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Detroit coach who killed teen won't be charged
DETROIT (AP) — A 70-year-old Detroit high school basketball coach will not be charged for fatally shooting a teenager and wounding another while they were trying to rob him outside of a school, a prosecutor said Thursday. According to prosecutors,...
Tags: Prosecution, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Lawyers
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1 dead, 1 injured in shooting near Mich. school
DETROIT (AP) — A young man is dead and another is seriously injured after a shooting during an attempted robbery of a basketball coach near a Detroit high school. Detroit Public Schools spokesman Steve Wasko says the shooting occurred around 7:...Tags: Shootings
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Parent thinks discrimination lesson went too far
WSBT-TVThe lesson was supposed to be about equality and respect, but an Elkhart mom says it was the method -- the way her daughter's school tried to teach those values -- that she found offensive. “My reaction was like ‘are you kidding me?’ I...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Pence urges Indiana residents to emulate King
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says every Indiana resident should emulate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to our nation. As the nation celebrated the birthday of the slain civil rights leader Monday, Pence released a statement...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Culver Academy students preparing for inauguration parade
Culver Academy students are already in Washington DC to take part in Monday's presidential inauguration parade. But on Saturday morning their horses started making the journey. 90 horses have been loaded into six vans and are now en route to the nation'...
Tags: Chelsea Clinton, Teaching and Learning, Festive Events, Politics, Joe Biden
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National Cathedral to host 1st same-sex weddings
WASHINGTON — The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin hosting same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials tell The Associated Press the church will be among the...
Tags: Weddings, Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Christianity, Gay Rights
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Hometown Secrets: The famous Michiana campaign stop by Senator Bobby Kennedy
WSBT-TVWe are at the end of the election season, and so far our area hasn't received a visit from any of the presidential candidates. But over the last 130 years we have seen our share of campaign stops. According to the Center for History, one of the...Tags: Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Primaries, Wars and Interventions
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Fights break out in South Bend park
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- City police said they tried several times Saturday night to break up a rowdy gathering of about 500 people in a city park as fights broke out, before officers arrested two people. Police said officers arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr....Tags: Drug Trafficking, Police Arrests
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'We are Trayvon ... We are here' chant echoes through South Bend
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe driver of the gray pickup decked with matching gray rims wore a hoodie over a ball cap and sunglasses when he pulled up in the street. "I am Trayvon Martin," Joe Breathitt said. "Do you know how many times I've been pulled over because I'm wearing...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trayvon Martin, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Indiana University South Bend
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Darryl Boykins out ... Chuck Hurley in(terim) South Bend Police chief
South Bend Tribune Staff WritersSt. Joseph County Deputy Coroner Chuck Hurley, a former police chief, is back in as head of the South Bend Police Department — for now. Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday night that he accepted Boykins’ resignation in the wake of a...Tags: FBI, Police Investigations
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Public forums: Are vote centers in St. Joseph County's future?
Two events are planned to provide information about and promote discussion of a proposal to implement vote centers in St. Joseph County. - At noon Friday, county commissioner Andy Kostielney will speak and answer questions at the local League of Woman...
Tags: Politics, Voting, Elections
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