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LANSING — It’s been nearly a year since Anthony Hulon died in Lansing police custody and his sister and dozens of protesters want the officers involved held accountable.  Heather Hulon and about 60 people marched Saturday to the downtown Lansing Police Department, which houses the lockup where her brother died from asphyxia on April 11, 2020. A Michigan State Police detective recently told Heather Hulon the officers involved in her brothers death will not face charges, though a spokeswom...

SWINDON Robins team manager Alun Rossiter has thrown his weight behind British Speedway’s new Rising Star system. Each Premiership and Championship club will include a rider with limited experience of professional racing as the sport attempts to create new stars in the UK. Top-flight Polish clubs have introduced contracts that restrict their riders from racing in more than one other league, meaning Robins legend Jason Doyle, as well as Danish Grand Prix icons Niels-Kristian Iversen and ...

Lansing mayor added to suit against police over mans death The mayor of Lansing has been added to a federal lawsuit that alleges excessive force by city police caused the death of a 54-year-old man last year in the citys jail. Mayor Andy Schor was named as a defendant in the lawsuit filed last October in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan by the Southfield law firm of Buckfire & Buckfire. The lawsuit states Schor "pursuant to the Charter, at all times relevant, was gran...

Hulon had been arrested earlier that day, April 10, for misdemeanor domestic violence. Less than 12 hours later, he was dead after four officers handcuffed him behind his back and pinned him to the ground while attempting to put a waist restraint on, according to a video of the incident released by his familys attorneys. The Ingham County Medical Examiners Office ruled Hulons cause of death as positional asphyxia and his manner of death as a homicide.  The four officers involved with Hulons...

A hope for ‘normalcy’ as NYC middle schools reopen Updated Feb 25, 2021; Posted Feb 25, 2021 Middle school students at Bernstein Intermediate School (I.S. 7) in Huguenot return to in person learning Thursday. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island middle school students returned to campus on Thursday ready to see their friends and teachers face-to-face again for their first day back to in-person learning after schools were closed in m...

Papa Shango Trends On Twitter After Randy Orton Vomits Black Goo ); WWE aired a segment on last night’s Raw, where Alexa Bliss cursed Randy Orton and caused him to vomit black goo. This quickly drew comparisons to Papa Shango (aka WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather, Charles Wright) instilling “voodoo” curses on Mean Gene Okerlund and Ultimate Warrior in the WWF back in 1992. As a result, Papa Shango became a trending topic on Twitter today, with more than 1,643 people tweeting on the segme...

– As previously reported, WWE aired a segment on last night’s Raw, where Alexa Bliss put a curse on Randy Orton and caused him to vomit up black goo. Of course, this quickly drew comparisons for Papa Shango (aka WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather, Charles Wright) putting “voodoo” curses on Mean Gene Okerlund and Ultimate Warrior in WWF back in 1992 (see below). As a result, Papa Shango became a trending topic on Twitter today, with more than 1,643 people tweeting on the segment and drawing...

As a new biography shows, Pontings extraordinary photographs sealed the legend of Scotts doomed expedition 20 February 2021 • 12:00pm Black and white stories: Pontings image of Thomas Clissold and an Emperor penguin, Antarctica, 1910 Credit:  Herbert Ponting What is it like to photograph in Antarctica? Well, be careful of your tongue. In 1911, Herbert Ponting, the photographer on Captain Scott’s doomed Terra Nova expedition, absent-mindedly licked his lips while his face was pressed agains...

Indigenous Acknowledgment Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation, the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia. We invite you to learn more about Indians in Virginia in our Encyclopedia Virginia.

WWEs Seven Best Supernatural Wrestlers ✖ One of the best parts of the WWE is the fact that one minute you can have a brutal and bloody fight between two enemies, and the next you can a demon showing up out of nowhere to interfere. Its the kind of balance that keeps all kinds of audiences tuning in for different aspects of the program each week. Curses, brainwashing, possession, astral projection, hell fire, and more have been at the core of wrestling entertainment for quite a long time. The ...