A 12-year-old clings onto life after shooting in N.E….

DC Police are looking for those responsible in last night’s shooting of a 12-year-old boy. It happened in an alley at the corner of 45th and Ponds Streets in Northeast. Police do not believe he was the target.

Investigators say some fifty shell cases were marked at the scene. Witnesses reported a silver car with four people inside fleeing the scene. Police have interviewed some people of interest. No arrests have been made. No weapons were recovered from the scene. This is the third child shot in the District since the year began.

Woman are being warned about drinking Diet Soda…

A new study published in the medical journal, Stroke reports that drinking diet soda could put some women at a higher risk of a stroke.

The report found that women over the age of 50 who were post-menopausal and who drink more than one diet soda or artificially-sweetened drink per day are at an increased risk of some serious health problems. Researchers found they were 23 percent more likely to have a stroke, 31 percent more likely to be diagnosed with heart disease and 29 percent more likely to die from a heart attack.

Chicago cop convicted in the death of an A.A. teen is attacked in prison…

The wife of former convicted killer Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke is demanding answers after it was learned that he was badly beaten in prison.

Yesterday, Tiffany Van Dyke held a news conference demanding answers to how and why was her husband able to be attacked in his cell. Sources say the February 7th attacked was by more than one person. Van Dyke suffered injuries to his face and head. He is expected to survive. His wife wants him transferred out of Illinois saying that she believes he was targeted.

Jason Van Dyke is the former Chicago Police Officer who was sentenced last month to almost seven years in prison for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old African American Laquan McDonald in 2014.

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