Five juveniles escaped from the Abraxas Academy in Morgantown, Pennsylvania on Sunday night following a riot at the juvenile detention center. The Pennsylvania State Police are working with other law enforcement agencies to locate the escapees, and have asked anyone with information to contact them. Four of the nine escapees have already been located, and the cause of the riot is still under investigation.
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Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who falsely accused Emmett Till of improper advances in 1955, has passed away in hospice care in Louisiana. Her accusation sparked a national outcry and helped to galvanize the Civil Rights Movement. The Department of Justice has been investigating the case as a possible hate crime, and Donham's death marks the end of a chapter in this story.
Search and rescue teams have found two additional bodies after an explosion at an eastern Pennsylvania candy factory last week, raising the death toll to seven. The cause of the explosion is still unknown and is being investigated by the West Reading Police Department, the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is also involved in the investigation.