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A veteran New Orleans police officer allegedly molested an underage girl whose sexual assault he was investigating, according to a report.Rodney Vicknair, 53, was arrested Friday on charges of sexual battery, indecent behavior with a juvenile and malfeasance in office after being accused of fondling the breasts and genitals of a 15-year-old girl while he…

A Chicago bus driver let his 21-year-old grandson, recently paroled from prison, move into his home, which became the scene of a bloody double homicide Tuesday night, according to local reports.Gabriel Tyson, 66, and his ex-wife, 65-year-old Carmella Tyson were found stabbed to death in their Markham, Ill., home.CHICAGO-AREA POLICE REPORTEDLY WARNED BY FBI OF GANG PACT TO 'SHOOT ON-SIGHT…

CNN was accused of “pitting different sides” of the late David Dorn’s family against each other after his widow, Sgt. Ann Marie Dorn, spoke Thursday at the Republican National Convention.Dorn, a retired St. Louis police officer who was shot and killed during the violence and looting that followed widespread protests over racial injustice in June, has emerged as a hero to many…

Former Washington Post reporter-turned-columnist Karen Tumulty came under fire Sunday for disclosing her son's employment with the Biden campaign in a column oozing with praise for the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee's reelection bid.The Sunday column headlined “The woman who transformed Joe Biden’s campaign," gushes over Biden's campaign manager Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, and the "harmony" with which she was able to unite…

A high-profile member of "The Squad," Rep. Rashida Tlaib, is facing a tough primary challenge from the center on Tuesday, in yet another battle between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and the establishment.Running against Tlaib, D-Mich., is Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, who has a history of intra-party battles with the freshman congresswoman,…