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A wheelchair bound middle school student delivers an inspirational speech at graduation. The 14-year-old girl who was paralyzed by a gang member's stray bullet said, "I won today."

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A team of scholars analyze how social media posts escalate into violence. The scholars are calling it a public health problem.

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A young man who tried to escape violence in Chicago was tragically shot dead. Lee McCollum was featured in the CNN documentary 'Chicagoland,' and had a promising future.

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More than a hundred people gathered at a vigil in Knoxville to honor 12-year-old Jajuan Latham. He was fatally shot in a suspected gang shooting. Jajuan is a cousin of 15-year-old Zaevion Dobson, who died shielding three girls from gunfire.

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Spike Lee changed his plans to premiere his upcoming movie, Chi-Raq, at Cannes Film Festival next year. Instead, we’ll get to see the film in theaters…

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A rash of gun violence exploded in Chicago over the weekend, leaving one person dead and 40 others injured. In this recent spate of shootings…

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Several schools in the Columbus area are on lockdown Wednesday after the report of police activity in the area. Linden-McKinley High School, Northland High School, Whetstone High School and Mifflin High School are on lockdown. Officials say the lockdown was initiated due to the homicide of 16-year-old Zyshonne Dupri Jenkins. Jenkins was shot Tuesday night […]

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A man was shot after an exchange of gunfire on the city’s east side, Saturday.   According to Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott, 20-year-old Ravin Mays, had tried to vandalize the apartments with gang-related graffiti in the Cross Key Apartment complex on Chartterton Road Saturday, when residents ran him off of the property.   According […]