A Mississippi inmate who escaped from prison over the weekend was captured Tuesday in a county where he had been convicted of murder, after a car he had stolen ran out of gas, authorities said. About a dozen prison employees were suspended because the staff waited more than a day …
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For the second day in a row, several historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats Tuesday, resulting in shelters-in-place and canceled classes as authorities swept campuses looking for devices. No explosions have been reported. Howard University, in Washington, D.C., was threatened on both days. It declared an all-clear Tuesday …
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Several major sports icons have signed a letter calling on Senator Joe Manchin to support election integrity legislation. The letter — signed by University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban, former NBA star Jerry West, former NFL star Darryl Talley, and former commissioner of the NFL Paul Tagliabue — urged …
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A judge denied a motion Tuesday to suppress DNA evidence collected from a man suspected of killing a Google employee from New York who went missing in 2016 while out for a run in Massachusetts, meaning it can now be admitted at trial. Angelo Colon-Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to …
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A coroner said an autopsy shows unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of a former NFL player who authorities say fatally shot six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before killing himself in April. The 20 years ex-football pro Phillip Adams spent playing football “definitely … gave rise” …
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This story originally appeared on CBS Chicago. One of the two brothers who claim actor Jussie Smollett paid them to pull off a fake attack took the stand on Wednesday. Smollett, 39, faces six counts of disorderly conduct and is accused of lying to police about the 2019 incident. Smollett, …
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An 18-year-old college student has been charged with arson over a fire that caused more than $25,000 worth of damage to a synagogue in Austin, Texas, federal officials announced Monday. The student, Franklin Barret Sechriest, was arrested on November 12 and remains in custody at Travis County Jail, according to …
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More than three decades after a Modesto, California teen disappeared, her cold case is getting a fresh look. And police are asking for the public’s help to finally give her family closure. Susan Bender was last heard from by her friend Sandie Silveria 36 years ago, reports CBS Sacramento. “She …
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A 16-year-old boy was killed and two other juveniles were injured in a drive-by shooting while waiting at a bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky, authorities announced Wednesday. The suspects are still at large and are considered armed and dangerous, they said. The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. Two of …
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a series of steps Monday to battle the alarming surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, CBS Houston station KHOU-TV reported. But the controversy over his ban on localities issuing mask mandates got even hotter. Texas governor files legal challenge to end Dallas County mask mandate …
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