Tasneem Nashrulla
University Of Missouri Names Black Adminstrator As System's Interim President
Mike Middleton, deputy chancellor emeritus of the Columbia campus, was appointed after weeks of student protests over the administrations' handling of alleged incidents of racism.
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Vandals Spray Paint Black Culture Center Sign At University Of Missouri
University police said it was investigating reports that a suspect had spray painted over the "Black" portion of the Black Culture Center sign.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Pennsylvania Police Investigate NFL Player For Barking At A Police Dog
Oakland Raiders linebacker Ray-Ray Armstrong is being investigated for "taunting a police animal" — a third-degree felony in Pennsylvania.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Surveillance Video Shows Ohio Business Jet Crash That Killed 9 People
Video shows the plane clipping trees just moments before crashing into an apartment building about five miles from Akron Fulton International Airport.
Salvador Hernandez
New Report Highlights High Numbers Of Veterans With PTSD Facing Death Penalty
A report by the Death Penalty Information Center estimates there are at least 300 veterans on death row.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Three Alabama Police Officers On Leave After Videos Appear To Show Them Tasing And Hitting University Student
Cell phone videos appeared to show police officers dragging students out of an apartment and using a stun gun to arrest them after a loud music call.
Tasneem Nashrulla
6-Year-Old Boy With Autism Fatally Shot By City Marshals In Car Chase
Jeremy Mardis was shot five times by city marshals at the end of a pursuit that left his father critically wounded.
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Student Fatally Shot After Stabbing 4 At UC Merced
The assailant was shot and killed by campus police, a university spokesperson said. He is believed to have been a student who lived in campus housing.
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Supreme Court Halts Execution Of Man With Claim Related To Brain Loss
Ernest Lee Johnson, who murdered three people in 1994, had asked the Supreme Court to stop his execution on Tuesday, saying Missouri's lethal injection drugs put him at risk of having a seizure because of his brain tumor and defects.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Fired Taco Bell Manager Charged In Videotaped Attack On Uber Driver
Benjamin Golden, who was charged with assault and battery for the attack on a California Uber driver, said Thursday that he wants to apologize to the driver.
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Officials "90% Sure" Noise Heard On Russian Jet Black Box Recorder Was A Bomb
A Metrojet passenger jet crashed Oct. 31 over the volatile Sinai peninsula in Egypt en route to St. Petersburg, Russia. All 224 people on board were killed.
Jim Dalrymple II
More Police Unions Calling For Boycott Of Quentin Tarantino’s Films
The NYPD, LAPD, New Jersey and Philadelphia police unions have called for a boycott of the director's movies in light of his comments on police brutality.
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Suspect In Killing Of 4-Year-Old Migrant Boy In Germany Confesses To Killing Another Child
The 32-year-old suspect, whose name has not yet been released, confessed to slaying Mohamed Januzi, a Bosnian migrant child and also admitted to killing a 6-year-old German boy who went missing in July.
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Florida Executes Man For 1985 Quadruple Murder
Jerry Correll, who killed four people, including his 5-year-old daughter, was executed by lethal injection after the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Facebook Is Finally Getting Rid Of The "Other" Inbox So No More Creepy Messages
A new feature enables users to search anyone by name and send them a "message request." So...maybe more creepy messages?
Tasneem Nashrulla
Officer Who Threw Student Was Not Trained To Use "Defensive Tactics" In Schools
The 40-hour training class for Ben Fields to become a School Resource Officer did not involve protocols to physically restrain students, an instructor told BuzzFeed News.
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BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels
In a letter to organizers, BuzzFeed said it intended to withdraw from the conference if SXSW refuses to reverse its Monday decision canceling two panels related to gaming and online harassment due to threats of "on-site violence."
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A Police Department In California Is Going To Use Nunchakus To Detain Suspects
The Anderson Police Department is adopting the ancient martial arts weapon, popularized by Bruce Lee, to restrain suspects.
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OSU Homecoming Crash Suspect Formally Charged With Four Counts Of Second-Degree Murder
Adacia Chambers killed four people, including a 2-year-old boy, when she ran her car into a crowd in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was arrested for driving under the influence, but her father and attorney have indicated she had mental health issues.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Torrential Rains And Flash Floods Deluge Texas, Derail Train
Flash floods caused a freight train to derail in North Texas. The situation is expected to worsen due to rain from the storm that was Hurricane Patricia.
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