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Game time: College football reflects America as it really is
It’s college football season in Florida and you know what that means: trash talking, martial metaphors, peculiar rituals involving animals, bizarre clothing in colors not found in nature, bad grammar, mansplaining, and racism. College football is violent. Beat-your-brains-out violent. Repeated hits to the head cause degenerative brain disease. The guys who play the game risk blowing out their knees, fracturing their spines, and breaking their necks. College football reinforces some of our least attractive stereotypes — those Black kids sure are fast! — and extreme gender roles, as well: huge dudes on the field knocking the living hell out of […]
University of Arizona professor killed on campus by former student, police say: New details released
Former student indicted in UArizona professor’s murder TUCSON. Ariz. – A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of fatally shooting a professor on campus earlier this month has been arraigned on first-degree murder and multiple other charges. Pima County officials say 46-year-old Murad Dervish had his arraignment Thursday shortly after a judge ordered he remain held without bond. He also faces counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited possessor, endangerment and burglary. Dervish was originally scheduled to be arraigned Monday. It was still unclear if a public defender had been […]
Ex-Chisago Co. Sheriff threatened second woman into bizarre sex scheme: Charges
article Former Chisago County Sheriff Richard Duncan (left) appears in court in 2019 in a stalking case. (FOX 9) CHISAGO COUNTY (FOX 9) – The former Chisago County Sheriff is facing charges after a second woman came forward claiming he blackmailed her with threatening letters to coerce her into performing sexual acts while he was still the sheriff. Richard Leon Duncan, 57, was charged Thursday with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection to the 2017 incident. Two years ago, the former sheriff was convicted for sending similar letters to […]
Car found buried in Atherton yard; cadaver dogs possibly detect remains
Landscapers discover car buried in Atherton yard; police cadaver dogs on scene Landscapers working on a project at an Atherton home discovered a car buried in the home’s yard on Thursday, police say. Officials said the vehicle was possibly buried some time in the 1990s and was 4 to 5 feet underground. Cadaver dogs at the scene made slight indication of human remains though none have yet been found. ATHERTON, Calif. – Landscapers working on a project at an Atherton mansion discovered a car buried in the yard on Thursday, police say. The Mercedes-Benz convertible was possibly buried in the […]
Defendant calls 9 witnesses, outbursts continue
Brooks trial: Testimony, outbursts highlight Week 3’s conclusion Charged in the Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack, Darrell Brooks brought more witnesses for his defense to the stand in his trial on Friday, Oct. 21. The defendant’s outbursts continued, and he was removed from the main courtroom multiple times. WAUKESHA, Wis. – Darrell Brooks brought nine more witnesses for his defense to the stand in his trial on Friday, Oct. 21. Brooks is charged in the November 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack. Early in day, there was talk that all testimony could be wrapped up by the end of Friday. However, Brooks himself said: […]