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10 Killed In Boulder Shooting: Victims Identified, Suspect Charged
Two Miami Spring Breakers Drugged, Raped Woman Found Dead: Cops
Ten people, including a police officer, were killed in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday afternoon when a gunman opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store, where residents had gathered to shop and re- ceive COVID-19 vaccines.
The victims range in age from 20 to 65, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said.
The slain officer, 51-year-old Eric Talley, was the first member of law enforcement to arrive at the scene, Herold said. He was shot in the head, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
The other victims were iden- tified as: Denny Stong, 20; Neven Stanisic, 23; Rikki Olds, 25; Tralona Bartkowiak, 49; Suzanne Fountain, 59; Teri Leiker, 51; Kevin Mahoney, 61; Lynn Murray, 62; and Jody Waters, 65.
The shooting was reported at about 2:40 p.m. local time, po- lice said. Officers arrived within minutes, entering the store and engaging with the suspect, who was shot in the exchange of
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gunfire, according to police. The suspect, 21-year-old
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, of Arvada, Colorado, suffered a leg wound and was taken into custody at 3:28 p.m. Monday, the chief said.
The suspect has been charged with 10 counts of mur- der, Herold said. He was ex- pected to be taken to the Boulder County Jail Tuesday following his release from the hospital, Boulder District At- torney Michael Dougherty said.
Two North Carolina men who traveled to Miami Beach for Spring Break are under ar- rest, accused of drugging and raping a 24-year-old woman later found dead in her hotel room.
The Miami Herald reports that police say Evoire Col- lier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, gave Christine Engle- hardt a pill they claim was the painkiller Percocet, held her upright as they walked her into the Albion Hotel, and then had sex with her as she appeared to be unconscious. The suspects then allegedly stole the Penn- sylvania woman’s phone and
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credit cards and went back out to party without calling for help for her. Police are await-
ing toxicology tests before de- ciding whether to charge the men in her death.
Nischelle Turner Set As The First Black Woman To Co-Host 'Entertainment Tonight'
U. S. City Could Become First To Pay Reparations To Black Residents
Nischelle Turner is mak- ing history as the first Black woman to anchor Entertain- ment Tonight. Preceded by Mary Hart (1982-2011) and Nancy O’Dell (2011-2019), Turner will take on the man- tle as just the third woman in the history of the show to co- host.
Turner has been a corre- spondent and weekend host for Entertainment Tonight since 2014, earning four Day- time Emmys.
Touching on becoming the third woman to co-host, Turner stated, “I do feel like that’s rarefied air in television, especially news magazines to stand with those women. I’ve looked at their careers for my whole career; I’ve taken bits and pieces from their style.”
Co-hosting with Kevin Frazier will be another his- torical-making moment as the two will be the first Black duo to host Entertainment Tonight in a full-time capacity together.
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The Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, is about to become the first U. S. city to make reparation money avail- able to Black residents. Part of a growing movement that has picked up speed in the wake of police killings of Black Ameri- cans including George Floyd last year, the decision by Evanston officials could also lay the groundwork for other mu- nicipalities and states consider- ing reparations.
"It doesn't mean every city will do it exactly like Evanston has done, but there's a blueprint there," Ron Daniels, who oversees the National African American Reparations Commis-
sion, or NAARC, told CBS Money Watch.
The Evanston City Council voted 8-1 Monday night to start with an expenditure of $400,000 to give 16 eligible Black households $25,000 each to be spent on home repairs or down payments on property. Funded by a new tax on legal- ized marijuana, the council pre- viously committed $10 million over 10 years to repairing the ongoing harm that systemic racism has caused Evanston's Black residents, with the hous- ing initiative its first step. About 16% of Evanston residents are Black.
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