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Mom arrested after son was reported walking alone

Courtesy of Fannin County Sheriff's Office(FANNIN COUNTY, Ga.) -- A mom in Georgia is speaking out about being arrested for reckless conduct after her then-10-year-old son was found walking alone.Brittany Patterson, 41, was arrested by deputies on Oct. 30 after a witness reported "a juvenile in the roadway" who had gone into and left a nearby Dollar General store, according to a Fannin County Sheriff's Office report.Patterson's son, Soren, now 11, was later found by deputies around one mile from […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Hispanic, LGBTQ communities receive hateful emails after racist text surge

Anita Kot/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- A week after cellphone users across the U.S. reported a flurry of racist text messages, members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are now receiving text messages saying they have been selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp, according to a new statement from the FBI.The messages follow reports of African American and Black residents receiving racist texts in the days after the 2024 election that they were selected to "pick cotton […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Malcolm X’s family files $100 million wrongful death lawsuit, claims cover-up of his murder

Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- The family of Malcolm X, the Black resistance leader who was assassinated in 1965, has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, they announced Friday.Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X's daughter, who represented her family at a New York City press conference, and her lawyers claim that they have uncovered new evidence that they believe will prove that the NYPD and FBI conspired to kill Malcolm X.“We fought primarily for our mother, who was […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Woman arrested for impersonating nurses at several LA hospitals

Burbank Police Department(BURBANK, Calif.) -- A woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly was hired as a nurse at several California hospitals using "a variety of false identities" despite not having a nursing license, according to the Burbank Police Department.Amanda Leeann Porter, 44, allegedly impersonated a registered nurse at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. She allegedly applied for and obtained a nursing job at the medical center and was overseeing about 60 patients from April 8 to […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Ohio transgender bathroom ban heads to governor’s desk

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(COLUMBUS, OH) -- A transgender bathroom ban has been sent to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's desk after passing through the state legislature.The bill would require students in the state's K-12 schools, as well as colleges and universities, to use the restroom or facility that aligns with their gender assigned at birth. The bill notes that it is not intended to prevent schools from building single-occupancy facilities and does not ban someone of the opposite gender from entering to […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Robert Roberson’s execution can resume, Texas Supreme Court declares

ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The execution of Robert Roberson -- whose "shaken baby syndrome" murder conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter has come under scrutiny -- is allowed to resume, according to a Texas Supreme Court decision Friday.He was set to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a shaken baby syndrome diagnosis murder conviction on Oct. 17 before the court intervened and a state House committee issued a subpoena for Roberson, halting the execution amid […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Laken Riley case: Bench trial set to begin for murder suspect

Laken Riley in an undated photo. Image via Augusta University(ATHENS, Ga.) -- A bench trial is set to begin Friday for the suspect accused of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus.The suspect, Jose Ibarra, waived his right to a jury trial this week. Judge H. Patrick Haggard granted the defense's motion for the bench trial on Tuesday, a day before jury selection had been scheduled to begin.The case will now be presented in the […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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American Airlines flight narrowly avoids mountain with ‘expedited climb’

Greg Bajor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An American Airlines flight had to "perform an expedited climb" in order to avoid a mountain during a routine departure out of Hawaii on Wednesday.The plane had just departed from Honolulu International Airport and was on its way to Los Angeles International Airport.Air traffic control can be heard telling the pilot "turn right and expedite your climb through terrain" on audio from the flight provided by LIVEATC.NET.According to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, […]

todayNovember 15, 2024

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Former Detroit Lions linebacker charged for allegedly assaulting police on Jan. 6

Department of Justice(WASHINGTON) -- A former NFL linebacker who played for the Detroit Lions faces charges for allegedly engaging in a series of assaults on law enforcement during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, court records show.Leander Antwione Williams, 31, was arrested Thursday in what appears to be the first newly filed Capitol breach case brought by federal prosecutors since Election Day.His charges include assaulting officers, civil disorder and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, according to a criminal […]

todayNovember 14, 2024

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