March 9th, 2017: Today's News Headlines
• 6 Killed in Huge Wildfires on US Plains
• AT&T Wireless Customers Unable to Call 911
• Cull of Wild Boar Ordered in Fukushima Exclusion Zone
• Water Safety Concerns Raised as Man Drowns at Bondi Beach
• Murdered King Jong Nam’s Son Appears in Online Video
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On This Day
On March 9th, 1993, Rodney King testified in front of a Grand Jury in the retrial of four Los Angeles Police Department officers who had previously been acquitted of charges of assault and using excessive force. In 1991, the officers in question had been caught on camera severely beating Mr. King with batons after they pulled him over following a high-speed chase. Their acquittal at their trial in 1992 sparked the six-day-long Los Angeles riots, which left 55 people dead and caused $1 billion in damage.
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AT&T Wireless Customers Unable to Call 911
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Cull of Wild Boar Ordered in Fukushima Exclusion Zone
Wild boar roaming deserted towns are wreaking havoc in the stricken nuclear plant's exclusion zone, necessitating a cull
Water Safety Concerns Raised as Man Drowns at Bondi Beach
Norwegian man becomes the 92nd person to drown during this year's Australian summer season, raising concerns over water safety
Murdered King Jong Nam’s Son Appears in Online Video
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