Author: Eli Rosenberg
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Sleeping woman sexually assaulted on plane by man sitting between her and his wife, officials say
Federal authorities in Michigan arrested a 34-year-old man after a woman said that he sexually assaulted her on an overnight flight when she fell asleep next to him. The man, Prabhu Ramamoorthy, who prosecutors said is an Indian national living in the United States on a temporary visa, was charged with aggravated sexual abuse and held…
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Activist Erica Garner, daughter of police chokehold victim, dies following heart attack
Activist Erica Garner, whose father’s death helped galvanize an emotional discussion about race and policing, died on Saturday, New York’s WABC reported. Her death was confirmed by a statement on her verified Twitter account. Garner, 27, had suffered significant brain damage this week after a heart attack, representatives said. Garner came to prominence when her…
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A Wichita police officer fatally shot a man while responding to an emergency call now called a ‘swatting’ prank
A police officer in Wichita fatally shot a man while responding to an emergency call that authorities now say was a tragic and senseless prank. The 28-year-old man, whom officials did not immediately identify, was killed around 6:20 p.m. Thursday after police responded to a report that there had been a shooting and hostages taken at the…
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White House takes down ‘We the People’ petitions site before responding to a single one
The White House has taken down a popular online tool created by President Barack Obama’s administration that allowed the public to create online petitions, some of which required an official response. All of the petitions, including one that called on President Trump to release his tax returns — the most popular, with more than a million…
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‘We stood there crying’: Emaciated polar bear seen in ‘gut-wrenching’ video and photos
The world’s tragedies often have images that end up defining them: A five-year old screaming in Iraq after her parents were killed by U.S. soldiers. A starving child being stalked by a vulture during a ruthless famine in Sudan. A video released this week of an extremely emaciated polar bear has served as a similar purpose: as a…
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Texas gunman’s ex-wife said he once put a gun to her head and asked, ‘Do you want to die?’
NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex. — The former wife of the man responsible for killing 26 people in a Texas church last week said he had threatened to kill her over the course of their relationship, once putting a gun to her head and asking her whether she wanted to die. The comments, the first public statements made by gunman Kelley’s…
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John Kelly calls Robert E. Lee an ‘honorable man’ and says ‘lack of compromise’ caused the Civil War
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly on Monday called Robert E. Lee “an honorable man” and said that “the lack of an ability to compromise” led to the Civil War, once again thrusting himself into the public spotlight on an emotionally charged issue. The comments, made on the debut night of conservative media…
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Nazis seized his home during World War II. A letter recently arrived, expressing remorse.
The letter arrived for Peter Hirschmann with a postmark from Nuremberg, Germany, where he and his family had escaped from Nazis nearly 80 years ago. The words, neat script in three pages, brought the 92-year-old resident of Maplewood, N.J., to tears. They were a message of remorse, sent by a German woman who began to investigate…
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Passengers accuse AirAsia crew of setting off panic during plane’s rapid descent
Passengers aboard an Indonesia AirAsia flight to Bali said the actions of the crew sent those on board into a state of panic after the plane experienced a problem midflight. What the budget airline described as a “technical issue” occurred about a half-hour after Flight QZ 535 left from Perth, Australia, on Sunday morning en route to the…
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Police bodycam shows officer fatally shoot a man who ran. Prosecutors say it was justified.
Authorities in Salt Lake City have cleared a police officer in the fatal shooting of a man who ran after being stopped on his bicycle, an incident caught on police body-camera video that was released this week. The ruling comes after a month-and-a-half-long investigation into the Aug. 13 shooting. Police say they stopped Patrick Harmon, 50, on State Street…