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For cops, patrolling the West Indian Day Parade can really be a grind. Another video surfaced Tuesday showing a uniformed NYPD police officer grinding up on a reveler at Monday’s parade. The video, acquired by the Daily News, shows a scantily-clad dancer with long braids, a tank top and beige leggings along the parade route […]
Cincinnati police continue to search for two people who they say are involved in the alleged theft of more than $1 million from Fifth Third Bank. In June, the Hamilton County prosecutor announced the indictments of five people for the theft. Vernon Johnson, 26; DeMarlo Harris, 29; DeShay Melton, 25; Shammon Richard, 21; and Karen Smith, […]
Days after news broke that Simone Biles’ brother had been arrested and charged with the murders of three people, the champion gymnast tweeted Monday to address the allegations. The four-time Olympic gold medalist said she was “having a hard time processing” the news and hurting for “everyone involved, especially for the victims and their families.” […]
The brother of Olympic champion Simone Biles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting that happened at a New Year’s Eve party in Ohio. Nearly eight months after the deadly shooting, Tevin Biles-Thomas, 24, was arrested on Thursday in Georgia. Police believe Biles-Thomas opened fire after an altercation at the Dec. 31 […]
A state lawmaker is hoping to make Kentucky the third state in the country to pass a law banning discrimination against people with natural hairstyles. Rep. Attica Scott pre-filed a bill that would outlaw discrimination against natural hairstyles and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locs and twists. California became the first state to outlaw racial […]
What a scandal! Kerry Washington has taken her social media presence to a unique new level. The “Scandal” star, 42, tweeted a video Thursday morning in which she shared her phone number – yes, her reportedly real number – with her 5.3 million fans. “You know how private I am, but I’m going to do something crazy. […]
It’s being called America’s “New Neighborhood Watch,” but it’s not people-watching; it’s technology. More than 400 police departments are partnering with the doorbell company Ring in an effort to catch more criminals. “This allows us to take that one incident and possibly connect it to a number of other incidents and catch likely the one […]
Now that school is back in session for Cincinnati Pubic Schools’ 36,000 students, the district’s superintendent and the city’s police chief are expected to address school security and pedestrian safety. Superintendent Laura Mitchell and Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac will hold a news conference to provide updates related to the upcoming school year. The 10:30 […]
A North Texas man headed to college caught the end of a racist man’s outburst on video. Dallas police and the U.S. Postal Service are now looking into the incident that had others in line gasp in shock. Dallas police officers were called to the post office. But by the time officers arrived, the belligerent […]
The Winton Woods City School District allowed a student with “significant autism” and other developmental disabilities to be bullied while also failing to provide the proper education he needed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The student, identified as A.G., had just 0.5 credits toward graduation as a 17-year-old, according to the lawsuit. Winton […]
A former girlfriend of Connor Betts, the man who went on a shooting rampage outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, said a number of warning signs led her to break up with the 24-year-old. Caitlyn “Adelia” Johnson, 24, and Betts briefly dated this spring, NBC reported. She told The (Toledo) Blade the two met in their psychology class at Sinclair Community College. […]
A man walked free from prison after 21 years, cleared of a murder he never committed – more than 10 years after another man began confessing to the killing in an attempt to clear his own conscience. John Miller, 44, was declared innocent July 1 and left the State Correctional institution about 100 miles northwest […]
