Residents of Hope Mills, N.C., are upset over a Fourth of July parade float that stirred the ire of many onlookers. SEE ALSO: Hernandez’s Fiance Not Talking To Police An antique tractor, flying a Confederate flag, was pulling a wagon loaded with watermelons and sporting a draped sign which read, “White History Month, Hug WTE PPL.” The spectacle […]

A case in the city of Hawthorne in Los Angeles County, Calif., has developed rapidly after video of police shooting and killing a dog owned by a man they were arresting made it to YouTube. Leon Rosby, 52, tells the Daily Breeze that the cops killed his Rottweiler, Max, in cold blood. “There was no […]

The family of a Georgia teen (pictured) with autism has filed a suit against a Stone Mountain Middle School aide and teacher for allegedly terrorizing him with a broomstick in the classroom, according to WSB-TV. Both parties are facing possible criminal charges for their alleged acts. Wesley Malone, who is nonverbal, had been displaying aggressive […]

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The first week of testimony was tough on the prosecution. Proving the murder charge will be a task for them, as with any case similar to this since the eyewitnesses are limited and the case is somewhat circumstantial as to the intent. There were several witnesses to testify last week whose testimony will be crucial […]

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A Gillsville, Ga., man was critically injured last Wednesday after saving his 6-year-old niece from a falling tree limb, the Gainsville Times reports. Dwight Dupree and his niece, Cara Johnson (pictured) often sat under the the tree in front of his home because of the shade, his nephew, Donta Ware, told The Times. SEE ALSO: […]

Dorothy Baker-Flugence (pictured with her husband and children) of Baytown, Texas, is one tough broad! Ismael Martinez (pictured) didn’t know what he was in for when he crept inside the rear of Baker-Flugence’s unlocked van last Friday with plans of robbing she and her children at knifepoint. The suspect never fathomed that he would wind up brawling with the […]

The highly controversial novel, “The Book of Negroes,” a book written by Lawrence Hill (pictured), was just green-lighted to be adapted into a miniseries that will be produced by BET in the U.S. and the CBC in Canada, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The novel, which was published in 2007, traces the gripping tale of […]

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You would think going to church wouldn’t pose a security risk, but some Detroiters beg to differ. On city’s West Side, between Seven and Eight Mile Roads near Telegraph, rests a tightnit community that has grown tired of vagrants who frequent a park near their homes. On any given day or night, prostitutes, drug dealers […]

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How dumb can you get? This is the question many Detroiters are likely asking themselves after Fox 2 News uncovered a dim-witted attempted by the Detroit Police Department to simulate a purse snatching–allegedly, at the request of local TV station WDIV Channel 4. SEE ALSO: Say What? Daycare Worker Fired For Being Unmarried And Pregnant! […]

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How can someone be charged with DUI and not have a drop of alcohol in his or her system? It’s something that has puzzled Jessie Thornton (pictured) since the night he was pulled over by officers from the Surprise Police Department in Surprise, Ariz., last week. According to police documents obtained by KNXV-TV in Phoenix, […]

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Francisco Diego, Jr. (pictured) was electrocuted and struck by a train as he attempted to retrieve his iPhone that had dropped onto subway train tracks early Saturday morning, reports The Inquisitr. SEE ALSO: Angela Bofill Continues To Entertain, Even Without Her Signature Voice Diego, who went by the name of “Tech Trackz,” was waiting to […]

When Linda Henry (pictured) of Westwego, La., was viciously attacked by three of her four pitbulls last March, the attack left her without an eye, ear and armless. Bitten throughout her torso, the dogs’ bites were so deep that parts of the 54-year-old woman’s bones from her arms and legs were exposed. Henry recounted to WGNO the […]