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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A federal jury in Philadelphia found the Langhorne-based Sesame Place not liable in a racial discrimination lawsuit.The class action lawsuit, which was filed in 2022, claimed the Bucks County amusement park's character performers refused to interact with children during parades and meet-and-greets based on the color of their skin.https://6abc.com/post/jury-finds-langhorne-based-sesame-place-not-liable-discrimination-lawsuit/15327860/

DALLAS - Police have arrested a man they believe brazenly and seemingly randomly attacked a woman in Downtown Dallas. 36-year-old Antonio Banks has been charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. Antonio Banks (Source: Dallas County Jail) The attack in Downtown Dallas has caught attention nationwide. Video acquired by FOX 4 showed the suspect walking up to an unsuspecting woman at the intersection of Elm and Field Street last Thursday. The man then hits the woman from behind with a blunt object and barely breaks stride as he walks away. According to an arrest warrant, the victim works at...

CLEVELAND — The suspect accused of fatally stabbing 3-year-old Julian Wood earlier this summer in a Giant Eagle parking lot has been ordered to an inpatient treatment facility after being deemed incompetent to stand trial for the time being. According to Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas records, Ellis was undergoing a 20-day evaluation when the doctor treating her stated: "that the defendant is incompetent to stand trial, but that there is a substantial probability of restoration to competency within the statutory time frame if provided with a course of treatment."

In a bold move that sent shockwaves through both the sports and political worlds, the Miami Heat found themselves at the center of a national controversy when they released a passionate statement aimed directly at Donald Trump and his allies

A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside an Ohio supermarket and wounded his mother has been found incompetent to stand trial. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo issued the ruling Friday. He said Bionca Ellis, 33, of Cleveland, will remain hospitalized indefinitely and could eventually stand trial if she improves. Her bail was set at $5 million shortly after the attack occurred, and her trial had been tentatively scheduled to start Dec. 9. Authorities have said Ellis was inside the Giant Eagle grocery store on June 3 in...

The Daily Wire’s “Am I Racist?” starring Matt Walsh was the third-highest-grossing film on Friday, out-earning a major studio release showing in more than 2,500 theaters. “Am I Racist?” which premiered Friday, outgrossed Lionsgate’s “The Killer’s Game,” and was the second-biggest new release of the day. “Am I Racist?,” one of only 15 documentaries ever to open in over 1,500 theaters, also had the third-highest opening day gross for a documentary in the last decade. Audiences are raving about the film, in which Walsh goes deep undercover to expose the inner workings of the diversity, equity, and inclusion industry. The...

A tearful Jordan Chiles opened up to a live audience on Wednesday about the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to strip her of her bronze medal from the floor routine at the Paris Olympics. 'The biggest thing that was taken from me was the recognition of who I was, not just my sport, but the person I am,' Chiles told the Forbes Power Women's Summit. Chiles initially finished fifth in the eight-woman final before Team USA coach Cecile Landi appealed Chiles' score, asking to receive credit for a maneuver that would boost her score by .1. The appeal was...

Tyreek Hill has established himself as one of the best and most electric players in the NFL, but the ride to the top of the league has been a bumpy one. ...Hill's latest incident involves Instagram model Sophie Hall, who claims that Hill broke her leg while running football drills at the receiver's mansion in June 2023. That incident occurred just eight days after Hill's allegedly assaulted a marina employee in Miami Beach, Fla. ...On March 15 [2019], The Kansas City Star reported Hill was under police investigation for battery involving him and Espinal's 3-year-old son, who had suffered a...

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The man accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh has been identified as a former wrestler at the college, police said. Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois, was arrested Friday night after allegedly shooting the award-winning gymnast multiple times at an apartment about a block from the university’s main campus, the Whitewater Police Department said. Whitewater police have requested charges from the district attorney’s office of first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed, cops said.

Washington CNN — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is using a new memoir published Tuesday to reflect on a personal journey that has already earned her a place in history. Jackson recalls sinking into her chair when she was an appeals court judge – her blood “a roaring ocean in my ears” – when President Joe Biden called in early 2022 to say he would nominate her to the high court, setting her on a path to become the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice.

Brooklyn’s joyous West Indian Day Parade erupted into bloodshed Monday, as at least six people were shot along the route, authorities said. The shots were fired on the 300 block of Eastern Parkway as the colorful celebration of Caribbean life was underway at about 2:35 p.m., police said. One male victim was shot in the head, while another man was shot in the torso and another was shot in the arm. Yet another was shot in the wrist. A woman was shot in the shoulder and torso. It’s unclear where the fifth and sixth victims were shot, sources said.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it was giving a private, historically black university in New Orleans a $19.9 million grant, some of which will be used to buy electric bikes for 300 families.

Clemson’s 2024 season got off to a horrific start on Saturday, falling in a largely non-competitive matchup with the Georgia Bulldogs. And former NFL wide receiver Roddy White has one explanation for why Clemson perhaps didn’t come out and compete. Georgia’s offense had very few issues moving the ball at will on Clemson, particularly in the second half of the game. Star quarterback Carson Beck looked as good as advertised, throwing for 278 yards and two touchdowns in the 34-3 victory. Meanwhile, Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik largely struggled to show much growth in his season debut, throwing for just 142...

Political commentator Michael Eric Dyson said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump was a “bitter bigot.” Dyson said, “We’ll find out later her ability to talk about cutting taxes or boosting housing construction, or talking about a federal ban on price gouging at the grocery store. I’m looking forward to that one for sure. But the values thing is real because we got a president who was a malignant narcissist, who was incurable, imbecilic and continues to hurl with lethal intensity epithets against this woman that are unconscionable.”

A pack of young teenage girls randomly attacked an elderly man on a Brooklyn subway platform early Monday — with at least one assailant whacking the victim with a scooter, cops and police sources said. The 76-year-old man was lying on a bench at the Rockaway Avenue subway station when the five suspects launched the assault, punching and kicking his head around 2:10 a.m., according to authorities. One of the perpetrators even swung her scooter at the man’s head in what sources said was an unprovoked attack on northbound C line platform. The offenders are believed to be between the...

A 62-year-old Staten Island resident declared he wants to move after he was brutally attacked by a mob of teenagers during his daily evening stroll last month, according to reports. The man was walking near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Clove Road in the Sunnyside neighborhood just after 7 p.m. July 15 when the group of delinquents began to harass him. Streetside surveillance cameras captured the moment when nine juveniles followed the man down the road, according to video obtained by silive.com. One of the delinquents rushed up behind the man, who jumped into the middle of a busy...

Progressive leaders must convert the once-coherent United States into an unprecedentedly diverse society, Barack Obama told the Democratic Party’s national convention Tuesday night. “No nation, no society has ever tried to build a democracy as big and as diverse as ours before, one that includes people that, over decades, have come from every corner of the globe,” he said.

Workers placed a bronze statue of the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on the grounds of the Dekalb County Courthouse Friday — the same site where a Confederate monument was removed in 2020. Internationally acclaimed sculptor Basil Watson, who designed the 12-foot-tall statue, watched as the statue was placed ahead of its official unveiling planned for Aug. 24. “It’s exciting to see it going up and exciting for the city because of what he represents and what it’s replacing,” Watson told The Associated Press. Lewis, who represented Georgia in Congress for over three decades, first rose to national prominence during...

A father of two was fatally shot by a neighbor after his young daughter reportedly “touched mulch” in the neighbor’s front yard during a family walk, sparking a disastrous argument. Just before noon on Saturday, Fox 2 Detroit reported that Nathan Morris, 35, was on a walk with his wife and daughters, ages 2 and 5, when he got into a fight with his neighbor, Deveraux Christopher Johnson, 47. Johnson was extremely upset that Morris’s daughter “touched the mulch” on his property, prompting him to lose his temper. “The neighbor took a gun out and started threatening the family,” a...