Person shot outside LA’s Crenshaw High School, campus on lockdown

LOS ANGELES — A shooting on the “perimeter” of Crenshaw High School today left a person injured, authorities said.
Emergency responders went to the 5000 block of 11th Avenue at 7:52 a.m., said Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison....

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Murder Victim Was Alive When Boyfriend Cut Out Her Lung, Prosecutor Says

A disturbing real-life horror case received some measure of justice on Monday with the sentencing of a 28-year-old man who authorities say cut up his girlfriend while she was still alive.


Alexander Anthony Clever of Pomona, California, has been ordered by a Los Angeles County judge to...

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Viral Photos Of Child Dragged By Hair Through Walmart Lead To CPS Investigation

Photos of a man who appears to be dragging a little girl by the hair through a Texas shopping center are causing a firestorm on social media.


“Somebody needs to pull him down the road by the hair,” one commenter wrote. “Makes me sick.”


“I would have been the one going to jail, because I...

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Man Mistaken As Quebec Shooter Was Trying To Save Friend's Life

A man police mistakenly identified as a suspect in Sunday’s Quebec City mosque shooting said he ran into the building to save lives, not take them.


After police cleared him of suspicion, Mohamed Belkhadir, 29, an engineering student, told La Presse that he had been at the Islamic Cultural...

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There Is Still Work Ahead For Workplace Equity

Eight years ago today, landmark legislation was enacted in the name of women’s equality activist Lilly Ledbetter to advance equal pay.


Today’s anniversary is a reminder that while we’ve made strides to end pay inequality, the persistence of the gender and racial wage gap means we’ve got...

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Will Trump be Prosecuted for War Crimes?

Consequences for President Donald Trump’s rhetoric differ substantively from those of Candidate Trump as such may affect his personal culpability over potential crimes under international law and now that he is Commander in Chief. Incitement may be enough to create criminal...

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Russia Moves to Decriminalize Several Cases Of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence kills 14,000 women every year, the Russian Interior Ministry estimates. And just 2 percent of Russian victims of domestic abuse report attacks to police.


Now, the country has just passed a bill that would decriminalize some forms of domestic violence, enraging rights...

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Mark Twitchell, Edmonton's 'Dexter Killer,' Posts Online Dating Ad

Alberta’s notorious “Dexter Killer” is looking to find love online.
Mark Twitchell, currently serving life in prison for murdering a man in his Edmonton garage, has set up an online dating profile using Canadian Inmates Connect Ltd.
In his profile, he admits...

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Lidl Birmingham Murder Investigation After Man Arrested Over Wife's Death

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife with a “bladed weapon” following an early morning incident at a Lidl carpark in Birmingham.


West Midlands Police arrested a 42-year-old man around 5am on Monday after his wife’s body was found on Mackadown Lane, Tile...

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Community Center That Received Threats To 'Blow Up' Refugees Isn't Backing Down

The FBI has joined an investigation into a violent threat against a refugee community center in Aurora, Colorado.


The Mango House, which serves primarily Muslim immigrants, received two typewritten notes on Thursday reading, “WERE GONNA BLOW UP ALL OF YOU REFUGEES,” police spokesman Sgt....

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Georgia Police Chief Apologizes 76 Years After Black Teen's Lynching

Seventy-six years after a black teen was kidnapped from a Lagrange, Georgia jail and brutally shot to death, the police department has apologized.


Police Chief Lou Dekmar made a statement to the community on Thursday night in the Warren Temple United Methodist Church addressing the...

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Nebraska Lawmaker Resigns After Offensive Women's March Tweet, Cybersex On State Computer

A Nebraska legislator who shared a tweet that suggested women’s march protesters were not attractive enough to be sexually assaulted announced Wednesday that he is resigning, effective Monday. He previously had been fined for having cybersex on a state computer.


Nebraska state Sen. Bill...

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The Injustices Of Chelsea Manning's Ordeal

After overseeing the aggressive prosecution and near-seven-year incarceration of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, President Obama – in one of his last acts in office – commuted all but four months of her remaining sentence but ignored the fact that he had taken no action on the war...

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Corey Lewandowski Creates Alternate Reality In Which GOP Never Questioned Obama's Legitimacy

Corey Lewandowski, the onetime Donald Trump campaign manager turned K Street swamp dweller, is shocked and appalled that a Democratic congressman would challenge his former boss’ legitimacy.


In an interview on “The John Fredericks Show” this week, Lewandowski suggested Rep. John Lewis’...

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Pastor Stanley Schalk Sentenced After Grabbing Woman's Breast Without Consent

Full Name: GUTIERREZ, James Stanley
Age: 24
Description: Male, Aboriginal, 5’10” tall, 145 lbs., brown eyes, brown hair
Wanted: Threats
Warrant In Effect: Oct. 13, 2016



Full Name: ANDREWS, Eric Phillip
Age: 20
Description: Male, 5’8” tall, 170 lbs., brown eyes, black...

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An Open Letter To Stephen Dixon At Sky News

Dear Stephen,You recently asked the question, in front of millions, “Is it a dreadful thing to say if women are out in short skirts and drunk that they don’t need to take any personal responsibility?”


You also tweeted, and subsequently deleted, this, “@murdo27...

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Russian bride of San Bernardino terrorism conspiracy defendant admits marriage fraud

Mariya Chernykh, a Russian immigrant whose alleged sham marriage to a Riverside man was discovered when her husband became part of the Dec. 2 San Bernardino terrorist shooting investigation, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, perjury and two counts...

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The Queer Response To Trump's Promise To Build Wall Along Mexican Border

President Donald J. Trump Wednesday announced a number of executive orders that impose punitive restrictions on immigrants, including refugees and asylum-seekers seeking shelter from persecution and war. The executive orders are expected to increase the policing, detention, and...

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Teen Blackmailed Teacher After She Sexually Assaulted Him, Police Say

A Texas middle school teacher charged with sexually assaulting an eighth-grade student may lose her freedom and nearly $30,000 police said she paid the teenager for his silence.


Thao “Sandy” Doan, 27, a math teacher at Raul Quintanilla Senior Middle School in West Oak Cliff, was charged...

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State-Sanctioned Torture In The Age Of Trump

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump declared he would “immediately” resume waterboarding and would “bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” because the United States is facing a “barbaric” enemy. He labeled waterboarding a “minor form” of...

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Donald Trump Says Philadelphia's Murder Rate Has Increased. He's Lying.

President Donald Trump claims murder in Philadelphia has been “terribly increasing.”


“Here in Philadelphia, the murder rate has been steady ― I mean ― just terribly increasing,” Trump said in a rambling speech at the GOP retreat on Thursday.


In fact, Pennsylvania’s largest city has seen...

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Accused's DNA Not Found At Calgary Triple Murder Site, Court Hears

No fingerprints, no hair samples…nothing.
Read more: Douglas Garland Trial, Douglas Garland, Liknes Family Calgary, Liknes Family Trial, Nathan O'Brien, Kathy and Alvin Liknes, Douglas Garland Murder, Douglas Garland Murder Trial, Alberta Crime, Video, Canada Alberta News

The...

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Prisons Crisis As Record Levels Of Suicides, Self-Harming And Violence Recorded

Suicides, assaults and self-harm in prisons have all reached new record levels, new figures reveal.


There were 354 deaths behind bars in England and Wales last year, including 119 which were apparently self-inflicted.


Self-harm incidents jumped by 23% to 37,784, while there were 25,049...

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This Is Why You Need To Stop Warming Up Your Car While Unattended

If Calgary police have said it once, they’ve said it a hundred times: Don’t leave your car unattended and running.
To drive their point home, they’ve released dramatic helicopter footage that highlights the potential dangers the public faces when cars are stolen or...

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Rocco Papa: The Kidnapping Of A Special Needs Man Was A Racially Motivated Hate Crime

I opened up Facebook this past Wednesday and saw a horrifying breaking news story. Four black young adults in Chicago kidnapped a white teenager and attacked him. They taped his mouth shut, forced him to drink toilet water and scalped him, among other things. During the attack, the attackers...

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Diane Abbott: The Tories Are Failing Victims Of Crime

The Tory government is breaking one if its key manifesto pledges and is completely failing to increase support for victims of crime. Parliament is currently deliberating the Policing and Crime Bill. Colleagues in both the Lords and the Commons have put forward a series of amendments which...

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

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 with...

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Brian Levin, J.D.: Whether Black Or White, Hate Crimes Are Anathema To America

Moreover, the Wisconsin statute singles out for enhancement bias inspired conduct because this conduct is thought to inflict greater individual and societal harm. For example, according to the State and its amici, bias motivated crimes are more likely to provoke retaliatory crimes, inflict...

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NYPD Captain Thinks Acquaintance Rapes Aren’t As ‘Troubling’ As Stranger Rapes

It’s a sad but true fact: You are more likely to be raped by someone you know than by a stranger. Out of every 10 sexual assaults, seven are perpetrated by a person the victim knows, most commonly an acquaintance.


But according to NYPD Captain Peter Rose, sexual assaults by acquaintances a...

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4 Charged With Hate Crime After Facebook Live Broadcast Shows Man Being Tortured

Authorities have charged three teens and a 24-year-old woman with a hate crime after a Facebook Live video showed four people torturing a man who authorities say has mental health issues.


Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, also face ...

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Alberta Man Charged In Assault On 10-Week-Old Infant

Full Name: GUTIERREZ, James Stanley
Age: 24
Description: Male, Aboriginal, 5’10” tall, 145 lbs., brown eyes, brown hair
Wanted: Threats
Warrant In Effect: Oct. 13, 2016


Full Name: ANDREWS, Eric Phillip
Age: 20
Description: Male, 5’8” tall, 170 lbs., brown eyes, black hair
Wanted: Breach
...

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Two People Arrested Following Harrods Demonstration Over Workers' Tips

Two people have been arrested following a demonstration outside Harrods in central London on Saturday.


An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of setting off a flare and a 51-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and assaulting a police officer, the Metropolitan...

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Just Because Cops Like Guns Doesn’t Mean They Oppose Gun Control

During the campaign, one of Trump’s poster-boys for getting out the gun vote was Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, who has been a featured speaker at the national meeting of the NRA. America’s oldest civil rights organization has long promoted the alleged support of law enforcement when it com...

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Judge Clears Dylann Roof To Represent Himself At Sentencing Phase Of Trial

A South Carolina judge ruled Monday that Dylann Roof is mentally competent to proceed with the penalty phase of his federal hate crimes and murder trial — and represent himself.


The ruling reopens the door for a death sentence for the young white supremacist, who killed a minister and eigh...

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Jorge Newbery: Cycling Champ Missy Erickson Opens Up About Sexual Abuse

Every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. Every 8 minutes, the victim is a child. Thus, by the time you finish reading this article, another child will likely be victimized. There is an 82 percent chance that victim will be a girl.


In 2007 at 17, I was a victim of sexual abuse...

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Watch A Trucker Use Ninja Moves On Speeding Cellphone Thief

He almost certainly didn’t expect to see the same truck driver later that morning, standing in the middle of the road, “High Noon” style.


As the speeding bike approached, the trucker didn’t back down. He delivered a vicious kick to the biker. Nearby security cameras captured the dramatic mom...

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Edmonton ATM Thief Makes Terrible Choice For Getaway Vehicle

Police in Illinois say that Olivia Ornelas blamed her DUI and crashed vehicle on her boyfriend’s failure to take her, as he promised, to the new “Twilight” movie.


Man Jumps Off Bridge To Avoid DUI Test.


Dylan Edward Contreras. 19, was arrested for providing false...

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Man Dies After Being Shot By Police During Operation Near M62 In Huddersfield

A firearm has been found in the vehicle a man had been travelling in before he was shot dead by police, investigators have confirmed.


Yassar Yaqub, 28, died at the scene of an operation in response to “information received about criminal possession of a firearm” near the M62 in West Yor...

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Couple on LA-bound flight detained for disorderly conduct

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man and a Minnesota woman are facing disorderly conduct charges after fighting on a Delta Air Lines flight to Los Angeles, prompting the pilot to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
The flight took off at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday but returned at 7:35 p...

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James Heffernan: EXCLUSIVE: PUTIN'S CHRISTMAS DAY PHONE CALL TO DONALD TRUMP

Blogger’s note. On December 25, 1991, less than two hours before announcing his resignation as president of a Soviet Union that was breaking up into a commonwealth of independent republics, Mikhail Gorbachev telephoned President George H.W. Bush to say how much he had appreciated...

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Dylann Roof Won't Try To Save His Life In Looming Death Penalty Trial

Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white supremacist convicted of murdering nine members of a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year, will do little to spare his own life during the death penalty phase of his federal trial next month.


Roof, who is representing himself for...

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The 10 Best Health Stories Of 2016

As journalists, we always appreciate a good story and we’re eager to read everything we can. As the year draws to a close, we collected our favorite health journalism from 2016, including profiles we couldn’t stop thinking about, injustices that needed investigation and even a love sto...

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Security Guard's Home Reportedly Searched In Missing MetLife Employee Case

A security guard reportedly lives at a home that was recently searched in connection with the disappearance of a Michigan woman.


According to Detroit’s WXYZ 7 Action News, the security guard “works, or worked” at MetLife, Danielle Stislicki’s employer when she disappeared in early Decembe...

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Vigil Held For Edmonton Nursing Grad Allegedly Murdered By Mom

“She was very loving, very nurturing.”
Read more: Rachael Longridge, Rachael Longridge Death, Rachael Longridge Dead, Rachael Longridge Mother, Christine Longridge, Christine Longridge Murder, Christine Longridge Edmonton, Christine Longridge Charged, Video, Edmonton, Alberta...

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Father Attacks The Killer Of His 3-Year-Old Daughter In Court (VIDEO)

A distraught father took justice into his own hands at the sentencing hearing last week of his daughter’s killers.


When Dwayne Smith stood up to make a victim impact statement against Jasmine Gordon, his child’s mother, and her boyfriend Clifford Thomas, Smith decided to make a d...

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Child Criminals Should Get Lifelong Anonymity, Review Recommends

Child criminals should be given life-long anonymity to reduce reoffending rates, a government-commissioned review has recommended.Ministers are considering introducing legislation to indefinitely ban the identification of offenders who commit crimes while under 18, the Times reported.


The...

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