Crime

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St. Louis County, Mo., police are still looking to arrest looters who took to the streets in November after a grand jury failed to indict a White officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown, who was Black and unarmed, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. SEE ALSO: George Zimmerman’s Ex Alleges He’s a “Psycho” […]

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George Zimmerman’s (pictured) former girlfriend reportedly referred to him as her “psycho” ex-boyfriend, following his weekend arrest on alleged assault charges against her, according to New York magazine, citing a report at the Associated Press. Zimmerman was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated assault and domestic violence with a weapon following the alleged attack at […]

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An Indiana couple was arrested Saturday after police discovered disturbing cell phone video of a one-year-old child playing with a handgun, and at times putting the muzzle into her mouth (pictured), The New York Daily News reports. The mother, Toni Wilson, 22, (pictured below) who was determined to be at the scene when the videos were […]

World

Just days after waging a deadly attack in Nigeria using 10-year-old female suicide bombers, Boko Haram fighters on Monday attacked a military base in the northwest Cameroonian city of Kolofata, Al Jazeera reports. RELATED: Possibly 2,000 Children, Women & Elderly Killed By Boko Haram Friday Monday’s attack comes after suicide bombings occurred at an open market selling mobile […]

Staten Island, New York, police are searching for a suspect who randomly walked up to 9-year-old Jermaine Culver (pictured) on Friday morning as he was walking to school and began to repeatedly stab him about the neck, shoulders, and head before running away, reports Staten Island Live. SEE ALSO:  Woman Mistaken For Suspect Demands Apology From Georgia […]

Atlanta police are seeking the suspect who pushed Jaferrell Jenkins (pictured), a paraplegic man born with cerebral palsy, out of his wheelchair to rob him of a cell phone, according to local TV station WSB-TV. The callous perpetrator left Jenkins him face down on the cold concrete after the act. SEE ALSO: NewsOne Now Celebrates The Life […]

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In a press conference Friday evening, the FBI said that it and the ATF are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for placing the improvised explosive device near the headquarters of the Colorado Springs, Colo. chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday. They have also released a composite […]

Reginald Hardy (pictured) was reportedly fit to be tied, after catching his teen daughter’s boyfriend creeping around his apartment with her. The Reading, Pa. father allegedly attacked the unidentified 19-year-old teen, cut off his long dreadlocks. He’s now facing aggravated assault and terroristic threats charges, according to WFMZ. Hardy told the news outlet that his 17-year-old […]

In shocking new video footage, Cleveland police officers can be seen throwing Tamir Rice’s (pictured) 14-year-old sister to the ground, handcuffing her, and placing her in the back of a squad car just steps away from where her mortally wounded 12-year-old brother lay dying on the playground pavement, according to the Northeast Ohio Media Group. RELATED: Samaria […]

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The family of a Georgia man has hired George Zimmerman’s former attorney to help investigate the death of the 22-year-old, who died in police custody after an argument with his girlfriend on New Year’s Day, according to WSAV Channel 3. SEE ALSO: NAACP President Responds To Colorado Springs Office Bombing Matthew Ojibade’s family has retained […]

Crime, Entertainment

Updated Thursday, Jan. 8, 12:20 p.m. ET: Amid a formidable backlash, Phylicia Rashad, Bill Cosby’s TV wife, told ABC News Wednesday she was misquoted in a report on her feelings about the charges plaguing her former co-star, the Washington Post reports. In remarks first reported by Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411, Rashad sounded almost dismissive of women […]

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Indiana prosecutors are in the process of deciding whether to pursue the death penalty in the case against alleged serial killer Darren Deon Vann (pictured), according to a report at NWI Times. RELATED: Alleged Serial Killer Hit With 2nd Murder Charge The 42-year-old former U.S. Marine and Gary, Ind., resident faces murder charges in the strangling deaths […]