issued suspension, the NFL announced on Friday.
NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello shared details of appeals...

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Evidence In Darius Pinex Shooting Was 'Intentionally' Hid: Judge

A judge tossed a jury’s finding that the police shooting was justified, ordered a new trial and instructed the city to pay attorney’s fees.

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How Sorority Parties Could Help Reduce Campus Sexual Assault

On college campuses across America in the coming weeks, thousands of women will join one of 26 Greek letter sororities affiliated with the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), a staple social function of undergrad social life that boasted 386,000 female members in 2014-2015 and an alumni...

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Police Officer Filmed Allegedly Kicking The Legs Out From Under A Handcuffed 13-Year-Old (VIDEO)

A South Florida police officer is under the gun after he was filmed allegedly kicking the legs out from under a handcuffed 13-year-old boy “for no reason,” the child said.
The boy’s family plans to file a formal complaint against Boynton Beach police, the Associated Press...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/police-officer-filmed-allegedly-kicking-the-legs-out-from-under-a-handcuffed-13-year-old-video/

Everybody Deserves a Second Chance, Right?

Former U.S. President George W. Bush said that “America is the land of the second chance; and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.” That may soon be true. To those with criminal convictions who have had a difficult time finding a job:...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/everybody-deserves-a-second-chance-right/

Facebook Fight Led To Fatal Shooting Of 3-Year-Old Amiracle Williams, Detroit Police Say

DETROIT — A Detroit Police Academy graduation began on a sorrowful note Friday, as new officers and their families mourned for a toddler killed in an act of “senseless violence” a day earlier.
The ceremony, held at Greater Grace Temple, included a moment of silence for...

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Anchorage On Edge After Three Double Homicides

Pairs of bodies keep turning up along bike trails in Alaska’s largest city. Two double homicides in six months. One in the past two weeks.


Community members have expressed concern that a serial killer is targeting couples in Anchorage. However, the city’s police appear to be reluctant to...

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Man found stabbed to death in Glendale

GLENDALE >> A man in his 50s was found fatally stabbed today in Glendale, police said.
Officers responded at 6:12 p.m. to a report of a man down in the 1200 block of East Harvard Street, near Chevy Chase Drive, according to Tahnee Lightfoot of...

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Multiple People Shot At New York City Hospital; Shooter Dead

NEW YORK ― A former employee at a New York City hospital shot multiple people Friday afternoon, killing a woman and wounding six other people before killing himself, police said.



Due to reports of a shooting incident at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, avoid the area of 1650 Grand Concourse. More...

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Could Donald Trump Win The Order Of Lenin?

In the movie “A View to a Kill,” the Russians award James Bond the Order of Lenin, for saving Silicon Valley, with the line “Where would Russian Technology be without America?” One wonders where Russia’s geopolitical ambitions be without the election of Donald...

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Soccer Santa Plays Scrooge In Brazil

Inflation, poor attendance, lackluster play and massive debts are causing Brazil’s football clubs to count their pennies this Christmas.
Players are griping because teams delay paychecks. Managers balk at signing for less money. Third party syndicates continue to hold shares of...

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Report: Chicago is Losing More Millionaires Than Any Other U.S. City

More millionaires left Chicago last year than any other city in the nation, according to a report by New World Wealth.
The research firm found Chicago had a net loss of nearly 3,000 millionaires, or individuals with at least $1 million in net assets (excluding their primary residence),...

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For the Record: My Opinion On Baylor And Art Briles

As a public rape survivor, I’ve been asked to weigh in on some difficult discussions. One of those is Baylor and Art Briles. When the Pepper Hamilton report regarding Baylor first broke in the media I was devastated. It was a traumatic experience for me and it caused me to revisit my own...

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‘Stop & Frisk' Policy Nabs Thousands of Kids in a Florida City, Finds 5-Year-Olds ‘Suspicious'

In the summer of 2010, a young black man was stopped and questioned by police on the streets of Miami Gardens, Florida. According to the report filled out by the officer, he was “wearing gray sweatpants, a red hoodie and black gloves” giving the police “just cause” to question...

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New York Police Recover Body Of Max Maisel, ESPN Writer's Missing Son

The Rochester Police Department has confirmed that a body found Friday in Lake Ontario is Max Maisel, the son of ESPN writer Ivan Maisel. Max Maisel disappeared nearly two months ago.
“[This is] merely the postscript to our sad story,” Ivan Maisel, a well-known sports writer, and...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/new-york-police-recover-body-of-max-maisel-espn-writers-missing-son/

Detroit's Staggering Murder And Violent Crime Rate Are 'A Public Health Issue'

Following news that Detroit was exiting bankruptcy and officials talking with optimism about the road ahead, grim new statistics drive home how much there is to do before the city’s future truly appears bright. Detroit has the highest murder and violent crime rate of any major city in...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/detroits-staggering-murder-and-violent-crime-rate-are-a-public-health-issue/

Video Shows Cop Punching Woman In The Face, But She's The One Arrested For 'Assault'

A uniformed Arizona police officer who was filmed punching a woman has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.


“Our agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,” police in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a Wednesday evening press release.


The...

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‘Dual Valley Bandit’ told police he was broke, lost business and home

The man accused of robbing six banks in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys in May before he was caught by Pasadena police officers told investigators he went on his crime spree because he lost his business and his home.
Shownee Shon...

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Brendan Dassey To Remain Behind Bars, Appeals Court Rules

Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin man featured in the Netflix true crime documentary series “Making a Murderer,” will remain behind bars for now as the state fights a decision that overturned his conviction. 


In a one-sentence order, a three-judge panel from the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of...

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Instead Of Relying On America, Maybe Europe Should Create Its Own Nuclear Deterrent

After spending a quarter century treating NATO as an international social club to which every reasonably civilized European nation should belong, the alliance has begun to focus again on its original role as a military alliance. Rather than expect the U.S. to burnish NATO’s nuclear...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/instead-of-relying-on-america-maybe-europe-should-create-its-own-nuclear-deterrent/

What Dismissing Charges Against Hope Solo Means For Team USA

That long, audible sigh you heard Tuesday night was the U.S. Soccer Federation’s reaction to word that the assault case against goalkeeper Hope Solo had been dismissed.
Solo’s court case has been the elephant in the room for U.S. Soccer ever since she was arrested in June after...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/what-dismissing-charges-against-hope-solo-means-for-team-usa/

A Chicago Assault Victim Might Still Be Alive If Bystanders Had Cared Enough To Help

Bystanders ignored a Chicago assault victim lying lying on the street. Moments later, a taxi accidentally ran over his body and killed him.


Surveillance video released Wednesday and first obtained by the Chicago Tribune shows Marques Gaines, 32, getting into an argument with another man...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/a-chicago-assault-victim-might-still-be-alive-if-bystanders-had-cared-enough-to-help/

Georgia Campus Sexual Assault Survivors And Advocates Oppose Last Minute Move To Pass Controversial Campus Rape Bill

Georgia’s controversial House Bill 51, which would require colleges and universities to report rapes (and other felonies) to the police whether or not the survivor consents, was unanimously tabled by the state Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday to give the legislature more time to...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/georgia-campus-sexual-assault-survivors-and-advocates-oppose-last-minute-move-to-pass-controversial-campus-rape-bill/

Amidst Ferguson Conflict, Activists Decry Miami Cop Rehired After Killing Travis McNeil

As Ferguson, Missouri, has descended into a nightmarish vision of a dystopian police state, few have watched the growing clashes between protesters and authorities with a perspective quite like Sheila McNeil’s. As a young woman in Overtown, McNeil lived through Miami’s own...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/amidst-ferguson-conflict-activists-decry-miami-cop-rehired-after-killing-travis-mcneil/

Man Charged With Stealing Hearse During Funeral

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 28-year-old man has been charged with stealing a hearse from outside a Buffalo church while a funeral

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What Happened When Detroit Youth Had Honest Conversations With Police

As activists across the country question police tactics and the number of black men and boys killed by cops, a group in Detroit is hoping conversations with officers can begin to heal the mistrust some youth have toward authorities.
More than 50 teenagers, along with their parents and...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/what-happened-when-detroit-youth-had-honest-conversations-with-police/

Rapper's Bid For Clemency Nearly Rejected Over Lack Of Disciplinary Record In Prison

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. ― If you’re an inmate in prison for more than 16 years, you should be proud of yourself if you’ve never been cited for a disciplinary violation. 


However, lawyers for McKinley Phipps Jr., a hip-hop artist better known to rap fans as “Mac,” told “Crime Watch Daily...

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AK-47 Bandit, linked to Chino bank robbery, arrested in Nebraska; bombs found in Montana home

HELENA, Mont. >> Federal agents found homemade bombs in the Montana home of a man they suspect is the “AK-47 Bandit,” who is wanted for a string of bank robberies, including one in Chino, and is accused of shooting at a Kansas state trooper,...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/ak-47-bandit-linked-to-chino-bank-robbery-arrested-in-nebraska-bombs-found-in-montana-home/

Jury Selection For 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's Trial Proving A Problem

Jury selection for Martin Shkreli’s trial on fraud began Monday, and it appears his lawyer has his work cut out finding an impartial panel.


By 1:00 p.m., close to 70 possible jurors, out of a pool of 130, had already been excused from the case, and none had been seated. While most were...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/jury-selection-for-pharma-bro-martin-shkrelis-trial-proving-a-problem/

NATO Sees Sharp Rise In Russian Disinformation Since Crimea Seizure

NATO accused Russia of escalating a disinformation campaign since the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region, saying Russian websites such as Sputnik and RT had posted false stories, the alliance’s spokeswoman said on Saturday.


There is increasing concern among senior NATO and...

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Top Professional Athletes Gone Bad

What is it about professional competitors that seem to make so many set on self-destruction? After years of working out, training and imagining the big time, pro athletes often turn out to be their own worst opponent when it comes to enjoying a rewarding career and the perks that come with...

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Keep Guns Out Of Dangerous Hands In Orlando, In Chicago, In Every Community

Co-author Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL)
The horrific mass shooting in Orlando was the deadliest in our nation’s history. In response, this week Democrats in both the House and the Senate said ENOUGH, and demanded action to stem the rising tide of gun violence in our country.
On...

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Women's Advocates Sue For Data On How Trump's Team Is Handling Campus Sex Assault

The National Women’s Law Center has sued the Department of Education in an effort to pry loose a trove of data related to the agency’s oversight and rules enforcement related to sexual harassment in U.S. schools. 


The nonprofit, which advocates for women’s rights, claims the Department of...

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Tanya Gonzalez Missing: Aunt Begs Person Of Interest To 'Bring Her Home'

The aunt of Tanya Gonzalez, a missing Florida woman, is pleading with the ex-boyfriend who police call a person of interest to return her unharmed.
“Bring her home,” said Yvette Oliver of her 28-year-old niece. “We want to see her and know she is OK. If you really love her...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/tanya-gonzalez-missing-aunt-begs-person-of-interest-to-bring-her-home/

Rod Covlin Arrested 6 Years After Wife's New Year's Eve Strangulation

A retired New York stock trader, set to lay claim to half of his dead wife’s $4 million fortune, has been indicted in connection with her mysterious death more than five years ago.


Rod Covlin, 42, is facing two counts of second-degree murder in the slaying of Shele Danishefsky...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/rod-covlin-arrested-6-years-after-wifes-new-years-eve-strangulation/

NYC Teens' Bar Mitzvah Projects Support Youth Baseball in Detroit

When I celebrated my bar mitzvah in October 1989 there was no such thing as a “bar mitzvah project” yet. I had a handful of requirements I had to achieve like chanting from the Torah, leading parts of the prayer service for the congregation and singing the Haftorah with my...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/nyc-teens-bar-mitzvah-projects-support-youth-baseball-in-detroit/

Armed man in custody following 4-hour standoff near Porter Ranch

PORTER RANCH >> An armed man who barricaded himself in his home near Porter Ranch was in custody Saturday, surrendering at the end of a four-hour standoff.
Police received reports regarding a man with a gun firing a shot sometime before 9 p.m....

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Man Cited For Driving Motorcycle Through Crowd Of Trumpcare Protestors

A man was detained by police Wednesday after allegedly driving his motorcycle through a crowd blocking a San Francisco street in protest of the recently-revealed GOP healthcare bill, also known as Trumpcare.


Around 20 protestors, including seniors and people with disabilities, were...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/man-cited-for-driving-motorcycle-through-crowd-of-trumpcare-protestors/

LA leader to seek ‘full investigation’ into all LAPD youth programs, following scandals

Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander is calling for an expanded probe into the Los Angeles Police Department’s various youth mentoring program, following the arrest Thursday of an officer who is suspected of having sex with an...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/la-leader-to-seek-full-investigation-into-all-lapd-youth-programs-following-scandals/

Lawsuit Accuses Donald Trump Of Illegally Destroying White House Records

Two watchdog groups have sued Donald Trump over White House records, accusing the president of illegally destroying communications that must be preserved by federal law.


The suit — filed Thursday against Trump and the Executive Office of the President by Citizens for Responsibility and...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/lawsuit-accuses-donald-trump-of-illegally-destroying-white-house-records/

Is LAPD’s cadet program in jeopardy after 7 cadets were arrested?

How could it happen?
It’s a question that’s been on the minds of everyone from elected officials to former cadets to the Los Angeles police chief.
The questions began after a group of teenagers in the Los Angeles Police Department’s...

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https://skpsoft.com/crime/is-lapds-cadet-program-in-jeopardy-after-7-cadets-were-arrested/

Michael Brown's Family Settles Wrongful-Death Lawsuit For Undisclosed Sum

The city of Ferguson, Missouri, has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in 2014.


Federal district judge Richard Webber approved the civil settlement on...

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1 dead in crash near London mosque suspected as terrorism

LONDON >> A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, killing one man and injuring 10 other people in what police are investigating as a terrorist incident.
Police said the 48-year-old man who was...

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9/11 Memorial Architect To Design Charleston Church Shooting Monument

The architect who designed the 9/11 Memorial in New York City has been tapped to create a monument honoring the victims of the 2015 massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.


Church officials announced Saturday that Michael Arad, an Israeli-American and partner at the...

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Van Nuys man ordered detained pending trial on bankruptcy fraud charges

LOS ANGELES >> A Van Nuys man was ordered detained today pending trial on federal charges alleging he ran a foreclosure-avoidance scheme that raked in $7 million from distressed homeowners.
Michael “Mickey” Henschel, 68, was arrested Wednesday...

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18 Of The Most Profound Tweets In Reaction To The Philando Castile Verdict

The July 2016 killing, which was streamed on Facebook Live by Castile’s girlfriend Diamond Reynolds, is just one of a serial string of fatal cop shootings that allowed officers to walk away scot-free and many times, with their jobs intact. 


For Twitter users that could muster a reaction to...

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2 suspects arrested following dual chases in stolen police cruisers

LOS ANGELES >> Two suspects are in custody after each of them stole a police cruiser Wednesday and led authorities on chases that both ended with a crash in South Los Angeles.
Police located the two stolen police vehicles about 9:35 p.m. in...

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Alarming Video Shows United Worker Shoving An Older Passenger

A 73-year-old Texas lawyer is suing United Airlines after an employee shoved him to the ground and left him there.


On Tuesday, Houston news station KPRC aired surveillance footage of the 2015 incident at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport. 


The video shows passenger Ronald Tigner,...

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Jury begins deliberating sex charges against Bill Cosby

NORRISTOWN, Pa. >> The jury at Bill Cosby’s trial began deliberating Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that has already helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian’s good-guy image.
A...

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Three Court Cases Worth Noting

There are three separate court cases which are making news today, so I thought it’d be worthwhile to take a quick look at all of them, to see the potential impact they might have. The three cases are in very different stages of completion. One was just filed in federal court. One got a just...

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London Bridge attacker tried to rent larger truck

LONDON >> British police have arrested two more suspects over the London Bridge attack, and revealed that the carnage could have been worse had the attackers succeeded in their goal of renting a truck, rather than a van, to mow down...

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Anti-Muslim Hate Marches Across U.S. Draw Violence, Arrests

Hate marches that took place across the U.S. drew violence between white supremacists and counterprotesters on Saturday, leading to several arrests.


The “March Against Sharia” took place in cities including St. Paul, Minnesota, Seattle, Washington, and New York City. The marches attracted...

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Man convicted of killing 17-year-old girl in parking lot near Marina Del Rey

LOS ANGELES >> A San Diego County man was convicted today of gunning down a 17-year-old girl in the parking lot of a Marina del Rey-area shopping center last year.
The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated about a day and a half before...

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Abandoned Baby Found In Jonas Brothers Backpack Outside Arizona Grocery

Police in Tempe, Arizona, are looking for any information about a baby girl found alive inside a Jonas Brothers backpack Sunday night.


A passer-by found the backpack holding the newborn child in a shopping cart in a grocery store parking lot, according to AZFamily.com.


The temperature...

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LAPD officer injured in Wilmington shooting; 1 suspect dead, 1 arrested

WILMINGTON >> A Los Angeles Police Department officer who responded to a shooting call in Wilmington Tuesday was injured, one suspect was killed and a second was taken into custody in what the department called an officer-involved...

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Andrea Constand Testifies Bill Cosby Drugged And Molested Her

Andrea Constand testified Tuesday about the night in 2004 she says actor Bill Cosby inappropriately touched her after giving her three pills. 


Cosby, 79, is on trial for aggravated indecent assault. He’s denied attacking the former Temple University employee in his home outside of...

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Target of Medicare insider trading case boasted he was unstoppable ‘beast’

In his prime, consultant David Blaszczak bragged that he made millions for his hedge-fund clients when he predicted important Medicare funding changes.
“Warren Buffett can eat it,” Blaszczak wrote in one email in 2013, referencing the...

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Violence Erupts In Portland Amid Alt-Right, Anti-Fascist Rallies

PORTLAND, Ore. ― For days, Portland has served as ground zero for American hate, heroism and healing. Today, it served as America’s battleground.


What started Sunday as two counterdemonstrations outside City Hall between anti-fascist protesters and members of the alt-right during a “Trump...

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Gabrielino High School track coach, 1984 Olympic silver medalist accused of inappropriate contact with student

SAN GABRIEL >> Police arrested a Gabrielino High School assistant track coach and 1984 Olympic silver medalist on Friday on suspicion of contacting a student for the purpose of engaging in inappropriate contact with a student,...

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Key Witnesses In A California Jailhouse Snitch Scandal Refuse to Testify

SANTA ANA, Calif. ― Six years ago, Scott Dekraai walked into a hair salon in Seal Beach and gunned down eight people, including his ex-wife. No one is disputing that. But what remains in dispute is his sentence as the court struggles to untangle a secretive jailhouse informant program that...

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LeBron James’ Los Angeles home vandalized with slur

OAKLAND >> LeBron James wanted to be with his family, to hug his wife and three kids back in Ohio.
Visibly shaken by an event he couldn’t control, Cleveland’s star struggled Wednesday to focus on his seventh straight NBA Finals or...

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Man's Spit Links Him To Cold Case Murders Six Years Later: LAPD

After six long years, authorities say a suspected killer is behind bars thanks to saliva collected from a sidewalk.


Geovanni Borjas, 32, of Los Angeles County, was charged on Tuesday for the 2011 rape and murder of Michelle Lozano, 17, and Bree’Anna Guzman, 22, after his DNA was found to...

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Off-duty officer involved in Glassell Park shooting that injures one man

GLASSELL PARK >> One man was shot in the leg and an off-duty LAPD officer discharged a weapon in Glassell Park early this morning, said Sgt. Roberto Alaniz of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The officer was at a family party at 1:50 a.m....

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Teen Targeted In Portland Hate Attack Thanks Men Who Died Defending Her

Destinee Mangum, one of the teenage girls at the center of a stabbing attack in Portland, Oregon, has shared an emotional message of gratitude for the men who died trying to stop a man who was harassing her.


Mangum, 16, was riding a MAX train Friday with a 17-year-old-friend who is...

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Teenage robbery suspects shot by off-duty federal agent in Arcadia; 1 killed, 1 wounded

ARCADIA >> An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent shot two teenagers, killing one, after the boys allegedly attacked and tried to rob him in Arcadia late Friday, officials said.
The shooting took place about 8:15 p.m. in the area...

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New Orleans Principal Fired After Video Captures Him Wearing Nazi-Associated Rings

A charter school principal in New Orleans has lost his job after video surfaced of him appearing to wear Nazi-associated rings.


The video, which appeared Thursday, shows then-Principal Nicholas Dean of Crescent Leadership Academy holding an American flag and a shield as he discusses...

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Pomona woman granted bond in technology smuggling

LOS ANGELES >> A judge today set bond at $400,000 for a Pomona woman accused of conspiring to procure and smuggle sensitive U.S. space communications technology to her native China, but the release is pending the government’s appeal on the...

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2 Pennsylvania Drug Counselors Die Of Opioid Overdoses

Two Pennsylvania drug counselors, who had been charged with helping addicts, instead succumbed to their own addictions when they fatally overdosed on opioids at a recovery center.



Chester County District Attorneys Office

Drug packets and paraphernalia are shown atop the desk of one of...

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