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Profiles Of Unified Sports: Tevin McKnight and Angel Ramirez
Tevin McKnight and Angel Ramirez have been Windsor High Unified Sports basketball teammates for three years. McKnight, a senior athlete, and Ramirez, a junior partner, consider each other family. "Angel is a little brother to me and all of us," McKnight...
Tags: Basketball, Sports, Blindness
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Some soul searching on public prayer
Elected officials appealing to the Almighty before getting down to business likely predates the First Amendment's restriction on promoting a state religion, but such public prayer is getting a fresh look. The U.S. Supreme Court plans to take up a case...Tags: Church and State Relations, Separation of Church and State, Local Government, Public Officials, Politics
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Our View: Latest fireworks proposal is a dud
There probably weren't many fireworks shot off in celebration by county and local governments, nor law enforcement officials this week with state officials considering changes to the fireworks legislation approved in 2011. The latest update, on Tuesday,...Tags: Judges, Labor Day, Holidays, Memorial Day, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. takes shape
NEWPORT NEWS – A sculptor in Kentucky updated the Newport News City Council Tuesday on the state of artwork slated for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Plaza at the corner of 25th Street and Jefferson Avenue. Ed Hamilton described his...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Hamilton, Martin Luther King Jr., Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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2 brothers held in New Orleans parade shooting
A pair of brothers have been charged with attempting to murder 20 people during a shooting spree at a parade on Mothers Day in New Orleans, and four other people have been arrested for allegedly harboring the fugitives during an intense manhunt, officials...Tags: Trials, Murder, Police Arrests, Juvenile Delinquency, Shootings
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Police: 2nd suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon. Shawn Scott, 24, was arrested Thursday, police Chief Ronal Serpas said. He is the brother...Tags: Police Arrests, Judges, Trials, Juvenile Delinquency, Shootings
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Suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS -- The suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans was taken into custody Wednesday night, police said. Akein Scott, 19, was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, police...Tags: Police Arrests, Trials, Mardi Gras, Juvenile Delinquency, Arts and Culture
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Suspect named in New Orleans mass shooting
Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos. Superintendent...Tags: Broken Arm, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Crime, Law and Justice, Mardi Gras, Juvenile Delinquency
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Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of nearly 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said...
Tags: Broken Arm, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Crime, Law and Justice, Mardi Gras, Juvenile Delinquency
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Police: Man, 19, sought in N.O. Mother's Day parade shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas identified the...
Tags: Broken Arm, Police Arrests, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Crime, Law and Justice, Mardi Gras
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Fireworks use restricted in Boyne City under new ordinance
BOYNE CITY -- Those who wish to set off fireworks all night long in Boyne City will now have that opportunity on specific days of the year. The same goes for every other city in Michigan. The Boyne City Commission unanimously voted to approve an...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Day, Presidents' Day, Holidays, Memorial Day
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History of US bombings, failed attempts
Here is a list of some of the worst bombings in the U.S. dating to the 1800s, including some famous attempts that failed: — April 15, 2013: Two bombs explode in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and...
Tags: Trials, Police Arrests, Timothy McVeigh, Kennedy Airport, Terry Nichols
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