Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania — Three Sharon Hill police officers charged in 8-year-old Fanta Bility’s shooting death have been fired, CBS Philadelphia reports. The Philadelphia suburb’s Borough Council voted 6 to 1 Thursday night in favor of firing the officers. Officers Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith are each facing 12 …
Read More »Two Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions in the coming months offered firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state’s three-drug lethal injection, one of their attorneys told a federal judge on Monday. The two inmates – Donald Grant and Gilbert Postelle – want U.S. District Judge Stephen …
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A man was charged after allegedly setting a huge Christmas tree outside the News Corp. building in New York City on fire early Wednesday, the NYPD said. The building is home to Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. Police said Fox News security spotted …
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Jonshel Alexander, a onetime child actor who played a supporting role in the 2012 Oscar-nominated film “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” was killed in a weekend shooting in her native Louisiana. She was 22. Police said Alexander and a man were shot inside a vehicle Saturday in New Orleans and …
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A federal jury found white supremacists and neo-Nazi organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville engaged in a conspiracy to intimidate, harass or harm ahead of the deadly weekend four years ago, and awarded plaintiffs $26 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The jury did not reach a …
Read More »An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was put to death Thursday for the 1991 killing of a woman who was abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery. Willie B. Smith III, 52, received a lethal injection at a prison in southwest Alabama. He was pronounced …
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A 13-year-old boy was injured Thursday morning in a shooting at a Memphis, Tennessee elementary school. Police locked down the building and took the suspected shooter, another student, into custody later in the day, according to the Memphis Police Department. Police from four Memphis stations responded to an active shooter …
Read More »Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, is claiming the man nominated to replace him is not qualified to serve as a conservator of the pop star’s estate, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles on Monday. Britney and her attorney recently nominated John Zabel, a certified public accountant, to replace …
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Britney Spears is under investigation after an employee working at her home accused the pop star of striking her during a dispute earlier this week, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. An attorney for Spears has denied the allegation. The employee filed the report Monday around 10 a.m. …
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Major League Baseball on Friday said it would not punish Los Angeles Dodgers star Justin Turner for returning to the field and celebrating his team’s World Series win after testing positive for coronavirus. After an investigation, the league said Turner apologized and it will not pursue any further action against …
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