Priest Shot Outside Home in Baltimore Abuse Case
Dontee Stokes, 26, surrendered after shooting Rev. Maurice Blackwell, 56, outside his Baltimore home tied to abuse allegations from years earlier. Stokes faces attempted murder gun violations and assault charges. Blackwell stabilized after surgery.
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Dontee Stokes
Maurice Blackwell
Ragina Averella
Stokes
Blackwell
University of Maryland
Barbara Blaine
Chicago
William Keeler
Ex-Klansman on trial for 1963 Birmingham church bombing
The trial of 71 year old ex Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry opened with prosecutors alleging he boasted the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls. Prosecutors say Cherry wore the crime like a badge and regret was that more died. Defense says witnesses are unreliable. If convicted he faces life in prison. The case stands as a landmark in civil rights era accountability following the Sept 15 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham killing Carole Robertson Addie Mae Collins Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair.
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Ala
Bobby Frank Cherry
Robert Posey
Cherry
16Th Street Baptist Church
Carole Robertson
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Denise McNair
Couple Steps Before Train Die in Apparent Pact
In Elizabeth New Jersey a 26 year old man Damien Conners and 22 year old Theresa LaMarca walked onto railroad tracks hand in hand as an Amtrak train struck them. Relatives said they were addicted to painkillers and heroin and believed there was no other way out.
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Damien Conners
Theresa LaMarca
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