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Man who attacked NYPD officers in 2020 Jihadist-inspired attack sentenced to 30 years in prison, then deportation, prosecutors say

By Rob Frehse, CNN A man who attacked New York Police Department officers in a Jihadist-inspired attack in 2020 was sentenced 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Dzenan Camovic, a Bosnian national who was living in Brooklyn illegally, was

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Black real estate investors in the Houston area file lawsuit after ​they say they were denied​ property units

By Justin Gamble and Brandon Tensley, CNN Three Black real estate investors have filed a discrimination lawsuit in a federal court in the Houston area, claiming that in August a real estate agent refused them the option to purchase three condominiums in a newly constructed community. They say that they were denied the units because

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Black NFL coaches perform about as well as White coaches but face hurdles to getting and holding the job, Washington Post finds

By Eric Levenson, CNN Black NFL head coaches regularly perform about as well as White NFL head coaches yet face significant hurdles to getting and keeping their jobs, according to a Washington Post analysis published Wednesday. Titled “How the NFL Blocks Black Coaches,” the in-depth story examines the short history of Black NFL coaches, dating

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Man facing murder charges after 2-year-old was found dead in stolen car following fatal shooting of his father, police in Houston say

By Rebekah Riess and Andy Rose, CNN Preliminary murder charges have been filed against a man arrested in the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a stolen SUV Tuesday just hours after the child’s father was shot to death, Houston police announced in a news release. The suspect, identified as 38-year-old

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Man facing murder charges after 2-year-old was found dead in stolen car following fatal shooting of his father, police in Houston say

By Rebekah Riess and Andy Rose, CNN Preliminary murder charges have been filed against a man arrested in the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a stolen SUV Tuesday just hours after the child’s father was shot to death, Houston police announced in a news release. The suspect, identified as 38-year-old

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A former UNC graduate student says her professors forced her out of her PhD program. Now she is filing a discrimination lawsuit

By Nicquel Terry Ellis When Angelica Rose Brown was accepted into the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Business School PhD. Program in 2020, she said it brought her one step closer to her career aspirations. Brown entered the program that year with high hopes: she wanted to do extensive research on code switching and

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Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver seeking buyers for NBA and WNBA teams after hostile work environment investigation

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Embattled basketball team owner Robert Sarver, suspended after a recent independent investigation found he engaged in hostile, racially insensitive and inappropriate behavior, announced Wednesday he will sell the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Mercury. The NBA last week suspended Sarver for a year and fined him $10 million

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Former officer who held down George Floyd’s legs gets 3 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter

By Eric Levenson, Brad Parks and Omar Jimenez, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs in May 2020 was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday on a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Thomas Lane, who is currently in federal prison for violating Floyd’s

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Washington, DC, approves creation of new agency to provide services for migrants arriving from other states

By Aya Elamroussi and Adrienne Winston, CNN The Washington, DC, city council voted Tuesday to create a new office focusing on the recent arrival of migrants who were sent to the district from states whose leaders oppose the Biden administration’s stance on immigration policies. The move aims to improve response to the thousands of migrants

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Pistols used by Milwaukee police can discharge without the trigger being pulled, police union says in lawsuit

By Andy Rose, CNN A Milwaukee police officers’ union on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that the pistols used as the department’s main duty weapon can discharge without the trigger being pulled. “The [SIG Sauer] P320 had known issues involving discharge without a trigger pull at the time the City purchased them,”

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Legal group files class action lawsuit on behalf of advocacy group and migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard

By Amir Vera, Rob Frehse and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Lawyers for Civil Rights, a non-profit immigrant advocacy group that represents more than 30 of the nearly 50 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Alianza Americas and other migrants, according to a news release from the organization. Two planes

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