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( Tomdispatch.com ) -- Honestly, what strange creatures we are. Nothing stops us when it comes to destruction, does it? …

Honestly, what strange creatures we are. Nothing stops us when it comes to destruction, does it? (And I’m not even thinking about the utter, ongoing

Deshawnay Yoakum spent her 18th birthday fighting for her life following a gunshot wound to the head but succumbed to her injuries four days later.

This Saturday, the Ultimate Threat dance team is set to perform at the Bud Billiken Parade and Verndell “Vee” Smith II's sister said that the plan this year is to go out “with a positive attitude.”

James Osborne also jumped out of a ‘perfectly good airplane’ to celebrate his 70th birthday

James Osborne also jumped out of a ‘perfectly good airplane’ to celebrate his 70th birthday

Devoureaux Wolf told the Chicago Sun0Times. “Some of them needed a way to express themselves and Verndell would get that out of them.” Sheila Neal, a mother whose son danced at Smith’s dance studio, called the instructor a “sweetheart” who “cared about those kids beyond recognition.”  Smith founded The Ultimate Threat dance organization ten years ago and created the Greater Grand Crossing dance studio for youth in the community. He also leaves behind his own ten-year-old son. ...

For a moment, the amount of red and orange balloons lurching in the breeze late Saturday morning behind a Park Manor coffee shop was so great that it appeared the sky was aflame. The balloons were gripped by a crowd of at least 200 people, waiting for the cue from Verndell “Scotty” Smith III, the 10-year-old son of a beloved dance coach who was killed in a shooting earlier this week where they ...

On Saturday, team members, relatives and other loved ones marched from his studio at 460 E. 75th St. to the Dunkin’ for a balloon release before heading back to a grassy lot nearby, where Ultimate Threat carried on Smith’s memory through more dancing.