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Flint, Mich., Residents Hit With Bacterial Illness as Water Crisis Continues
Residents of Flint, Mich., have spent the last year finding creative ways to avoid using the city’s contaminated water supplies in their daily lives, but now a new threat adds an additional complication to an already frustrating situation: an outbreak of shigellosis. The New York Times reports that cases of the bacterial illness, which is…
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LAPD Releases Surveillance Video in Carnell Snell Jr. Shooting
The Los Angeles Police Department released surveillance video Tuesday that shows the moments before police shot and killed an 18-year-old teen in South Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. The 45-second clip, which the LAPD posted to its YouTube channel, shows a suspect reported to be Carnell Snell Jr. in a shopping center. The young man…
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Tim Kaine and Mike Pence to Face Off in Vice Presidential Debate
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) will meet face-to-face at Longwood University in Virginia for the one and only vice presidential debate Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. EDT. The debate will be broadcast commercial free on all major television networks and cable channels as well as C-SPAN. Elaine Quijano of CBS News…
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Video Shows Angry Mob Attacking Calif. Highway Patrol Vehicle With Officer Inside
A California Highway Patrol officer found himself the target of an angry mob as he attempted to make a traffic stop in Fresno on Sept. 25, the Washington Post reports. The unidentified officer was responding to several calls about illegal street racing and reckless driving a few miles outside of downtown Fresno. He arrived on…
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Ill. the Latest State to Suspend Business With Wells Fargo
Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said Monday that his office will suspend investment activity with Wells Fargo in light of the bank’s ongoing fraud scandal and investigation, USA Today reports. “Wells Fargo is a big financial player in Illinois, and I hope to send the message that their unscrupulous practices are not welcomed and will not…
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Ark. Lawmaker Arrested for Filming Police; Charges Later Dropped
UPDATE: Oct 5, 2016 8:32 p.m. The Root has learned that no charges will be filed against Omavi Kushukuru (Omavi Shukur). An Arkansas state representative who helped pass legislation that protects the right of citizens to photograph and record the police was himself arrested after he filmed during a traffic stop. According to the Arkansas Times, John…
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What Happened to Marilyn Mosby, the Champion for Justice in Baltimore?
Baltimore resident Freddie Gray died in April 2015 as a result of injuries sustained while being improperly restrained in a police van. Protests over his death turned violent, and in the middle of the unrest, Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore City state’s attorney, stood on the stairs of the War Memorial in downtown Maryland to announce…
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AT&T CEO Delivers Rousing Speech on Racial Tension in American Society
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson spoke poignantly on the issue of racial tension in America at a Sept. 23 conference for AT&T employees in Dallas. At the eighth annual National Employee Resource Group Conference, Stephenson took the stage and encouraged AT&T employees to have candid, open dialogues about race and inequality. The speech was captured on…
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Ala. Supreme Court Chief Justice Suspended for Rest of Term
After telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding same-sex marriage, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended from the bench Friday. AL.com reports that this is the second time Moore has been removed from the bench for defiance of federal courts; the first was in 2003 when he refused to remove a…
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Calif. Adds New Mandatory Sentences for Convicted Rapists
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that imposes new mandatory sentences on some sexual assault offenders and expands the legal definition of rape, two issues that have been hotly debated since the case against former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner hit the national spotlight. The Los Angeles Times reports that the decision comes after heated…
