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Durham demonstrators show up to turn selves in after knocking ov - NBC12 - WWBT

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Police suspect arson in early morning fire at Lansing apartment leasing office

Lansing fire investigators are are looking into an early morning fire inside the office of a local apartment complex . Just after 4 a.m., Lansing Firefighters were called to Edgewood Villas Apartments on Edgewood Boulevard. The fire was confined to an office area at the complex. The fire was quickly detected and put out. The Lansing Fire Department says they are investigating the cause of the fire.

Beaufort man struck, robbed while checking his mailbox

A Beaufort man was assaulted and robbed while at his Battery Creek Road mailbox Wednesday afternoon , according to police. While checking his Forest Park Apartments mailbox between about 12:15 p.m. and 12:30 p.m., the victim felt what he thought was a handgun held to the back of his head, according to a Beaufort Police Department news release . One of two suspects told the man to “give it up,” but the victim said he didn’t have anything. The victim was hit in the back of the head with the object he believed to be a handgun and the pair took an undisclosed amount of cash from the man before leaving, according to the release. The man was treated at Beaufort Memorial Hospital for his injury. The subjects are described as two African-American men in their 20s who were both about 5-foot-7 and between 150 and 160 pounds, according to police. One was bald with a beard and the second was bald and clean shaven. No further identifying details were listed in the police report. Anyone with infor...

L.A. woman seeks justice for dead son

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LaTisha Nixon is a mother on a mission for her son. Nixon’s son, Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead from an apparent overdose of methamphetamine at on July 27 at the West Hollywood apartment of Ed Buck, a prominent Democratic political donor . The initial investigation by responding deputies revealed no suspicious circumstances of foul play. That was verified by the responding Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Corner investigator. “I’m asking for justice for my son,” said Nixon at a recent West Hollywood City Council meeting . “Regardless of the fact of whatever he did the meth or whatever, he was still my son. He was still a person. “I want justice. That’s it.” According to Nixon, at the time of his death, Moore was homeless and working as an escort for gay men. Since the announcement of Moore’s death, additional information has surfaced, including Moore ’s journal stating it was Buck who introduced him to methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug . “I honestly don’t...

Police take search efforts underground, still no sign of Baby Willow

ORLANDO, Fla. — After three days, Orlando police have yet to find any sign of Baby Willow. Investigators, along with city of Orlando crews searched sewer lines for any sign of the missing infant on Wednesday. Those searches and the reexamination of dumpsters from the Willow Bend Apartment Complex failed to yield any evidence, police said. Advertisement Related Content Officers were called to the Willow Bend Apartments , off Silver Star Road and Coast Line Drive , for a report of a placenta and afterbirth found in the parking lot Monday . Homicide and crime scene investigators arrived at the scene, and multiple teams of dogs and searchers canvassed the area, including every dumpster. They were ultimately unsuccessful in finding the baby, now dubbed "Baby Willow." According to a police report, bloody shoe prints led them to a home where neighbors said a pregnant woman lived . "We were consistently told how the female's pregnancy appeared to be nearly full term,...

Police: 2 men dead in 'cold, calculated' shooting in Alabama

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Alabama are investigating after two men were found shot to death inside a home. Local news outlets report the Jefferson County Coroner 's Office identified the men, found early Wednesday , as 20-year-old DeJohn Lewis Williams and 22-year-old Dante Lanier Hall . Williams lived in the home where the killings took place. Birmingham police Lt . Sean Edwards says police responded around 1 a.m. Wednesday to a home in Birmingham's Powderly community after neighbors reported hearing gunshots . Officers found Williams and Hall each dead from a single gunshot wound . Edwards says there was a small amount of drugs and drug paraphernalia inside the home. He called the incident a "cold and calculated shooting." The investigation is ongoing.

Rogue Studios hails Varna Street move

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Crusader Mill Rogue Studios is relocating from Crusader Mill to Varna Street, with co- director Martin Nash hailing its new Manchester home as "fantastic and the perfect space to enable our artists to carry on doing what they do best". Home to nearly 100 artists from all over the UK and beyond, Rogue's artists will this month move from their existing building near Piccadilly station to an old school in east Manchester. Rogue has been based at the listed Crusader Mill since 2000, occupying three floors of the building that up to that point had been entirely occupied by knitting factories. Developer Capital & Centric acquired Crusader Mill in 2015, with the aim of eventually restoring the listed structures and converting it into apartments for local residents, there was widespread concern about what this might mean for Rogue's future. When it became clear that the studios needed to relocate, Capital & Centric worked closely with Rogue to keep the artists t...