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- Created on 08 June 2013
Gunman Killed, At Least 4 Victims Dead in Santa Monica College Shooting
Sgt. Richard Lewis, a Santa Monica police spokesman, said at a news conference Friday night that the man was questioned and released, and he is not a suspect.
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- Created on 07 June 2013
At Least 3 Hurt in Shooting at Southern California College
(CNN) -- At least three people were wounded and a suspect reportedly was in custody Friday after a shooting at Santa Monica College in Southern California, according to officials and media reports.
Authorities were "checking reports for an additional shooter," Sgt. Denise Joslin, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman, told CNN. The school was under lockdown.
Law enforcements authorities told CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS about the injuries.
Calls began coming into authorities at about 11:55 a.m. (2:55 p.m. ET) that there was a man holding several weapons and firing into cars and a bus near the college, Joslin said.
- Created on 07 June 2013
Mich. Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Several Students
A teacher from the Grand Rapids Public School System in Michigan turned herself in to police Thursday night after being accused of having sex with multiple students, WZZM 13 reports.
Jamila Love Williams, 35, was booked at the The Kent County Jail just before 6 p.m. She
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- Created on 07 June 2013
United Way Shoebox Project Collects Record Number of Supplies For Atlanta Homeless
Thirty-eight thousand -- that's the number of boxes filled with toiletries that were delivered to homeless families throughout the metro area this week by the United Way of Greater Atlanta Shoebox Project.
The annual campaign nearly doubled its donation total from last year's delivery, soaring past the 20,000 boxes collected 2012. The United Way took in decorated shoeboxes filled with toiletries like toothpaste, deodorant and shampoo. The children's boxes are filled with crayons, coloring books and other fun things and will deliver them to needy families.
"The project has really gained popularity in the past few years," said United Way volunteer coordinator Astin Godwin. "It's a project that connects with everyone."
United Way has gained more company support from big and small businesses and used social media this year more than ever to promote the project and get donations.
FedEx Atlanta sponsors the campaign by transporting the boxes to an area where they are sorted and then delivering them to the shelters. FedEx liaison Lawana Parsley said the company has been involved for four years.
"It affirms our loyalty and devotion to the community," said Paulsey.
Marriott, Comcast, The Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council and chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. gathered donations and Delta Airlines awarded a pair of round-trip tickets to the designer of the best looking shoebox, Bianca Miles.
More than 180 agencies in the region serving homeless women and children will distribute the boxes. One, Genesis Shelter, serves 18 families on any given day. They shelter homeless babies under six months of age and their families. Genesis provides services like life skills classes, free childcare, money budgeting courses on top of housing the families. The shoeboxes really helped them meet their need said Nancy Friauf, the shelter's executive director.
"Being homeless is difficult and traumatic and you start to feel like nobody cares about you," she said. "People really do care."
Godwin said United Way's goal for next year is simply to meet the need.
(Photo: United Way volunteers put together shoeboxes for the campaign.)
- Created on 07 June 2013
White Supremacist Sentenced to 10 Years For Torching Black Family’s Home
Nearly six years ago, Brian James Moudry, a self-avowed White supremacist, burned down a Black family’s Chicago area home. Now the man who lived only five houses away from the home of his victims has reportedly been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years behind bars for his crime, reports The Inquistr.
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