Tag: beating
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Miami-Dade jurors vote death for man guilty of fatally beating woman in Hialeah
Eight years after a woman’s body was found in a grassy area on a Hialeah motel, completely naked, and covered in blood, a Miami-Dade jury recommended her killer should also die. Last week, those same jurors found Ronald Lopez Andrade guilty of raping and later killing 30-year-old Yaimi Guevara Machado. Late Wednesday evening, despite not all jurors…
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China reports third-quarter GDP growth of 4.6%, slightly beating expectations
China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Friday reported third-quarter GDP growth of 4.6% year on year, slightly exceeding the 4.5% expected by economists polled by Reuters. That’s less than the second-quarter growth of 4.7% year on year. On a quarterly basis, the third quarter saw 0.9% expansion, compared with 0.7% in the second quarter. “The…
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Black man details alleged beating at the hands of a white supremacist group in Boston
A Black teacher and musician told a federal court Thursday that members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through downtown Boston two years ago. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in federal court Thursday to testify in his lawsuit asking for an undisclosed amount of money…
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Verdicts reached in trial of former Memphis officers charged in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
A jury reached verdicts Thursday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols, according to the Associated Press. Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith and Taddarius Bean are accused of depriving Nichols of his rights through excessive force, obstructing justice through witness tampering and other crimes. They…