Durham prosecutors dismiss murder case against man accused in 2011 drive

News & ObserverDurham prosecutors dismiss murder case against man accused in 2011 drive-by ...News & ObserverDURHAM — Brandon Shamar Townsend was arrested almost two years ago and accused of murder in a drive-by shooting that left a 13-year-old Durham girl dead and her family and neighborhood on edge. On Monday, after Townsend spent 682 days in jail while ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Castanet Staff - File PhotoCastanet.netHealth care unions representing 47,000 health care workers are seeking a strike mandate from members to back efforts to reach an agreement with B.C.'s health employers. The 11-union ... A British Columbia man who served five years in a Thai prison for ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Castanet Staff - File PhotoCastanet.netHealth care unions representing 47,000 health care workers are seeking a strike mandate from members to back efforts to reach an agreement with B.C.'s health employers. The 11-union ... A British Columbia man who served five years in a Thai prison for ...

The hunt for child sorcerers in Congo

Helsinki TimesThe hunt for child sorcerers in CongoHelsinki TimesThen he preached about the main event they had all come to witness: exorcism. ... Pinda began describing a demon that was living in the body of a woman who stood before him, almost entirely blocked from my sight by the crowd: "It's attacking the heart ...

The Right to Silence Your Phone

NewsweekThe Right to Silence Your PhoneNewsweekIn two warrantless searches—one by Dunnigan at the scene and one by a gang detective at the police station hours later—police scrolled through Riley's contacts list, text messages, photographs and videos. Prosecutors used evidence taken .... Two of ...

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Castanet.netPhoto: Contributed - Waco TribuneCastanet.netOfficers say a man spotted the animal running down the street and gave chase, wielding a whip and lasso from a pickup truck with three or four police cars behind him. ... A woman, center, is carried out by security officials after she tried to protest ...

3 years after killing, Berkeley family still seeking justice

Berkeleyside3 years after killing, Berkeley family still seeking justiceBerkeleysideThe screams of a woman who discovered Eagle's body drew officers to Dean's home. Kunta, the 18-year-old family dog, which Eagle had raised from a puppy, ran out of the house barking, and laid on top of Eagle as a witness checked the man's pulse.

PETER MCKAY: Going under the covers can be vital in policing

Daily MailPETER MCKAY: Going under the covers can be vital in policingDaily MailThe argument against them is that, by encouraging the undercover cops to form relationships with women among a targeted group, the Metropolitan Police, as an institution, was part of the duping process. ... This suggests that lawyers might now seek to ...

Maryland considers making violent offenders do more time if a child sees the crime

Washington PostMaryland considers making violent offenders do more time if a child sees the crimeWashington PostThat's when the man she was married to for three years, the biological father of her youngest child, will be up for parole after serving half of his sentence for attempted murder. ... Long, the director of AEquitas, a Washington-based organization that ...

Hadleigh/Earls Colne: We live in hope 12

Ipswich StarHadleigh/Earls Colne: We live in hope 12-year-old Linda's murderer will be ...Ipswich StarWhen all else is lost they seek refuge in the hope that their loved one's killer will be brought to justice. For murders that remain ... Now, after a dramatic development involving a similar case in Scotland relating to the murder of an 11-year-old ...

My neighbour my killer

Sydney Morning HeraldMy neighbour my killerSydney Morning HeraldThe following Thursday evening, while Tosha is praying at a Hindu temple in Strathfield, he's repeatedly tapping "body found in suitcase" into Google, returning again and again to the case of a woman in New York, whose raped and strangled body was ...

A (Tom) Wolf trap?

Philly.com (blog)A (Tom) Wolf trap?Philly.com (blog)Because no front-runner in politics goes untargeted, the current Democratic front-runner for governor is all but predicting a couple of targets that opponents could seek to place on him. Wolf, in an ... Robertson was found not guilty of charges he was ...

Maryland man accused of child abuse agrees to plead guilty

Washington PostMaryland man accused of child abuse agrees to plead guiltyWashington PostA Silver Spring man accused of throwing a toddler against a bedroom wall and sexually abusing four of her young siblings has agreed to plead guilty in the case and faces up to 57 years in prison, according to Montgomery County court documents. Adderli ...

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Daily BeastPhoto by Richard Rudisill/GettyDaily Beast"Everyone is still scrambling to figure out how to handle this," said J. Mario Molina, president and CEO of Molina Healthcare, one of the nation's largest Medicaid managed care companies, which is seeking emergency guidelines from the 11 states in ...