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Dallas Cowboys: Putting all the pieces of the Ezekiel Elliott domestic violence investigation together

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This story is about Cowboys Published Aug. 18 This Story is About... Share This Story On... Dallas Cowboys fans cheer on Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) as he exits the field after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 28-14 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, October 9, 2016. The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 28-14. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News )" src="src" /> Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer Dallas Cowboys fans cheer on Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) as he exits the field after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 28-14 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, October 9, 2016. The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 28-14. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News ) By Kate Hairopoulos , Staff Writer Contact Kate Hairopoulos on Twitter: @khairopoulos OXNARD, Calif. -- The NFL's six-game suspension of Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott sparked a firestorm of public opinion. Is ...

Car Injures St. Louis Protestors: Suspected Driver Charged

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ST. LOUIS, MO — On Thursday, three protestors at a candlelight vigil in St. Louis were hurt when authorities say a car pulled into a group of demonstrators. Now, the alleged driver faces a felony count of resisting arrest by fleeing and misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner. Kenny "Kiwi" Herring, was shot to death by police officers Tuesday after allegedly stabbing one of them. Family members and friends said Herring was a transgender woman. The following night, demonstrators held a candlelight vigil and protest in her honor, beginning at a community garden that honors transgender people . Activist Heather De Mian said Thursday that after the vigil, 40 to 50 people marched to an intersection and blocked it to protest Herring's death. (For more information on this and other St. Louis stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts . If you have an iPhone, cli...

Man Who Hung Confederate Flags Calls Them 'Beautiful,' Says He's No Bigot - East Village - New York

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Confederate Flag s"> Confederate flags hanging in his windows if he had been in the city when recent events in Charlottesville occurred." /> William Green said he would have taken down the Confederate flags hanging in his windows if he had been in the city when recent events in Charlottesville occurred. View Full Caption Paul Bakija/Inset Courtesy of William Green EAST VILLAGE — The tenant whose apartment window display of Confederate flags sparked mayhem last week called them "beautiful" historical symbols that have nothing to do with racism — claiming had no idea about the controversy his display caused because he was out of town. William Green, 43, said he was shocked to return to his apartment at 403 E. Eighth St. after a weekslong vacation to discover the extent of the outrage his two Confederate battle flags had suddenly created, moving one man to hurl rocks at the building and another to punch through Green's apartment window while he was aw...

Man charged after car pulls into St. Louis rally, hurting 3 | National

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man was charged Thursday after authorities said he pulled his car into a group of demonstrators protesting a police shooting in St. Louis, injuring three people. Mark Colao, 59, faces a felony count of resisting arrest by fleeing and misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner. It's not clear if he has an attorney who can comment on his behalf. Police said the three people suffered minor injuries Wednesday night during a candlelight vigil and protest in honor of Kenny "Kiwi" Herring, who was fatally shot by officers Tuesday after allegedly stabbing one of them. Relatives and friends have said Herring was a transgender woman. Police and witnesses offered differing accounts of what happened. The vigil began at a community garden that honors transgender people . Activist Heather De Mian said Thursday that after the vigil, 40 to 50 people marched to an intersection and blocked it to ...

Home sweet homewreck: This is the worst reno story you will ever hear

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Jim Pantaleo’s phone winked out sometime after 6:00 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2012. The last message he sent before it died was to his wife, Allison. “Love you forever,” it said. And then, nothing. Jim had spent the day before writing and drinking, slowly. From his perch at the corner of an L-shaped bar at a pub in Toronto’s east end, he tapped away at his laptop. He sipped beer and he did shots of “liquid cocaine,” a mix of Jagermeister and Goldschlager schnapps. Jim had arrived at the pub, Rails and Ales, at about 3 p.m. “He seemed very normal,” says Len Grammenopoulos, the bar’s owner. He ate some food. He joked around. Sometime after midnight, he sent his mother an email with seven letters inside. At about 2:30 a.m., he paid his tab — maybe $60, $70. He high-fived Len and he walked out. “I remember him saying ‘I’m gone,’” Len says. “And that was it.” Jim was gone. When Jim and Allison Pantaleo first met — as coworkers at a pub called Gabby ’s on the Danforth — it was something close to ...