This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of the past year defending itself against allegations that its duties have been overtaken by politics. With a failed attempt by the Trump administration to add a […]
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Markeith Loyd, Suspect in Lt. Debra Clayton’s Orlando Killing, Released from Hospital
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities asked the courts on Wednesday to deny bond for the suspect in last week’s fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer as he was hospitalized for most of the day with injuries he got during his arrest. Markeith Loyd is transported from the Orlando Police headquarters to Orlando Regional Medical […]
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Defense Releases Photos, Texts of Trayvon Martin
ORLANDO, Fla.— George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys on May 23 released information from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s cellphone that include the teen texting with a friend about smoking marijuana and photos that show him blowing smoke and extending his middle finger to the camera. The release came ahead of a hearing that will determine whether the texts […]
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George Zimmerman Makes Bail & Walks
Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions. He wore a white shirt and dress jacket […]
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Zimmerman Granted Bail Again – Set at $1Million
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin can be released from jail on $1 million bond while he awaits trial on a second-degree murder charge, a judge ruled Thursday. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted bond to George Zimmerman for a second time. Lester had revoked Zimmerman’s $150,000 bond last month […]
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College Students Rally at FAMU to Demand Arrest of Man Who Shot Black Teen
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — College students around Florida rallied Monday to demand the arrest of a neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed Black teen last month, though authorities may be hamstrung by a state law that allows people to defend themselves with deadly force. Police have described the man who fired the shot, 28-year-old […]
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Fla. Man Accused of Killing Wife, Wounding 2 Pastors
Update: Click here to read “Report: Shooting Suspect Killed Previous Wife” LAKELAND, Florida (AP) — A gunman killed his wife at their Florida home and then burst through the front door of a nearby church on Sunday, wounding a pastor and associate pastor before parishioners tackled him, authorities and relatives said. The suspect, 57-year-old Jeremiah […]