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A Missouri woman said she’s hurt and distraught after being denied a job because her name was considered too “ghetto” — but company officials insist a hacker sent the racist message. Hermeisha Robinson, of Bellefontaine Neighbors, shared her experience with Mantality Health in Chesterfield in a Facebook post on Monday, saying she was discriminated against due to her name — even though she had what it takes to fill the job post. “I have a public service announcement,” Robinson wrote in an all-caps post. “I am very upset because today I received an email about this job that I applied...

Hundreds of police were deployed after residents rioted and torched cars in Toulouse following a police stop of a woman wearing an illegal full-face Islamic veil. The incident that allegedly sparked the riots took place Sunday after 5 pm when local police stopped a woman in the Toulouse district of Bellefontaine who was wearing a full-face Islamic veil, which is illegal in France.Police asked the woman for identification and when she presented a poor photocopy of her government identification, they ordered her to remove her veil, broadcaster Franceinfo reports. The woman refused to lift her veil and is said to...

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio — Six people were found shot to death Sunday morning in two neighboring farmhouses near this west-central Ohio town, a sheriff's officer said.

<p>BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio -- Six people were found shot to death Sunday morning in neighboring farmhouses, and investigators believe one of the victims was responsible, a sheriff's officer said.</p> <p>Two of the victims were children, and a seventh person was shot in the neck, Logan County Sheriff's Lt. Chuck Stout said.</p>

The Logan County Sheriff's office says six people were found shot to death early Sunday morning in the town of Bellefontaine. One victim survived. Decputies say the victims include four adults and two teenagers. The surviving victim is a female teenager, who was taken by helicopter to Miami Hospital. That victim was able to call a friend and that friend notified police. The bodies were found in two farmhouses within a half-mile of each other. Four victims were found on the first and second floors in one home. Two other victims were found in the other home. Both are...