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The New York Police Department has agreed to pay a hefty settlement to Karim Baker, a Fed Ex driver who unknowingly gave directions to a suspected cop killer. The New York Daily News reports Baker sued the city months after he was allegedly beaten by two detectives. According to the outlet, the case stemmed from the murders of […]
Thomas Alexander, 66, was pronounced dead on Tuesday after being attacked by a deer that he shot while hunting in the woods near his home in Yellville, Arkansas, Buzzfeed News reports. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Alexander approached the buck that he had just shot, possibly under the assumption that the male deer was dead. Trey Reid, assistant chief of communications for Arkansas’ game and fish commission, says […]
Daniel Pantaleo, the former New York cop who was fired earlier this year for his use of a chokehold on Eric Garner, is now suing the New York City Police Department to get his job back. A suit was filed Wednesday in which Pantaleo and his lawyer call the firing decision “arbitrary and capricious,” according to […]
Cesar Schmitz, 48, had a cockroach problem in the backyard of his home in Enéas Marques, Brazil, and he wanted to settle the score at long last. “My wife complained that there was a lot of roaches invading our garden,” Schmitz said, per the New York Post. “She is scared of them and begged me to destroy their […]
The bodies of 39 people have been found inside a truck container in Essex, England. The 25-year-old driver of the truck has been arrested and a murder investigation has been launched in the wake of the discovery at an industrial park east of London, per The Guardian‘s Wednesday morning report. One victim has been confirmed […]
The body of a three-year-old girl who went missing earlier this month from a birthday party in Birmingham, Alabama is believed to have been found in a dumpster. The Birmingham Police Department and the FBI discovered what they believe to be the remains of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney Tuesday night in a dumpster that had been […]
It’s certainly no secret by now that Instagram‘s so-called “Community Guidelines” are wonky as hell, to say the least. To highlight the app’s tendency to target women with their arguable censorship methods, The Stand star Amber Heard has shared a tongue-in-cheek edit of a photo that was apparently the victim of Instagram’s policies. Noting that IG’s […]
Last May, an Oregon high school football coach disarmed a student who brought a gun on to the campus. Video of that incident—obtained by KOIN 6 News—was finally released this weekend. In the clip, coach Keanon Lowe is seen taking a shotgun away from 18-year-old Angel Granados-Diaz before hugging the student. The two share an embrace for close to 10 minutes. […]
Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan has opened up one of two medical clinics he’s funding, Charlotte Observer reports. Jordan, who gave a $7.2 million donation to get the Novant Health clinics up and running in Charlotte, North Carolina, was at the Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic on Thursday for its opening and made a few remarks. […]
Sacramento Kings‘ Harrison Barnes and Philadelphia Eagles‘ Malik Jackson have offered to pay for the funeral of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old black woman who was shot and killed by a Texas police officer in her mother’s home last week. According to the Dallas Morning News, Barnes will cover more than half of the service costs, and Jackson will pay […]
