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• Report: Briles failed to alert police of allegations - ESPN

  28-10-2016 23:22
  
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  Report: Briles failed to alert police of allegations
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  A law firm hired by Baylor University to investigate the school's handling of sexual assault and violence cases involving athletes determined that 17 women since 2011 reported incidents of sexual and domestic violence involving 19 football players, The ...
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• Ex-police chief wants to avoid prison to take care of sick mom - New York Post

  28-10-2016 23:17
  
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  Ex-police chief wants to avoid prison to take care of sick mom
  New York Post
  A former suburban New York police chief who admitted beating and threatening to kill a man who stole sex toys and other items from his department-issued SUV wants to avoid prison so he can care for his cancer-stricken mother. James Burke, the former ...and more »
  
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• Shots fired after Belmont traffic stop, police say - WMUR Manchester

  28-10-2016 23:00
  
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  Shots fired after Belmont traffic stop, police say
  WMUR Manchester
  A Belmont police officer fired several shots Friday morning when a man drove away during a traffic stop, officials said. Advertisement. Police said Hayden Moon, 24, is still at large after he drove away from an officer. Police said the officer ...and more »
  
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• Former CO Officer Gets 16 Years for Fatal On-Duty Shooting

  28-10-2016 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A little more than two years after authorities say former Rocky Ford, CO, police Officer James Ashby fatally shot a man, he was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison, reports the Denver Post.Ashby, 32, was also ordered to serve five years of parole upon his release and pay a fine of $10,000, according to the Colorado Judicial Department. Restitution in the case can be determined within the next 90 days.Ashby, convicted in June of second-degree murder in the October 2014 on-duty fatal shoot
  
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• Parole Denied for Convicted Manson Follower Charles 'Tex' Watson

  28-10-2016 21:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A California review board denied parole Thursday to Charles "Tex" Watson, the self-described right-hand man of Charles Manson and a key figure in the Manson family's 1969 killing spree in the Los Angeles area, reports the Los Angeles Times.Watson, 70, was initially sentenced to die in San Quentin's gas chamber for his part in the murder of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others. In 1973, his sentence was commuted to life in prison after the state Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty w
  
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• Oregon Standoff Defendants Found Not Guilty

  28-10-2016 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A jury Thursday delivered an across-the-board acquittal to the leaders and participants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation in Oregon and a blow to the federal government as it tries to tamp down a national movement led by a Nevada family to open public lands to ranchers, miners, and loggers, reports the Oregonian.The verdicts finding Ammon Bundy, older brother Ryan Bundy, and five others not guilty of a federal conspiracy drew elation from defense attorneys who spent five weeks a
  
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• HRW demands probe into Kenya police killings - Aljazeera.com

  28-10-2016 21:09
  
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  HRW demands probe into Kenya police killings
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  More than 1,200 people have allegedly been shot dead in Kenya by police since 2009, monitoring group says. 28 Oct 2016 19:09 GMT. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00.and more »
  
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• PA Lawmakers Approve Ban on Naming Officers in Shootings

  28-10-2016 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As cities nationwide grapple with fatal police shootings, Pennsylvania's legislature on Thursday passed and sent to Gov. Wolf a bill that would block public officials from immediately releasing the names of officers involved in such incidents, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.The measure, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Martina White of Philadelphia and approved by the GOP-controlled legislature, stoked sharp opinions and drew votes largely along partisan lines.Supporters say the bill, suppo
  
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• Man leading police on car chase stops at In-N-Out for food - Los Angeles Times

  28-10-2016 21:05
  
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  Man leading police on car chase stops at In-N-Out for food
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  Authorities say a man didn't go to jail hungry after making a stop at a fast-food restaurant as he led Arizona police on a car chase. Police tried to arrest the man on an outstanding warrant Wednesday night and then kept tabs on him with a helicopter ...
  Hungry Man Chased By Police Stops At In-N-Out BurgerHuffington Post
  Man stops at In-N-Out drive thru during police chaseFOX 10 News Phoenix
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• Spate of Drugged Driving Deaths Alarms U.S. Regulators

  28-10-2016 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade, raising alarms as five states are set to vote on legalization of marijuana, reports USA Today.Amid a disquieting increase in overall U.S. traffic fatalities, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has tracked an upswing in the percentage of drivers testing positive for illegal drugs and prescription medications, according to federal data released to USA TODAY and
  
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• Colo. officer gets 16 years in prison for police shooting - Police News

  28-10-2016 19:46
  
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  Colo. officer gets 16 years in prison for police shooting
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  LA JUNTA, Colo. — A former small town Colorado police officer was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a man in the back after he followed the man into his mother's home, court officials said. James Ashby, 33, was also ...and more »
  
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• "A Shameful Moment for This Country": Report Back on Militarized Police Raid of DAPL Resistance Camp - Democracy Now!

  28-10-2016 17:21
  
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  "A Shameful Moment for This Country": Report Back on Militarized Police Raid of DAPL Resistance Camp
  Democracy Now!
  We go to Standing Rock, North Dakota, for an update on how hundreds of police with military equipment raided a resistance camp Thursday that was established by Native American water protectors in the path of the proposed $3.8 billion Dakota Access ...and more »
  
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• Philippine Mayor Accused of Drug Links by Duterte Is Killed by Police - New York Times

  28-10-2016 14:16
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  Philippine Mayor Accused of Drug Links by Duterte Is Killed by Police
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  The police inspected the contents of vehicles after a mayor and nine other men were killed at a checkpoint on Friday in Makilala, the Philippines. Credit Associated Press. MANILA — After President Rodrigo Duterte publicly named him as a drug suspect ...
  Philippine mayor killed in police shootoutAljazeera.com
  Philippine Police Gun Down Mayor in Antidrug CampaignWall Street Journal
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• Pakistan: Police clash with protesters in Rawalpindi - Aljazeera.com

  28-10-2016 14:02
  
  Pakistan: Police clash with protesters in Rawalpindi
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  Tear gas fired at Imran Khan supporters who defied a ban on public gathering ahead of his plan to shut down the capital. 28 Oct 2016 12:03 GMT. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social. Authorities blocked main roads leading to the ...and more »
  
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• He wore a Trump hat and 'deplorables' shirt to vote. Texas police arrested him. - Washington Post

  28-10-2016 13:34
  
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  He wore a Trump hat and 'deplorables' shirt to vote. Texas police arrested him.
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  Brett Bartlett Mauthe arrived at his Texas polling place Monday morning ready to vote. It was the first day of early voting in Bulverde, a tiny town 30 minutes north of San Antonio. On his head he wore a hat supporting GOP presidential nominee Donald ...and more »
  
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• Student Snapchats selfie while driving, crashes into police car - Mashable

  28-10-2016 11:39
  
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  Student Snapchats selfie while driving, crashes into police car
  Mashable
  This is the appeal U.S. police has launched after a 19-year-old crashed into a police car while taking a Snapchat selfie. Miranda Rader was arrested in Bryan, Texas, after the accident, which caused the airbag to deploy.
  Drunk student crashes into cop car while taking topless selfie: policeNew York Post
  Teen taking topless selfie crashed into patrol car, police sayCNET
  Texas student crashes car while taking toples
  
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