Dramatic bodycam footage showing a New York Police Department officer pleading with a man not to commit suicide displays the emotional toll officers typically face in the field. NYPD Officer Carl Fayette’s body camera captured his attempts with fellow Officer Eleodoro Mata to talk a man off the ledge literally. NYPD 26tth Precinct wrote in…

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Playwright and filmmaker Tyler Perry recently stepped in to help a 93-year-old South Carolina woman fighting developers for a home that’s been in her family since the end of the Civil War. Bailey Point Investment Group sued Hilton Head Island resident Josephine Wright over her home in February, arguing that her screened-in porch, shed, and…

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One California couple with three children planned to add just one more to the family. Still, after four years of fertility treatments, they were stunned to learn they were pregnant with just as many children. In June, Gabriel and Callie Smith welcomed quadruplets. Callie told People Magazine of welcoming their newborn babies into the world,…

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The Nebraska women’s volleyball program already has five national championships. Now, it also has the attendance record for a women’s sporting event. Nebraska hosted a celebration of volleyball at Memorial Stadium, which featured an exhibition match between Division II programs Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State, a concert from country artist Scotty McCreery and a showdown between…

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