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Mom that yelled for daughter to hit teenage basketball player ordered to pay over $9000 restitution

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According to NBC News, a southern California mother who shouted from the stands for her daughter to hit her opponent at a youth basketball game last year was ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution, undergo anger management, and write apology letters. How did this happen? In a statement from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the network quoted a statement from Latira Shonty Hunt, 44, of La Puente, who is charged with one …

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Suspected gang members shoot 13-year-old boy in head

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Gunmen fired shots at partygoers outside a Chicago home Tuesday night and shot a 13-year-old boy in the head – but the victim’s cousin, 21, has a concealed carry license, and he shot back, ending the attack. What happened? A CCL holder, who declined to be identified, told WGN he and his family were celebrating a relative’s birthday in the Lower West Side of the city. During an interview that doesn’t show his face, he …

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Woman Searching For Her Lost Dog Finds Human Remains

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Woman searching for lost dog finds remains of Ohio woman missing since 2017 – NY Post In Ohio, human Remains were found last month, and police have now confirmed the identity of a woman that has been missing since 2017. Tuesday morning, the police gave a press conference outlining the information. Police say the remains belong to Amy Hambrick, a twenty-nine-year-old woman at the time of her disappearance. Her family and friends last saw her …

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Football coach shot breaking up fight

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California high school football coach shot after breaking up fight on campus – NBC News A Vallejo High School football coach was shot after breaking up a fight Tuesday afternoon, California authorities said. Reporters were told by Vallejo City Unified School District that multiple students were fighting with “unknown males” when a staff member intervened. A video obtained by reporters shows three males walking away from the fight. Gunshots are suddenly heard as the camera …

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Mass shooting at park after ‘altercation’

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2 dead, 7 injured in Washington Park shooting, police say – Chicago Tribune An argument in Washington Park Tuesday night ended in two people’s deaths and seven injuries, police said. Deputy Chief Fred Melean with the Chicago Police Department said in a news conference at the park across the street from the emergency room of University of Chicago Medicine that a fight broke out there just before 8 p.m. and shots were fired. According to …

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Alabama may use unproven execution method ‘nitrogen hypoxia’

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Alabama could use nitrogen hypoxia for executions in death sentences. What is it? – NPR The state of Alabama is preparing a new method of execution – nitrogen hypoxia – to carry out the execution of its death sentences. This method was approved by the state in 2018 but has not yet been used or tested. Alan Eugene Miller, who faces execution on Sep. 22, was convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting …

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Mother Suspected of Drowning Her Small Children at Local Beach

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3 children dead after found unconscious on Coney Island beach; mother being questioned by police – WABC-TV The bodies of three young children were discovered on Coney Island early Monday morning. It is believed that the mother drowned her children. Charges are pending against the mother, an unidentified thirty-year-old woman. The search for the family began with an emergency call. An initial concern led a family member to call the police for help. Police then …

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Inmate tortured with ‘Baby Shark’ song on repeat, found dead

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Oklahoma Inmate Forced To Listen to ‘Baby Shark’ on a Loop Found Dead – Newsweek An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging that jail employees tortured him and other inmates by forcing them to repeatedly listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark.” John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning, according to Oklahoma County Detention Center officials. Workers …

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VIDEO: Nurse reportedly was going 130 mph at impact in deadly crash

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Nurse was driving 130 mph when she allegedly killed five in fiery Los Angeles crash – New York Post It was revealed on Sunday that the nurse facing murder charges in the fiery Los Angeles crash that killed five was going 130mph – 40 miles faster than previously thought. Initially, it was thought that Nicole Linton, 37, drove her Mercedes at 90 mph, but court records obtained on Sunday indicate she floored the pedal for …

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Pastor arrested for watering neighbor’s flowers, files suit

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A Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers has filed a federal lawsuit – CNN According to a lawsuit filed on Saturday, a Black pastor arrested for watering his neighbors’ flowers claimed his rights were violated by an unlawful and false arrest. A federal lawsuit filed by Michael Jennings, longtime pastor of Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Alabama, alleges that his arrest in Childersburg in May 2022 resulted in ongoing emotional distress, …

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